Four Argentines nominated for Ballon d’Or

2024-09-04 22:25:11

Lionel Scaloni, Lautaro Martinez, Emiliano Martinez and Alejandro Garnacho nominated for four awards by France Football magazine Traditional Golden Globe Awards Ceremony. It will be held on October 28th at the Théâtre du Chatelet in Paris.

In this way, Lionel Scaloni, the head coach of the World Champions and the American Champions, will compete for the best male coach of the season award, which is awarded for the first time, and will compete with Ancelotti and Luiz for this award. .

Emiliano “Dib” Martinez and Lautaro Martinez will also receive the Football Player of the Season award. These two Argentinian players will compete with great footballers.

The “opponents” are Federico Valverde, Ruben Dias, Phil Foden, Jude Bellingham, Kylian Mbappe, Ademola Lookman, Antonio Rudiger, Alejandro Grimaldo, Erling Haaland, Nico Williams, Grant Xhaka, Artem Dovbik, Toni Kroos, Vinny Junior, Dani Olmo, Florian Wirtz, Martin Odegaard, Mats Hummels, Rodri, Harry Kane, Declan Rice , Vitinha, Cole Palmer, William Saliba, Hakan Calhanoglu, Bukayo Saka, Lamine Yamal and Dani Carvajal.

In addition, “Dib” Martinez will also compete for the Yashin Award, which is the best goalkeeper award of the season he won last year.

Finally, young striker Alejandro Garnacho will be aiming to win the Kopa Trophy, which honors the best under-21 footballers in the world.

No Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo

For the first time in 21 years, the names of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are not among the 30 nominees for the Ballon d’Or, which is awarded to the world’s best players. Awards for good footballers.

Messi, the record holder of eight Ballon d’Or wins, is not among the nominees for this year’s Ballon d’Or, which will be awarded on October 28. Cristiano, a five-time winner of the trophy, was also left out.

Lionel Messi with his children at last year’s Ballon d’Or ceremony, the last one the Argentinian won. Accompanying him on his left is David Beckham, one of Inter Miami’s shareholders. (Associated Press)

We have to go back to 2003, the last time these two stars were not on the nomination list. Current Inter Miami player Messi won the award last year after beating Haaland in voting. The Argentine star won his first Ballon d’Or in 2009, the beginning of a four-year winning streak. He was first nominated in 2006.

Messi and Cristiano turned the race for the Ballon d’Or into a two-man affair at the peak of their careers. Since 2008, they have won the title 13 times in total.

Cristiano was first nominated in 2004 when the Portuguese broke into Manchester United. Both stars left European football. After the 2022 World Cup, Ronaldo signed with the Saudi Arabian club Al-Nassr. A year later, after playing for Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain, Messi received an invitation from Major League Soccer.

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