A prospective peculiarity has been raised by the 30-man list for the Ballon d'Or.
The selection for the Ballon d'Or award this year was a time in subsequent football history.
For the first time since 2003, neither Lionel Messi nor Cristiano Ronaldo are anywhere to be found on the 30-player list, properly drawing a line under an age of coalition that saw the piece win 13 honors between them over the past 15 months.
We are also guaranteed a first-time success because previous finalists Karim Benzema and Luka Modric were likewise chosen ahead of the meeting in Paris next month.
Another peculiarity is expected to emerge when the 2023/24 success is chosen.
Real Madrid's Portuguese winger Vinicius Junior is the bookmaker's clear odds-on favorite to win the award, following a year which saw him play a vital role in the Bernabeu team's domestic and European supremacy, while his team colleague Jude Bellingham is also another leading contender, as is Barcelona starlet Lamine Yamal.
What this group all have in popular is the fact that they were born in the 2000s- and if one of them does end up winning the award, it does mean that a player born in the 2000s would win the award before a player born in the 1990s.
This is not the only sport where children from the 1990s have been overshadowed by those who followed them, even though it would be a stretch to call them a "lost century."
Tennis is the next best case, with the 1980s-born trio of Roger Federer, Rafa Nadel, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray leading a command that saw people born in that generation win 80 Grand Slam headings- while people born in the 1990s have won only two ( Dominic Thiem and Daniil Medvedev ). For the 2000s technology, Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz are currently operational.
But while the favourites for this year's Ballon d'Or were born in the noughties, there is still hope for the children of the ' 90s, with Spain and Manchester City midfielder Rodri hoping he is disturbed the odds and area the trophy as he is among 18 ' 90s born stars on the list, while Kylian Mbappe will also be hoping that the stars align for him to get the award in the not-too-distant future.
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