{"id":73454,"date":"2025-09-22T10:47:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T10:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/pedri-chooses-between-ballon-dor-and-champions-league"},"modified":"2025-09-22T10:49:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T10:49:44","slug":"pedri-chooses-between-ballon-dor-and-champions-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/pedri-chooses-between-ballon-dor-and-champions-league","title":{"rendered":"Pedri Chooses Between Ballon d&#8217;Or and Champions League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Ahead of the 2025 Ballon d\u2019Or ceremony in Paris tonight, Barcelona midfielder has picked the UEFA Champions League over the top individual prize.<\/p>\n<p>The Spain international said he would rather win the Champions League than the Ballon d\u2019Or.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, he never valued individual trophies in his career so far.<\/p>\n<p>Pedri is among top contenders for the 2025 Ballon d\u2019Or following his impressive performance for Barcelona and Spain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ballon d\u2019Or? I would rather win the Champions League with Barcelona,\u201d Pedrid said as quoted by TouchlineX.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never valued individual trophies. What counts for me is my team winning every game and making the fans enjoy and be proud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pedri is expected to compete with the likes of Ousmane Dembele, Lamine Yamal, Kylian Mbappe, Mohamed Salah, Vitinha and Raphinha for the 2025 Ballon d\u2019Or.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Malawi<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. Ahead of the 2025 Ballon d\u2019Or ceremony in Paris tonight, Barcelona midfielder has picked the UEFA Champions League over the top individual prize. The Spain international said he would rather win the Champions League than the Ballon d\u2019Or. According to him, he never valued individual trophies in his career so far. 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