In the early morning of October 9, Beijing time, French Football magazine announced the final shortlist of 30 people for the 2021 "Ballon d'Or Award", and Messi and C Ronaldo will compete with stars such as Donnarumma, Lewandowski and Mbappe for this honor.
This summer, Messi, who previously won 6 Golden Ball awards, led Argentina to win the Copa America championship, completing the "zero breakthrough" of the national team championship. However, on the club side, he only won one important trophy in the Spanish Copa del Rey with Barcelona last season. Ronaldo, a five-time Ballon d'Or winner, broke the national team goal record set by Iranian legend Ali Dei in September, but he has only won two titles in the past season, the Coppa Italia and the Italian Super Cup. Under such circumstances, it is believed that the goalkeeper Donnaruma, who won the European Championship with Italy and was selected as the best player in the tournament, and last year's "World Footballer" Lewandowski and other players have a better chance of winning this heavyweight award.
Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Donaluma, Kane and others led the final 30-man shortlist for the Ballon d'Or.
Attached: List of 30 selected players
Mahrez, Kante, Harland, Bonucci, Mount, Kane, Donnaruma, Benzema, Sterling, Barrera, Messi, B Fee, Pedri, Modric, Chiellini, De Bruyne, Neymar, Ruben Díaz, Lautaro Martinez, Kylar, Levan, Jorginho, Salah, Azpilicueta, Lukaku, C Ronaldo, Hlarde Moreno, Suarez, Foden, Mbappe.
The Ballon d'Or is the best European football player of the year award by the French football magazine "Team Newspaper", and since its selection in 1956, it has become one of the most prestigious and influential football awards in world football. In 2020, the Golden Globe Awards were cancelled due to the cancellation or irregularity of the national schedule caused by the COVID-19 epidemic. According to the official website of "French Football", the award ceremony of this year's Golden Ball Awards will be held in Paris on November 29, local time.