LONDON (The Thursday Times) — Harry Kane ne Ballon d’Or jeet liya hai, aur 2001 mein Michael Owen ke baad duniya ke behtareen footballer qarar diye jane wale pehle English khilari ban gaye hain, aise season ke baad jis mein unhon ne Bayern Munich aur England ke liye 73 goals kiye.
33 saala striker ko Peer ki raat London Palladium mein taaj pehnaya gaya, jo award ki 70 saala tareekh mein pehli baar hai ke taqreeb London mein munaqid hui. Real Madrid ke Kylian Mbappé doosre aur Barcelona ke Lamine Yamal teesre number par rahe.
"Zyada log aisa nahin sochte, aur shayad main khud bhi nahin sochta ke main yahan tak pahunchunga," Kane ne broadcaster DAZN se baat karte hue kaha. "Main kabhi woh shakhs nahin tha jise log samajhte thay ke woh aaj ke kuch khilariyon ki tarah superstar banega. Mujhe apne waqt ka intezar karna para aur sakht mehnat karni pari."
Aik record season
Kane ne pichhle season mein Bayern ke liye 51 matches mein 61 goals kiye, jo aik campaign mein club ka record hai aur Europe ki top five leagues mein kisi bhi doosre khilari se 19 zyada hain. 11 saal pehle Real Madrid ke liye Cristiano Ronaldo ke 61 goals ke baad kisi ne aik season mein itne goals nahin kiye thay. Woh 36 goals ke saath Bundesliga ke top scorer rahe, Champions League mein 14 aur German Cup mein 10 goals mazeed kiye, jin mein Stuttgart par 3-0 se final ki jeet mein hat-trick bhi shamil hai, aur Bayern ne domestic double jeet liya.
Unhon ne yeh award football ki do sab se bari trophies na jeetne ke bawajood jeeta: Bayern Champions League ke semi-finals mein bahar ho gaya, aur England World Cup ke semi-finals mein haar gaya, agarche Kane ne tournament mein 6 goals kiye. Un ki Ballon d’Or mein pichhli behtareen position 10th thi.
Kane yeh award jeetne wale panchwen English khilari hain. Un se pehle 1956 mein Stanley Matthews, 1966 mein Bobby Charlton, 1978 aur 1979 mein Kevin Keegan, aur Owen yeh award jeet chuke hain. Woh 1981 mein Karl-Heinz Rummenigge ke baad yeh award jeetne wale Bayern ke pehle khilari bhi hain. England ke manager Thomas Tuchel ne ise "bohat bara aizaz" qarar diya, aur un ke aizaz mein Wembley ke arch ko sunehri rang mein roshan kiya gaya.
Putellas ne teesri baar award jeet liya
Khawateen ke award mein Spain ki midfielder Alexia Putellas ne Ballon d'Or Féminin record ki barabari karte hue teesri baar jeet liya. Unhon ne July mein London City Lionesses mein shamil hone se pehle Barcelona ki qiyadat karte hue Champions League sameet quadruple jitwaya. Barcelona ki Ewa Pajor doosre aur Manchester City ki Khadija Shaw teesre number par rahin. Spain ki khilari ab musalsal chhe saal se khawateen ka yeh award jeet rahi hain.
Afra-tafri ki raat
Taqreeb 45 minute der se shuru hui, kyunke Oxford Street ke qareeb traffic aur hujoom ki wajah se mehmanon ko rukna para, jo us din gariyon ke liye band kar di gayi thi. Theatre ke bahar kuch shaiqeen security barriers par charh gaye aur unhein gira diya. Aaghaz se kuch ghante pehle, Ballon d'Or ki official website par mukhtasar muddat ke liye aik article shaya hua jis mein Kane ko winner qarar diya gaya tha, saath hi doosre nominees ke bare mein bhi isi tarah ke articles thay. Aik tarjuman ke mutabiq yeh "ghalti se online shaya kar diye gaye thay".
