—>
Balloon of Gold, individual prize to the best footballer of the world

MAXIMUM INDIVIDUAL AWARD

These 5 'cracks' are the big favourites in the straight final by the Balloon of Gold

Published:13/10/2021 - 19:11h

Updated:13/10/2021 - 23:01h

The fight by the esteemed award of the Balloon of Gold every time equalises more: Karim Benzema, Lionel Messi, Robert Lewandowski, Cristiano Ronaldo and Jorginho, the favourites

Calendar of FC Barcelona

Already it has begun the final career by the Balloon of Gold. The account regresiva will finish on 29 November when 'France Football' give to know the victorious. They knew to the 30 nominated, but only three will be the finalists that will opt for carrying the esteemed award. After the intense command of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, with the exception of the trophy awarded to Modric in 2018, the present edition goes back to be very open and could break the hegemony of both cracks. The newspaper 'L'Instrument' stands out this Wednesday in his cover to five players of which could go out the victorious.

Karim Benzema

The forward of the Real Madrid is one of the big favourites to the award. The performance of the French on the terrain of game has been excellent so much with the team merengue as with his national selection, with which saldó his last apparition with a soberbio golazo in the final of the Nations League against Spain.

To his 33 years, the forward could recover the Balloon of Gold for France, something that no sucede since Zinedine Zidane won it in 1998. It is his tenth nomination, and his best final classification was the place 16 that achieved in 2014. Benzema Is the one who accumulates the greater quantity of goals and assistances (10 so many between LaLiga and Champions and seven decisive passes), to which have to add the so many in front of Belgium and Spain, in the League of Nations.

The championship of France in the UEFA Nations League results the first trophy that achieves Karim Benzema with the selection gala, as his absence between 2015 and 2021 owing to the 'case Valbuena' deprived him to form part of one of the most brilliant stages of the selection with the conquest of the World-wide of 2018.

Lionel Messi

The Argentinian star was the winner of the last edition of the Balloon of Gold in 2019 (the past year suspended the trophy by the pandemia), and now aspires to repeat. Messi has conquered this season his first title with Argentina, when heaving the Glass America, tournament of the that besides was MVP. Although the campaign of the FC Barcelona was not brilliant, heaved with the Glass of Rey and added a trophy Pichichi more to his collection.

Robert Lewandowski

Erra The 'chosen' to do with his first Balloon of Gold in 2020, but the cancellation of the edition by the pandemia deprived him then to add the codiciado award to his list of winners. Now, the ariete of the Bayern Munich goes back to be between the candidates. The past campaign conquered three titles with the German team: the Bundesliga, the World-wide of Clubs and the Supercopa of Germany.

With 41 so many in 29 parties of League, broke the record of Gerd Müller that carried valid from the 71/72. It is important to highlight that Lewandowski lost a month of competition by an injury in the knee, but this did not prevent him win the Boot of Gold for the first time in his career.

Jorginho

Another of the candidates with a lot of weight to triumph is the footballer of Chelsea FC, The titles that conquered accredit him for this. Jorginho Conquered the past season the Champions League and the Eurocopa with Italy the past summer. And to what added the Supercopa of the UEFA. So much in his team as in the selection, the midfield player is fundamental piece.

Cristiano Ronaldo

Always it is necessary to take into account to the Portuguese star. It has conquered by five opportunities the Balloon of Gold and this confers him a special status. Although it did not have his best stage with the Juventus, finish the Series To at most goleador: with 29 so many in 33 parties. With the 'Vecchia Signora', conquered the Glass of Italy.

Meanwhile, it was still in the his with Portugal: With five targets, carried the Pichichi of the Eurocopa by in front of Patrick Schick, of the Czech Republic, that also annotated five. However, the Boot of Gold was for Cristiano Ronaldo thanks to that the luso delivered also an assistance, that served him for desempatar in the classification of goleadores.