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Lev Yashin widow: Liverpool keeper Alisson deserved a better looking trophy!

The widow of Lev Yashin says Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson deserved a better looking trophy on Monday night.

Alisson was awarded the inaugural Yashin Trophy at the Ballon d'Or gala for being Goalkeeper of the Year.

But an unimpressed Valentina Timofeevna told Kazan: "They said that it would also be a Ballon d'Or, and there was some kind of prize, I didn't even make it out ... something there was round, flat, some kind of disk that was inserted into some kind of rack.

"There Messi has six Ballons, and Alisson..."

Valentina added: "I wish Mr. Alisson new victories! Just don't congratulate Alisson from me. There is my granddaughter, she will pass it on."

Yashin is the only goalkeeper in history to have received the Ballon d'Or. Valentina's daughter attended the ceremony in Paris as part of the entourage to help present the trophy to Alisson.

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