Original title: The Golden Globes are going to "settle" in Madrid? Even if Messi and Ronaldo have no opinion, does Mbappe approve?
The last prize of international football in 2018, the suspense of the winner of the Ballon d'Or, there is less than half a month to reveal the answer, according to the relevant rules, the voting has closed, according to Spanish media analysis, this year's Ballon d'Or three are from Madrid City, respectively Real Madrid's Modric and Varane, and Atletico's Griezmann. Messi and Ronaldo are absent from the top three for the first time in ten years, it should be said that such an outcome will happen sooner or later, after all, no one can occupy the position of the first brother of football forever, and the history of Mero double pride for more than ten years has allowed fans to watch it for a long time.
However, according to the results of the Spaniard's analysis, who of the three of them is qualified to compete for this year-end grand prize? According to common sense, this year is the harvest year of Modric's personal glory, but in the Ballon d'Or, professional media judges do not just look at the results of a single period of time for players. For example, the World Cup year only focuses on the World Cup winner, and there is no World Cup to lean towards the Champions League winner, which is not the habit of the Golden Globe judges, who look at the performance of players throughout the year.
According to this standard, although Modric lifted the Champions League in the first half of the year and led the average Croatia to the World Cup final, enough to conquer everyone, the second half of the year is really not ideal, not only Real Madrid's results are sluggish, but also unfortunately, in the just-concluded UEFA Nations League group stage, Croatia team since the first 0:6 by Spain "humiliated", although back home 3:2 victory over Spain to avenge success, but still difficult to escape the embarrassment of relegation to the European Second Division, This will affect Modric's race for the Golden Globe to some extent.
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If Modric can't do it, his Real Madrid teammate also lifted the World Cup main French defender, Varane? The last defender who won the Ballon d'Or with the World Cup was Cannavaro 12 years ago, but when Messi was just starting out, Ronaldo did not show enough domineering to conquer the green field, and Zidane's "head hammer" against Materazzi indirectly sent the Evergrande manager to the Ballon d'Or podium. On the other hand, Varane, whether it is influence or role in the team, he can hardly be like Cannavaro, and compared to the 2006 Ballon d'Or winner, who really has no competitors, Varane's competitive advantage is not obvious.
In this way, there are reasons why it is difficult for both Real Madrid stars to win the Ballon d'Or, so who is this award for? Is it really Atletico Griezmann? It should be said that a World Cup winner plus a Europa League winner, Griezmann's personal honors this year are not too bad, but his performance in the World Cup is far from convincing, and returning to the club after the World Cup is not necessarily much better than the Real Madrid players.
So, according to the above analysis, these three do not seem to be very convincing candidates, how can they win the top three? In other words, is there really no more suitable person besides the three of them? In fact, in the minds of many people, why can't Mbappé become a "dark horse"? His impressive performances in the World Cup surpassed Griezmann and Varane, and according to some French media experts, Mbappe also has a good chance of finishing in the top three.
Although the French youngster is more like the winner of the "Kopa Prize" without suspense, why can't he create a bigger surprise?