When will the best player of the year be named. Ballon d'Or vs FIFA best player

Even Cherchesov was there.

The main football party of the season - FIFA The Best ceremony - was held on Monday in London. The main people of world football (with the exception of) flocked to England to find out the player of the year, the author of the best goal, the coach of the year, the goalkeeper of the year, the best football player, the coach of the women's team and the symbolic team of the year

Stanislav Cherchesov is serious - apparently, he does not know what is in the vote of coaches.

Pierluigi Collina was calm and elegant - in his work he is remembered quite differently.

Dani Alves in style. The case when you do not immediately pay attention to the player's companion.

Didier Drogba looked like a real Hollywood actor.

Fair Play Award received by Lennart Tee from Erzurum.

Team of the Year according to FIFA The Best.

Brazil star Marta became the player of the year.

A player of the year- Luka Modric.

Modric came to the ceremony with his family - they saw the main triumph in Luka's career.

The best player of the year is determined by two main versions. The first is the Ballon d'Or, which has been awarded by France Football magazine since 1956. The second version is FIFA, the prize has been awarded by the federation since 1991.

In 2010, the awards were combined and named the FIFA Golden Ball. The trophy has been awarded to Messi or Ronaldo for five years. In 2015, the prizes were divided again - the Golden Ball returned to France Football, and the FIFA prizes are now called The Best.

For the first time since 2007, neither Messi nor Ronaldo won one of the main awards of world football. The last one to take away their prizes for the best player was Milan striker Kaka - Messi was then second, and Ronaldo was third.

As a rule, all football events associated with the presentation of awards turn out to be as dull and drawn out as possible. Long gatherings of all the characters, endless cuts of moments, transcendental pathos. In total, 10 minutes are devoted to presenting awards - something for which everyone gathers and watches broadcasts of events.

FIFA this time managed to do something atypical for football world. A party that was fun to watch. The broadcast began with the green carpet stage (an alternative to the red one). Guests were greeted by several hosts and asked a variety of questions. Azara And Modrica asked about costumes: the Belgian came in an unusual for his football life in a red suit, and the Croat had a huge medallion on his jacket. Conception told the stories of the photos of the present from Pele on Instagram and commented on his signature celebration. A separate zone was for the Brazilians. It was hosted by Layla Anna-Lee, a journalist whose father is English and her mother is Brazilian. If a friend asks for the "instagram" of a journalist, then here:

Marcelo came to Anna-Lee with the children, and the elder was quickly explained where to find the ball. The kid quickly got his bearings, threw the ball between the legs of the operator, and then ran past Seedorf in vain. Clarence frankly grabbed the boy in his grip on the yellow one and immediately released him with a laugh. The gala evening for the first time acquired the atmosphere not of a dull obligatory celebration, but of parties for its own, where you can relax.

It was a special pleasure to watch the broadcast for those who were born at least in the 90s. Our entire childhood was spent in front of cameras. Sanetti, Roberto Carlos, Schmeichel(two persons), and Ronaldo, Kafu. Marcel Desailly in trendy glasses. Shaved head Drogba. Fortunately, not shaved bald Ballack. Flashed Alexey Smertin And Rinat Dasaev.

The FIFA party, unfortunately, was missed by two main guests. Ronaldo refused to come because of the Juventus match in the middle of the week. Messi- for family reasons. The absence of both FIFA, according to sources in the Spanish newspaper Marca, condemned and said that this discredits football.

But quite unexpectedly, they turned out to be at the holiday Noel Gallagher(Oasis) and sir with his son and grandson. The older Stewart ended up wearing the scarf of his beloved Huddersfield on stage.

Another difference is the brisk pace of the presentation itself. The main disadvantage is usually that the organizers tend to stretch the solemn part. Endless ensembles are calling, playing videos, reading congratulatory speeches. This time the program was started by rapper Big Shaq with his hit Man's not hot. In the middle of the track, according to the script, the stewards dragged the performer off the stage, and instead he came out. The British actor spent a couple of minutes joking: he made a sketch with the awarding of the prize for the best goal according to the VAR system. And then just went in a row awarding prizes.

Best goal unexpectedly awarded Salah. Unexpectedly, because among the contenders there were two overhead kicks from Ronaldo and Bale and the author's version of a scorpion kick from Riley McGree. Not to mention Pavard's crazy shot in the 2018 World Cup match against Argentina. In short, a strange choice, but Salah was pleased.

The best goalkeeper was predictably recognized, and the Belgian very elegantly thanked for this award, including his former Chelsea partners. And a little earlier, the Real Madrid goalkeeper asked FIFA to think about the award for the best save. “I will definitely take her,” Thibault promised to the laughter of the audience.

With the best coach, it turned out even more impressive. Frenchman Wenger announced the winner of the French Deschamps, who had to be let on stage by the Frenchman Zidane.

There is also a minus: with premiums, FIFA is already frankly overkill. Handed over for about everything that can be handed over. There is even a nomination the best fans, in which the Peruvians won this time. The Latin American delegation came out to the microphones satisfied and even made some noise. But it was precisely because of such episodes that the evening seemed to drag on in the end.

There are certain questions about the symbolic team of the year.

De Gea at the gate, Salah is not in the squad at all. Kamon, not a single Liverpool player in the squad at all!

The most emotional moment came with the presentation of the award for the best female player. Brazilian Marta could not hold back her tears when she delivered her speech.

What is bad about the absence of Ronaldo is that the element of the show is lost. Modric and Salah are two football nerds who can only thank everyone for their support. The victory went to the Croatian. In perfect Eastern European English, to the cries of "Bravo, Luka," he did not say a single unexpected word. He called Salah and Cristiano cool, said that he was experiencing incredible emotions. He thanked his partners in Real Madrid and the national team, the coaches. Marcelo just freaked out, filming Luca's speech on an iPhone. But Modric repeated his thanks in Spanish and Croatian.

FIFA still continues to learn how to make peppy parties, but it's already working out pretty well. It remains to turn into something vigorous the main ceremony of the year - the presentation of the "Golden Ball".

FIFA in two months will name the best player of 2018 and the past season. Sokker.ru offers to keep up - put the top ten in their places.

FIFA will select the best player from July 3, 2017 to July 15, 2018 - for the last season, taking into account the World Cup -18, at The Best FIFA Football Awards ceremony in London on September 24. The captains and head coaches of the national teams, journalists and visitors to the UEFA official website each have 25% of the influence on the result. Voting will last until August 10, so if you want your choice to be taken into account, vote.

What about the final ten? As often happens, the focus is on attacking players. We have nothing against guys with goals, but is it only Varan who showed himself from the destroyers? However, all the main favorites are here. You can stand up for Kante - Ngolo deserved a minute of fame, but the Frenchman did not best player of the year. Neither Courtois - an average season for Chelsea and a good World Cup, nor Pogba - a similar situation with Thibault, nor Neymar - you know why, would top this ten.

10th place. Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

Too many failures and no personal growth to put a great player higher at the end of the 2017/18 season. FIFA noted the status and the Golden Boot. But how did the decisive matches between his Barcelona and the Argentina national team end? If in the second case he brought them out at least to the World Cup -18, woke up several times against Nigeria and France - scored and gave goals, then he took the Spanish championship with the Catalans, but again failed the season in the Champions League. Lionel is a great player, but this is not his year.

9th place. Harry Kane (Tottenham)

It is convenient for the striker to play in Tottenham, Pochettino's team is built in such a way that Kane's obvious problems with playing in decisive matches are not noticeable. But at the World Cup, where he hit a penalty and successfully substituted the ball, Harry had a disastrous playoff. Shearer joked well - Kane received the World Cup Golden Boot, so now he can talk about it for thirty years, as Lineker does. But Harry played for Barcelona, ​​not just Spurs. And Harry, although he is highly rated, did not convince Real Madrid that he was wonderful, and not just good.

8th place. Rafael Varane (Real Madrid)

Varan won the Champions League and the World Championship. In one year, only a few players collected such a series - except for the Germans from Bayern in 1974, there are only Real Madrid players different years- Carambe, Roberto Carlos, Khedira, and now Varane. Rafa has grown up, grown noticeably, and although it’s easier for him in the national team - Umtiti plays better than Ramos in Real Madrid, in the new season, the success of the “creamy” in defense in difficult matches depends on Varan, because Sergio is getting old. Not to say that Varan is already great, but the world champion does not look like a stranger in the top ten.

7th place. Eden Hazard (Chelsea)

Where did Chelsea end the season? On the fifth, outside the Champions League. They were eliminated from the prestigious tournament by Barcelona - and even Roma were able to pass it. Hazard scored 12 goals in the Premier League, gave 4 assists, but rather falls into this list due to the failures of Neymar, Messi and company at the World Cup -18, and also thanks to his medal game. But when Hazard played decently against France, Belgium did not reach the final. So Eden is not the first in the world. Maybe in a season it will be higher? It all depends on Sarri if the player stays in London or Real Madrid if he leaves.

6th place. Kylian Mbappe (PSG)

Let me remind you once again - we are talking about the ranking for the season, and not according to the results of one World Cup. Although even in the tournament, Kilian was not always as good as in the scoring episodes. Of course, when we make allowance for age, then the eyes become like those of Donatello or Raphael - those of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The Frenchman has it all. But Mbappe was not the main one at PSG - there Neymar and Cavani helped a lot, and in the French team - as in Deschamps' communal apartment, dinner was cooked in turn. Defenders, midfielders Kante and Pogba, the official leader Griezmann helped. Mbappe is also handsome, but if you take the whole season, then Kylian is still on the verge of the top five.

5th place. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)

He was close to the trio, but then he met first Ramos, and then Ignashevich. Sergio stopped him against the rules, Sergey - within the bounds of decency, but after a shoulder injury that knocked out the Egyptian. Cooper's team counted on leaving the group, but lost all three matches. This failure does not allow us to forget about the excellent achievement of Salah in the Premier League - 32 goals in the championship, about the performances of Liverpool in the Champions League - reached the final. But if you sum up everything, then Salah cannot be higher, because he could have won, but lost.

4th place. Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid)

He had a solid World Cup, won the Europa League. But Antoine did not always play like the best player on the planet and the year. He had a bad start at Atletico - he swayed for a long time, although later he went to get goals and eventually hit the goal 19 times, and gave assists 9 more times. The arrival of Diego Costa helped, but it was rather understanding that this time it was impossible to reach the final with France and lose. And since it was with Griezmann’s trick that the decisive game with Croatia started - he earned a free kick and scored with the help of Mandzhukich, and according to the “goal plus pass” system, the Frenchman is the first in the World Cup -18, in the top five his place is without question.

3rd place. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)

Remember that the best player has been chosen since July 2017! Tactical geeks would put Kevin first and find arguments. In this top ten, only De Bruyne significantly influenced the development of football as an art in the past season. Only the midfielder, with the support of Guardiola, changed his position and set a new vector - a vertical attack. Although Kevin wisely stated that Belgium would not be able to play like Manchester City, transitions between zones along the shortest path were also practiced at the 18 World Cup. De Bruyne would have won if he had reached the Champions League final instead of Liverpool or instead of France - to the final with Croatia.

2nd place. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)

Most likely, Ronaldo will be awarded. People with the right to vote will take into account that at a respectable age he contributed to the victory over Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup, goals in the Champions League playoffs, including that same blow to Juventus. He is also the top scorer in the Champions League again, 26 goals in 27 games in La Liga, won the fifth European Cup in his life, scored in 10 Champions League games in a row, became the oldest author of a World Cup hat-trick against Spain. As a killing machine for someone else's defense, Ronaldo is impeccable. But he is not the only one on whose conscience Real Madrid wins. And the World Cup turned out differently than Euro 2016 - Portugal again did not help in the playoffs. Of course, in terms of personal brightness, he is the main one in the top five, but it is unlikely that he alone is the best for this particular year.

1 place. Luka Modric (Real Madrid)

Winning the Europa League and finishing second in the Spanish Championship with Atlético was not difficult for Griezmann when Real Madrid are much worse in performance than in European competition. About as easy as taking the Champions League with the "creamy", having failed the season in the Example. That is, in terms of club performances, these players have equality - at the very beginning of the season, Antoine played worse than Kokorin (not a joke), and Luka knew stronger seasons for Real Madrid. But Griezmann represents a great football country, also repeated the historical achievement of the generation of Deschamps and Zidane, and Modric surpassed the performance of Boban and Šuker - reached the World Cup final. Modric played incredibly cool and deserves respect. Moreover, in 2018, the logic of those years that Iniesta and Xavi rolled works. Just as Messi became more difficult without them, so Ronaldo did not drag Real Madrid to the cups alone, Kroos and Modric are great to the same extent.

Readers' opinion. Is it difficult to choose the best?

For personal fans of Ronaldo, everything is simple - for them he is the best. But who will try to analyze the whole year, combine different important elements and find a detailed winner - the flight will not answer. This year, absolutely all applicants are not without sin, so the elections are unique - the most exciting in the last eight years, since 2010, when Messi and Ronaldo did not win in South Africa, and there were other chic contenders for victory in a similar poll for the Golden Ball ".

Then Messi won, but his lead over Iniesta and Xavi was small and not very understood by many, not to mention Sneijder's flight. Ronaldo will win now, and he will also take the Golden Ball 2018 later, if he starts with shock in the autumn as part of Juventus. But with all due respect to the great athlete, it is unlikely that in 2018 his victory is appropriate and unequivocal. There was a World Cup - a landmark event of the year, and you know its heroes. Do not limit yourself to the official list if you think that FIFA experts have deprived other deserving ones of their attention, but offer your top three, five or ten.

The ceremony took place in London

On Monday, September 24, FIFA announced the winners of the annual The Best FIFA Football Awards. The ceremony was held in London, which FIFA previously called "passionate football city in a country with a great footballing heritage." British actor Idris Elba and French journalist Anne-Laure Bonnet hosted the event. Noel Gallagher, a native of Football Manchester.

The awards were given in seven nominations of the year - the best football player, the best female football player, the best male coach, the best female coach, best goalkeeper, the best goal, for fair play and the best action of the fans. A symbolic team consisting of the best football players was also named

The best player of the year. This prestigious award went to Luka Modric. He won the Champions League last season with Real Madrid. In addition, he was recognized as the best player of last season by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). also the captain of the Croatian national team was named the best player of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

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The Footballer of the Year is selected based on the results of a vote in which the head coaches and captains of the national teams of the FIFA member countries, as well as journalists and fans on the Internet, take part. This year's final three contenders included: midfielder "Real" and the national team of Croatia Luka Modric, striker "Juventus" Cristiano Ronaldo and midfielder "Liverpool" Mohamed Salah.

The final list of applicants for the first time since 2006 was not included in the Argentine striker "Barcelona" Lionel Messi, who was recognized five times as the best player according to FIFA.

The best female player of the year. The best player in women's football Brazilian Marta was recognized. This is the sixth prize in her career. She has already become the best football player on the planet in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010.

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Norwegian Ada Hegerberg (Lyon) and German Jennifer Marojan (Lyon) also claimed the title of the best female player of the year.

Best Goal of the Year. The award was received by the striker of the English football club"Liverpool" Mohammed Salah for a goal against another Liverpool club "Everton". Salah reached the Champions League final with Liverpool in the 2017/18 season. He also became top scorer championship of England, scoring 32 goals.

The award named after the outstanding Hungarian footballer Ferenc Puskas has been awarded since 2008 for the most beautiful goal. The list of candidates included Cristiano Ronaldo, Mohamed Salah, Lionel Messi, Garrett Bale, Lazaros Christodoulopoulos, Georgiana de Arrascaeta, Riley McGree, Benjamin Pavara, Ricardo Quaresma, Denis Chernyshev.

The best goalkeeper Belgian Thibault Courtois, who defended the national team's goal at the 2018 World Cup, became the best goalkeeper of the year. Previously, he was recognized as the best goalkeeper according to the results of the Mundial-2018 in Russia.

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Hugo Lloris of France, Thibaut Courtois of Belgium and Kasper Schmeichel of Denmark fought for the title of the best goalkeeper.

The best coach of the men's team. The best coach was the French football legend Didier Deschamps, who this year led the national team to victory in the World Cup. He received the FIFA award from the hands of another legendary Frenchman who coached London's Arsenal, Arsene Wenger.

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The final three contenders for the prize for the best coach of men's teams also included Main coach Croatian national team Zlatko Dalic and former coach of the Spanish “Real” Zinedine Zidane.

The best coach of the women's team. They became Reynald Pedros - the head coach of the French Lyon. Together with Olympique, Pedros won the 2017/2018 Women's Champions League, beating Wolfsburg 4-1 in extra time in the final.

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Japan coach Asako Takakura and head coach of the Netherlands Sarina Wigman also claimed the best female coach.

FIFA Fair Play Prize. This award is given for the most fair game. This season, it was awarded to the German footballer, striker of the VVV Venlo club Lennart Thi. Seven years ago, Tee, then playing for Werder Bremen, donated blood for people with leukemia. This year, it turned out that his DNA sample matched a patient with the disease, and the player agreed to donate blood to make a stem cell transplant possible. At the time of the procedure, he was absent from training for a week, but the club supported him.

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The best action of fans. The FIFA prize went to the fans of Peru for their active support of the national team at the 2018 World Cup. 40,000 fans came to Russia this year from a distant Latin American country.

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Fans of the national teams of Japan and Senegal also competed for this title, who were remembered for cleaning up after themselves the garbage in the stadiums, as well as the fan of the Chilean club Deportes Puerto Montt, Sebastian Carrera, who traveled three thousand kilometers to get to the match of his favorite team. Especially for him, a guest tribune was opened, where he was alone.

Symbolic team of the year. The FIFA Team of the Year has also become known. Goalkeeper: David de Gea. Defenders: Dani Alves, Ramos, Varane, Marcelo. Midfielders: Modric, Kante, Hazard. Forwards: Mbappe, Ronaldo, Messi.

How was the ceremony

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo did not attend the ceremony. Messi this year was nominated only for the award for the best goal. According to Spanish media, he stayed at home for personal reasons.

Ignored the delivery and the Portuguese player of Juventus Cristiano Ronaldo. He was unable to get to London due to a busy schedule. On September 23, Juventus played the match of the Italian championship, and the next meeting in the domestic championship will take place on September 26.

Arriving at the ceremony midfielder "Liverpool" Mohamed Salah, who was nominated for the title the best football player and the author of the most beautiful goal said that goals are important for him, but most of all last season he remembered the goal against Liverpool Everton.

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Former German international and clubs such as Bayern, Chelsea and Bayer 04 Michael Ballack, the player, arrived at the ceremony with his other half. When asked who he considers the best player, Ballack noted that this is a difficult choice, but he singles out Luka Modric.

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Spanish national team player and Real Madrid player Sergio Ramos walked along the famous green carpet with his wife Pilar Rubio.

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Noel Gallagher, one of the founders of the legendary British group Oasis and leader of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds today. By the way, a native of football Manchester is an active fan. He once named a symbolic rock band from famous football players. Lead guitar - Zinadine Zidane, bass guitar - Patrick Vieira, drums - Mario Balotelli, vocals - George Best.

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Now one player can receive the Ballon d'Or, while the other can receive the FIFA Player of the Year prize. Soccer.ru is upset that they could kill the prestige of the most famous individual football award. But there is a plus - you personally have the right to vote.

Again two awards, as it was before the unification of prizes. But then no one took into account the choice of FIFA. The people did not remember whether Romario won or not, but everyone knew that Weah or Stoichkov had the Golden Balls. This prize from journalists was much more prestigious, but then came Blatter, played on the greed of the French and bought them the right to present the prize, changed the rules, it was time for Ronaldo against Messi. Now the paths have parted, but will it get better? We are sorting out to determine with whom the prestige and world recognition will remain?

Benefits of the Golden Ball

Returned the original meaning. The prize was conceived as an award from specialists. They took it already, but deeper. The journalists chose the player of the year. And they will choose, because the French did not bargain with FIFA, they could not sell the rights for another couple of years. But in parallel, they removed the main flaw of the overall "Golden Ball" of recent years. Football players and national team coaches voted for nominally the strongest masters. Or they called their favorite player all the time. Hopefully, the winner of the 2016 Ballon d'Or will be chosen based on comparisons, not preference.

The voices of amateurs and mistakes were excluded. Many complained that they voted for some - others received points. And why do you need the opinion of the Djibouti national team coach, who has been supporting Barcelona or Real Madrid for ten years and does not understand that you need to choose the best for the year? Now there are fewer “ballots”, and only journalists vote. There will be no more mistakes and confusion. And this is important because all recent polls have included inconsistencies. Not productive, the margins of the winners were large, but the integrity of the electoral system was discredited a couple of times.

Determined by football analysts. Of course, everyone has favorite players, or at least those who you sympathize with. But journalists watch so much different football that they have long been accustomed to assessing quality, and not relying on emotions. It is difficult to surprise a football journalist, but he is not completely in love with the game of one person. Therefore, if for many years Messi and Ronaldo were voted with hearts and emotions, then journalists from different countries now choose with the help of logic.

Pros of "Best FIFA Player"

Your vote is important to Infantino! Gianni, although he became the head of football hell, has always been distinguished by his ability to win over the public. From him a pleasant Lucifer. That's why FIFA president approves idea to involve fans in voting– now you choose the best player of the year. Of course, you are not given the right to do it alone, but it has become more fun!

Interesting electoral system. So now there are four different categories voting. Coaches, national team captains, journalists from around the world in the amount of about two hundred and fans. It's funny if the journalists are the same as in the case of the Golden Ball elections, but here the meaning is different. The influence of each category is the same - 25%. In other words, if the trolls around the world put the fans of Paul Pogba first in the vote, and the journalists - the thirtieth, then he will not be the first. The votes will be converted into a proportion, and the percentages will be summed up. It is possible to balance inadequate votes, similarly, they protect themselves from the always likely hacker attack or purchased “bots”.

Ability to put on a show. Everyone knows the address of the FIFA website, all the media in the world will write about the vote - you go and choose yourself. You will be part of the show! Then in January, the stars will be invited to the ceremony, and prizes will be distributed. And what can journalists with the Golden Ball do? They have no opportunity to organize an expensive show, and those who lose will not go to it. There will be a winner and a prize - boring, the spectacle factor is lost, in early December it is unlikely that all the best players in the world will come to Paris. And why?

Cons of Golden Ball

The status of the jury has changed. When the Golden Ball was just established, the journalists watched more football than fans, there were no broadcasts, and reporters went to important matches of the Champions Cup, had access to a live game throughout Europe, unlike fans. They were guides in an age without the Internet. That is, everyone was looking forward to the announcement of the winner, like a gift under the Christmas tree - they helped you understand who was the coolest of the year? Over time, this trump card was lost. Why would you trust the journalists who are on the France Football list?

Chauvinism and elitism. This is just a guess, of course. But it cannot be ruled out that the decision not to make a discount for FIFA in the negotiations is due to the desire of France to see the player of the year not Ronaldo, but Griezmann, who lost the finals to Cristiano's teams. Of course, since the commission is international, it is difficult to "push through" Antoine's candidacy. But there is one more minus when experts vote - they want to show themselves. That is, there will be years when they will vote in spite of the glory hunters and the conditional Messi and Ronaldo will be pushed back. Is it fair? Not always. Moreover, there have already been cases when the publication did everything so that a particular player would not receive a prize.

Poor ideation. France Football should have better chosen the moment for parting, it turned out to be spontaneous in the middle of the year, because they did not tritely bargain for a contract extension. And now there is a risk that the Ballon d'Or and its prestige will be buried. Probably, a clever idea with fan voices will appeal to fans from all over the world. In addition, FIFA chooses the best female player, team of the year - and with the help of professional football players, the best coaches for women and men, the prize for fair play gives. If journalists once revealingly unfairly vote and give out the Ballon d'Or for no reason, people will say that the prize is worthless.

Cons of "Best FIFA Player"

club lobbying. On December 2, we will be given the top three finalists. Do you think Ronaldo, Bale and Griezmann will definitely be there? And why not Cristiano, Lionel and Suarez, for example? Or even Neymar, because it is difficult to predict the logic of four categories of voters at once. Therefore, every time the journalists forget a weak football player promoted by agents, he can simultaneously receive the “Best FIFA Player” award. Not by votes, but because "it's necessary." FIFA, unfortunately, is a corrupt office, who knows how they will calculate it there? They will show you percentages and that's it. Take my word for it!

50% of the votes - the players and coaches. Let's put it like it is - football players and coaches are not always intellectuals. This is if soft. Moreover, they do not always watch football, even if it sounds paradoxical. Even if they get paid millions for it, like Carragher or Shearer. Alan recently said Aguero is the only world-class player in the Premier League. De Bruyne, De Gea, Coutinho, Sanchez, Ozil, Hazard, Payet, it turns out that they are amateurs, where are they up to the world level this year? And in FIFA, half of all the votes were kept by the players and coaches, who will again choose between Messi and Ronaldo. Journalists and fans will try to influence, but will they be able to?

Nonobjective Gloryhunters. The France Football website launched a fan vote for the sake of interest. And there was confusion. Riyad Mahrez was in the lead – the Arab world came and voted, followed by Ronaldo and Messi. It doesn't matter that the Algerian is not the strongest player on the planet and of the year. Do not care that Cristiano and Lionel this year with their weaknesses. Glory hunters came and voted. If the results of the fans in the FIFA poll are published, you will see that the ethnic Turk Özil, thanks to the incredible activity of Turkish football fans on the net, may have more votes than Griezmann. Well, or Mahrez will be the player of the year. After all, do not forget that according to the Russian poll, Akinfeev turned out to be the most popular in the country, 14% of those polled sympathized with him. Democracy is a tricky thing if it ends up in stupid hands.

Who is cooler and more prestigious?

An amazing case, we went to zero - we summed up the pros and cons and we see that the score is a draw. We immediately note that if Infantino in his FIFA trio gets the same result as the journalists in the Ballon d'Or 2016, then he will seize the initiative at the expense of the budget. If there are two prizes that will give out the same, then the one with the gala performance will win. And the editors of France Football are to blame for the humiliation of the prize. After all, the Golden Ball is their legacy. They sold him to Blatter for millions of euros, but didn't think about the consequences. It was necessary to give the prize for three years, not six. And when they rolled Sneijder, Iniesta, Ribery - the heroes of specific years, it was necessary to select the Golden Ball, make a big scandal, lure the people to their side. And sell it to UEFA, emphasizing that prestige is more important than money. That is, greed ruined the award, roughly speaking. And only then the stupidity of those who chose the same ones.

Now French journalists are forced to take on a great responsibility. For example, if Ronaldo takes the “Best FIFA Player” (and it will be), and Griezmann takes the “Golden Ball”, then it is not a fact that everyone will go over to the side of journalists. Year after all difficult for choice. It is easy to find fault with absolutely all candidates. Ronaldo won titles? And Messi was pounding goals while they were working for Cristiano. Griezmann - well done? And Bale also looked good, like Suarez with the Golden Boot. What is there, even Ramos and Pepe are important for the titles of Real Madrid and Portugal, why is Ronaldo singled out on the basis of titles when he himself played worse than he can? Such a year was caught - there is no one who would deserve much more than the rest. That is, the trio of Ronaldo, Griezmann and Bale will find their fans, as well as the trio of Griezmann, Ronaldo, Messi, for example.

We get an important conclusion - FIFA and France Football have jointly destroyed the once most prestigious, important individual award football world. There is no more prize that helped dozens of footballers to achieve international recognition. So the people will choose. Over time, only one of these prizes will receive cult status, you'll see. In the meantime, you can vote for yourself. If your favorite wins, if you guess all three, then you will know that you are involved. And then a dispute will begin, who is more objective, more prestigious, more interesting, the Golden Ball or the Best FIFA Player? Fans of Messi and Ronaldo killed the idea of ​​​​Gabriel Ano, and the organizers of the poll actively helped in this. There was a division, it's time to choose who you trust more? Only journalists or FIFA coalitions - captains, coaches, journalists and fans? And anyway, who will you vote for? Name your trio!