Golazo, The Podcast de Sports.fr highlights five unknown Ballon d'Or. The individual reward of France Football Formerly celebrated the best European player and some great glories of yesteryear have never been an example of a World Cup or even a European Championship of Nations. This is the case of the Hungarian Florian Albert, the Ballon d'Or 1967, largely overshadowed by the legend of his country Ferenc Puskas.
While Goodison Park was deprived of the Pelé idol, absent due to a knee injury, the Liverpuldian public ended up offering a standing ovation to this named Florian Albert. We are at the 1966 World Cup, in England therefore, and the playmaker of the Magyars is already a football star. Ferencvaros’s attacking midfielder had proved at 20 years old at the World 62 in Chile, finishing co-finding a scorer of the tournament.
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In the Everton stadium, Florian Albert performs a masterful performance at Brazil-Hungary, on behalf of the second day of the British World Cup group phase, by contributing largely to the 3-1 victory of his national team against the reigning world champion. Brazil was eliminated in the first round and Hungary sold in the quarterfinals against the Soviet Union (2-1).
Charlton then Albert Ballon d'Or
Despite his talent and popularity around the world, Albert has never left his training club, Ferencvaros (named after a Budapest borough). Stretched by the exile of Ferenc Puskas and Sandor Kocsis in Spain, the Communist regime of Hungary has exercised total control over its internationals. Florian Albert could not sign in Juventus while Gianni Agnelli, the boss of Fiat and owner of the Bianconeri, moved to Budapest to recruit him.
A few months after his performance against Brazil, Florian Albert arrives at Rio de Janeiro, where he is welcomed like a rock star. He is invited by Flamengo to play two friendly matches, including a derby against Vasco, and he is offered a two -year contract! Hungary refuses and threatens the player to send him to prison with family members! Florian Albert returns to the country.
After the Ballon d'Or 1966 given to an English world champion, namely Bobby Charlton, Florian Albert was crowned twelve months later, largely in front of Charlton this time.
