The award for the best player in the world and the final touches to the Golden Ball
The French magazine "France Football" announced the final touches
The award for the best player in the world and the final touches to the Golden Ball
The French magazine “France Football” announced the final touches to the Ballon d’Or, just one week before the announcement of the winner of the title of best footballer in the world for the year 2021 ، Over the past three days, the magazine published pictures on its official Twitter account showing the final touches before handing it over to the player who will be crowned the Golden Ball at a celebration in the French capital, Paris, next Monday.
The list of nominees, announced by the magazine early last October, includes 30 players chosen based on the votes of 180 football journalists from around the world, and it is narrowed down to the final list of 3 players to crown one of them and win the Golden Ball ، Argentina’s Lionel Messi is the Ballon d’Or winner with six balls, followed by Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo with five ، In addition to French star Karim Benzema, Messi, Polish striker Robert Lewandowski, Egyptian star Mohamed Salah and Italian midfielder Jorginho are among the most important names nominated for the Golden Ball.
Among the nominees for the “best player” award presented by FIFA are Salah, Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar and Mbappe.
Liverpool’s top scorer, Egyptian star Mohamed Salah, has been shortlisted for the 2021 FIFA Player of the Year award awarded by the International Football Association (FIFA) ، And “FIFA” – on its official website, indicated that fans can vote through the official website until the tenth of next month, noting that the selection of the candidates was made by two committees of experts, one for men and the other for women ، FIFA has announced the nominees in each category for men, women, coaches and goalkeepers.
Salah competes:
- Argentine Lionel Messi (Paris Saint-Germain)
- Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
- Poland’s Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)
- Brazilian Neymar (Saint Germain)
- French Kylian Mbappe (Saint-Germain)
- Belgian Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
- Norway’s Erling Haaland (Dortmund)
- Italian Jorgino (Chelsea)
- N’Golo Kante from France (Chelsea)
- French Karim Benzema, Real Madrid.
The following competitors are vying for the 2021 Coach of the Year award:
- Italian Antonio Conte (formerly Tottenham and Inter)
- Spain’s Pep Guardiola (Manchester City)
- German Thomas Tuchel (Chelsea)
- German Hansi Flick (Former Bayern Munich coach)
- Argentina’s Diego Simeone (Atletico Madrid)
- Spain’s Lionel Scaloni (Argentina coach)
- Italian Roberto Mancini (Italy coach).
In the goalkeeper category, 5 players compete for the best prize:
- Brazilian Alisson Becker (Liverpool)
- Italian Gianluigi Donnarumma (Saint-Germain)
- Edward Mendy from Senegal (Chelsea)
- German Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich)
The Danish Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester City) has announced the shortlist for the Puskas Award for the “best goal” for “FIFA”, which will be announced later.
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