Alexia Putellas celebrates second Ballon d'Or at Camp Nou pre-Villarreal
The Barcelona midfielder presented the trophy to the fans before the game
Alexia Putellas took centre stage ahead of the important match between FC Barcelona and Villarreal in LaLiga on Thursday. Before the game at Camp Nou, she showed off here second Ballon d'Or trophy, which credits her as the best player of the 2021-2022 season. She was accompanied by Gavi, the best young player, and Lewandowski, top scorer.
The captain of Barça's women's team was applauded by the entire stadium. It is the second that she has won the award, which launched for women in 2018. No one else has won it twice.
It was the second time in two days she had presented her trophy. On Wednesday, the Barça midfielder had already highly cheered by her teammates and by the Barça fans present at the the women's UEFA Champions League match, where Barça beat Benfica 9-0.
Putellas did not play as she is still sidelined with an ACL injury picked up in the summer.
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