{"id":1091,"date":"2026-06-02T18:15:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T18:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=1091"},"modified":"2026-06-02T18:15:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T18:15:34","slug":"lets-see-ruben-dias-not-convinced-2026-world-cup-will-be-last-dance-for-evergreen-ballon-dor-winners-cristiano-ronaldo-lionel-messi-luka-mod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=1091","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Let\u2019s see!\u2019 &#8211; Ruben Dias not convinced 2026 World Cup will be \u2018last dance\u2019 for evergreen Ballon d\u2019Or winners Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi &#038; Luka Modric"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"article-body\" data-affiliate-button-variant=\"A\">\n<div>\n<p><span>The global stage will once again be graced by three defining figures who share an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/lists\/cristiano-ronaldo-world-cup-legacy-portugal-icon-tournament-match-legendary-status-2026\/blt2e3f758c7919a249\" target=\"_blank\" data-affiliate-type=\"NONE\"><span>incredible 14 Ballon d&#8217;Or awards between them<\/span><\/a><span>. Inter Miami star Messi boasts a record eight golden balls alongside his 2022 World Cup triumph, two Copa America titles, and four UEFA Champions League crowns. Al-Nassr forward Ronaldo, who holds five Ballon d&#8217;Ors, has conquered Europe with five Champions League wins and a historic Euro 2016 victory, lifting league titles in England, Spain, Italy, and Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, Modric, now with Milan, broke their duopoly in 2018 to claim his solitary Ballon d&#8217;Or, complementing his remarkable six Champions League medals won during his glittering spell in Madrid.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The global stage will once again be graced by three defining figures who share an incredible 14 Ballon d&#8217;Or awards&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester-city"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}