The Argentine national team and American Inter Miami striker Lionel Messi and the Portuguese national team and Saudi Al-Nasr striker Cristiano Ronaldo were not included in the list of candidates for the prestigious Ballon d’Or award. It was published France Football magazine.
This is the first time this has happened since 2003.
Messi holds the record for most Ballon d’Or awards, having won the award eight times. He will win the World Cup with Argentina in December 2022 and will do so again in 2023.
Ronaldo is second on the list in terms of number of awards. He has five Ballon d’Or awards to his name. The last award he received in this vote was in 2017. After that, Messi received the Ballon d’Or three times, as well as Karim Benzema and Luka Modric. The vote was not held in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The awards ceremony will take place on October 28.
The Ballon d’Or is an annual football award given by the French magazine France Football to the best football player of the calendar year. It is generally considered the most prestigious individual award given to a football player. The first Ballon d’Or was awarded in 1956.
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Source: Gazeta
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