The prestigious French magazine attendant to deliver the Balloon of Gold year after year, 'France Football', has wanted to keep the intrigue as it does usually with the galas of the famous prize, and has gone announcing to dropper, through his social networks, the order of classification of the 30 players nominated to the Balloon of Gold 2018.

With the aim to keep the tension and the intrigue until the last moment, 'France Football' has gone of less to more to the desvelar first the last positions and, each half hour, the rest of the players 'going down' until the 'Top-5' definite. Like this the things, the first names in revealing have been the ones of Isco Alarcón (Real Madrid) and Hugo Lloris (Tottenham), empatados both in the position 29.

After them, it has arrived Diego Godín (Athletic of Madrid) to occupy the place 28 of the classification, by behind Mario Mandzukic (Juventus), Alisson Becker (Liverpool) and Jan Oblak (Athletic of Madrid), those who have remained empatados in the place 25. In the place 22, and also empatados, have appeared Sadio Mané (Liverpool), Marcelo (Real Madrid) and Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint-Germain).

Later it has trascended in the social networks a list that has not taken in doing viral, since it has revealed the first positions of the Balloon of Gold 2018, without official confirmation but deleting part of the tension and of the intrigue that wanted to boost 'France Football', since with the step of the hours the order of the positions has gone fulfilling to rajatabla.

In definite, in the position 19 have empatado Sergio Bouquets (Real Madrid), Ivan Rakitic (FC Barcelona) and Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), to the time that other two players of the Real Madrid, Gareth Bleat and Karim Benzema, have been announced to share the position 17. Sergio Agüero has been the first player of the Manchester City in appearing, and has done it in the place 16.

Justo before it did it Paul Pogba, in the 15, and the new guardameta of the Real Madrid this season 2018-19, the Belgian Thibaut Courtois, that has remained classified in the fourteenth position. The place 13 has been for the second player of the FC Barcelona in appearing, Luis Suárez, whereas the number 12 has been for a Neymar Jr that left of the Barça to win the Balloon of Gold... And that for the moment is very, very far to achieve it.

'France Football' Has revealed the name of N'Golo Kanté in the place 11, before Harry Kane did it to have the position number 10 of the table clasificatoria of the Balloon of Gold 2018. The rest of the 'Top-10' has closed with Kevin of Bruyne (Manchester City) in ninth position, Eden Hazard (Chelsea) in the octave, Raphael Varane (Real Madrid) in the seventh, Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) in the sixth, Leo Messi (FC Barcelona) in the fifth, Kylian Mbappé (PSG) in the fourth and the 'top-3' formed by Griezmann (Athletic), Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) and the winner, Luka Modric (Real Madrid).

The list of positions of the Balloon of Gold 2018:

  • 29. Isco Alarcón and Hugo Lloris
  • 28. Diego Godín
  • 25. Alisson, Oblak and Mandzukic
  • 22. Cavani, Marcelo and Sadio Mané
  • 19. Sergio Bouquets, Rakitic and Firmino
  • 16. Sergio Agüero
  • 15. Paul Pogba
  • 14. Thibaut Courtois
  • 13. Luis Suárez
  • 12. Neymar Jr
  • 11. N'Golo Kanté
  • 10. Harry Kane
  • 9. Kevin of Bruyne
  • 8. Eden Hazard
  • 7. Raphael Varane
  • 6. Mohamed Salah
  • 5. Leo Messi
  • 4. Kylian Mbappé
  • 3. Antoine Griezmann
  • 2. Cristiano Ronaldo
  • 1. Luka Modric