2023-10-30 00:50:55
In the same city that destroyed him, Lionel Messi He will be able to taste a sweet revenge if the speculations are confirmed and he gets his eighth Ballon d’Or.
Leo will return to Paris after ending your contract with PSG and whitewash his two-year stay in the French capital as an Inter Miami footballer “It wasn’t as I expected.”
The frustration of not having won the Champions League, an obsession for Parisians, and especially the pain for the final that Argentina beat France in the Qatar World Cup They unleashed resentment and fury against the 10 of the National Team.
“I was the only world champion without being recognized on the field,” Messi warned as an example of the indifference he suffered in his own club, months before his departure.
That recognition, by fate, will surely come to him tomorrow at the Chatelet Theater, facing the Seine River, where the gala of the traditional award given by France Football magazine.
From 3pm in Argentina, With transmission from ESPN, DSports, TNT Sports and the Star+ and DGo platforms, the winners of the Gerd Müller trophies (top scorer of the season), Sócrates (footballer committed to social and charitable projects), Yashin (best goalkeeper), Kopa (best player under 21 years of age), Ballon d’Or for women and men.
The grand prize will be awarded only at 16:45. At 36 years old and on Diego Maradona’s birthday, Messi will compete with 29 other footballers outstanding in the world in search of establishing themselves as the best on the planet as happened in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019 y 2021.
The Argentine is the greatest historical winner of the Ballon d’Or with seven statuettes, two more than the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldowho in this 2023 edition will be one of the big absentees along with the Brazilian Neymar.
All nominees
Argentina and France are the countries with the most representation among the 30 players nominated for the award. Messi, Julian Alvarez, Emiliano “Dibu” Martinez and Lautaro Martinez They are the four preselected of the last world champion.
The payroll is completed with: Nicolo Barella (Italy, Inter Milan), Jude Bellingham (England, Real Madrid), Karim Benzema -last winner- (France, Al-Ittihad), Yassine Bono (Morocco, Al-Hilal), Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium, Manchester City ), Ruben Dias (Portugal, Manchester City), Antoine Griezmann (France, Atlético de Madrid), Ilkay Gündogan (Germany, Barcelona), Josko Gvardiol (Croatia, Manchester City), Erling Haaland (Norway, Manchester City), Harry Kane ( England, Bayern Munich), Kim Min-jae (Korea, Napoli) and Randal Kolo Muani (France, PSG), Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Georgia, Napoli), Robert Lewandowski (Poland, Barcelona), Kylian Mbappé (France PSG), Luka Modric (Croatia, Real Madrid), Jamal Musiala (Germany, Bayern Munich), Martin Odegaard (Norway, Arsenal), André Onana (Cameroon, Manchester United), Victor Osimhen (Nigeria, Napoli), Rodri (Spain, Manchester City), Bukayo Saka (England, Arsenal), Mohamed Salah (Egypt, Liverpool), Bernardo Silva (Portugal, Manchester City) and Vinicius Jr (Brazil, Real Madrid).
The winner of the Ballon d’Or will emerge from the vote of 100 journalists specialists from the leading nations in the FIFA ranking, who will contribute their three best players of the season.
«Draw» Martínez, winner of the last FIFA The Best for best goalkeeper, will compete for the premio Yashin along with Bono, Onana, the Belgian Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid), the Brazilian Emerson (Manchester City), the Croatian Dominik Livakovic (Fenerbahce), the Frenchman Mike Maignan (Milan), the Englishman Aaron Ramsdale (Arsenal), the Frenchman Brice Samba (Lens) and the German Marc Ter Stegen (Barcelona).
Finally, two South Americans, the Colombian Linda Caicedo (Real Madrid) and the Brazilian Debinha (Kansas City), make up the batch of candidates for the Women’s Ballon d’Orwhich last year was in the hands of the Spanish Alexia Putellas.
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