After the change of the voting rules of the Golden Globe Awards, in general, there are two points that are different from before, first, the selection is carried out in advance, that is to say, from the annual Golden Globe Awards to the Season Golden Ball Awards, after the end of the Champions League, the voting for the Golden Globe Awards will officially begin. Second, the first thing to rely on is the individual performance of the players. Then there's the team score. On the second point alone, individual performance is indeed not just a simple goal stats, because the ballon between Mane and Salah, the goal data is slightly pale.
Previously, the team newspaper gave the top five favourites for the Ballon d'Or, namely Benzema, De Bruyne, Mane, Mbappe and Levan. Comprehensive analysis shows that the two players who have been eliminated in the Champions League, Mbappe and Levan, will not be able to compete for the Ballon d'Or, after all, the champions of the Bundesliga and Ligue 1 really cannot be an important measure of the Ballon d'Or selection.
The remaining three players, Benzema, De Bruyne and Mane, to put it bluntly, whose club wins the Champions League will be the biggest favourite for the Ballon d'Or, and we overlooked the question that Salah is already ahead of Mane in terms of personal goalscoring stats, but has not appeared among the favourites for the Ballon d'Or.
Premier League top scorer list
1, Salah, 20 goals
5, Mane, 13 goals
Champions League top scorer list
4, Salah, 8 goals
26, Mane, 3 goals
These should be the two biggest criteria for the Ballon d'Or, if judged by personal data, then Salah will surpass Mane as the favourite for the Ballon d'Or, and once Liverpool wins the Champions League this season, then Salah is likely to be the winner of the Ballon d'Or, but now it seems that the goal data is a little pale here, because Mane has three major advantages that are enough to surpass Salah.
Africa Cup of Nations
If it is a direct competition between Mane and Salah, it is not just personal goal data that needs to be looked at, but a comprehensive consideration, first of all, the ownership of the African Cup of Nations, which should be a valid statistic for Mane to pressure Salah, after all, Senegal won the African Cup of Nations in the final against Egypt, this honor is Mane's absolute plus.
World Preliminary Round
Coincidentally, it was another direct confrontation, in the final final of the World Preliminary Round, Senegal defeated Salah's Egyptian team with a penalty shootout, and two penalties were missed, for Salah, it was an unspeakable mix, but this was the game. The club's opponents are intimate, but each has no choice but to be its own master. In direct encounters between the two national teams, Salah lost to Sane.
Champions League winner
Liverpool have reached the final four, if they win this season's Champions League, then there is no doubt that the Ballon d'Or award will also be selected from Liverpool's players, but it can not be ignored that Real Madrid's Benzema has a performance against the sky, even if it does not qualify for the Champions League, it is also the biggest hot contender, and the competition between Salah and Mane has been very obvious, Mane has won the African Cup, the World Preliminary Round and the club's three advantages, comprehensively surpassed Salah with better goal data. Become the biggest hit at the Golden Globes.
summary
Although salah is obviously superior in personal goal data, but among the five popular candidates for the Ballon d'Or award given by the "Team Newspaper", there is no Salah name, perhaps in this season's Ballon d'Or competition, Mane will surpass Salah with three advantages and become a popular player for the Ballon d'Or.