Marco Asensio will win Ballon d'Or one day: Lucas Vazquez

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Madrid, August 31: Real Madrid Winger Lucas Vazquez has stated that he believes his team mate Marco Asensio will one day win the Ballon d'Or.

The highly rated youngster has enjoyed a roller coaster ride in the last year and has also started this season with blistering form. Asensio has already scored four goals in five games in all competitions, including two against Valencia in the past weekend.

His terrific form has helped Zinedine Zidane\'s side maintaining an unbeaten start to the season till now in which they have claimed the UEFA Super Cup by beating English giant Manchester United by 2-1 and Spanish Super Cup by humiliating their Spanish rival Barcelona with a 5-1 win over two legs.

Asensio was called in Julen Lopetegui's squad for the important qualifiers and could soon make his fourth start for Spain. And ahead of the match, his Real Madrid team mate Vazquez who also called in as a replacement for the injured Vitolo, who heaped praise on his Spanish team-mate.

"He is spectacular," Vazquez told Cadena SER about Asensio.

"He is at a very high level and still has to grow. We hope to enjoy him a lot. He is very humble and takes everything with ease.

"It's soon to say about the Ballon d'Or, but I think so."

Spain will face a stern test against Italy which could decide the table topper of the group. Julen Lopetegui's side currently sit top of their qualifying group, level on points with Italy, however with only a marginal goal difference.

If the Spaniards pick up a victory over the mighty Italians, it will give them an enormous boost for rest of their World Cup qualifying campaign and would also give them momentum in their away trip to Liechtenstein next Tuesday (September 5).