WARSAW, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- Polish men's national team coach Paul Sousa said Polish striker Lewandowski would certainly be able to win this year's Ballon d'Or because "no other player is at the same level as him" in world football today.
The final winners of the 2021 Ballon d'Or awards will be announced on 29 November, and with an impressive record of 54 goals scored in 45 matches, Polish striker Lewandowski, who plays for Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, is considered the biggest favourite to win the prize.
"It's really unfair if Robert (Lewandowski) can't win the Ballon d'Or, look at his performance at Bayern, what he's showing in the national team... Except in recent games, he has scored in almost every game since I took over the Polish national team. "Whether it's the stability of the play or the number of goals scored, Levan has reached the highest level in world football. ”
'I'm sure Robert can win, looking at football today, no player can stay like Levan for a long time like That.' Sousa said in an interview with local media on the 2nd.
Founded in 1956 by the magazine French Football, the Ballon d'Or has since 1995 expanded from European footballers to players who play in clubs that are members of UEFA, and in 2007 to all professional footballers worldwide, and was once merged with the FIFA World Footballer of the Year Award. Argentine Lionel Messi has won the Ballon d'Or six times, the most numerous winners of the award, one more time than his old rival, the Portuguese star Ronaldo.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Golden Globes were cancelled last year, the first time since the awards were launched. The most vocal winner at the time was Levan, who had scored 51 goals in all competitions the previous season to help Bayern win three Titles in the Champions League, Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal. (End)