The Spaniards are ready to discuss it Premier League it is the best championship in the world.

“The best championship in the world” without the “Golden Balls”

Ronaldo and Modric played Premier League, but it was after moving to Real Madrid that they got a large number of cups and prizes. Cristiano brought his Ballon d’Or to Madrid after the first. And Luca, despite his prize being earned in the World Cup, became the player of the year, speaking in La Liga. Premier League – the richest division, but on the number of victories in the finals Champions League advantage in means does not affect. And on the number of Golden Balls, even if 12 people from Klopp and Guardiola’s teams were among the top thirty candidates.

There are three club-states in the world, as Klopp says: Newcastle, PSG and Manchester City. But their representatives don’t win individual awards year after year. Kevin De Bruyne finished third in the poll for the 2022 Ballon d’Or today, but the Belgian had no chance after Real Madrid beat Liverpool in the Champions League final, where Benzema led Ancelotti. Now the French award the title of player of the year based on the results of the regular football season and not the calendar year.

Benzema has a Spanish title, a European Cup, a Nations League victory, an incredible amount of goals and many clever offensive moves. Haaland has called for success before next year’s World Cup, but it will be difficult for Erling to compete with the World Cup winner when it comes to Mbappe, Neymar or Messi. But Benzema was lucky. The pandemic did not interfere, the blind adoration of Lionel by those who voted first did not interfere. Already last year, Lewandowski claimed the award for the second time and the Barcelona veteran, who at that time could not score in the French league, received it.

Now the Argentine was not among the top thirty candidates. Ronaldo took a very modest place. Predictably, the award went to Benzema. Karim was deservedly awarded. And although a year ago it was worth voting and admitting a mistake – by handing the 2020 Ballon d’Or to Lewandowski, this time everything went without scandals. They are looking to re-launch the award, Karim’s victory is the first step, as is the Gerd Müller Award for Lewandowski, the award for the best sniper of the season.

You can challenge the “Cop Trophy” for Gavi

A guy who doesn’t always have a place at Barcelona when De Jong is good has been named the best young player in the world. Not that this award was a complete analogue of the Ballon d’Or, which Sneijder, Ribery, Xavi, van Dijk and Iniesta have earned over the years, and perhaps Neuer, if we take the strongest segment in the German goalkeeper’s career, but the sediment from the choice in favor of Gavi remains. The Spaniard had luxury competitors.

After such a decision, people who don’t like Barcelona may become more active. Laporta still celebrates the victory, but now there are doubts. Gavi himself is a good junior, only Bellingham, Musiala and Saka are no worse. All of them are more mature masters. Gavi is inferior to club and national teammate Pedri. He was obviously the favorite from a year ago. They have now overturned last year’s winners – Bellingham and Musiala, and Camavinga finished second.

The Cop Trophy went to a boy who was remembered by the world with jokes that Pique was credited with having an affair with his mother, in fact Gerard found a young student after Shakira. And Gavi was thinking of leaving Barcelona, ​​he doubted that he would be at the base if De Jong refused the invitation from Manchester United. The Spanish midfielder plays great, but voters are clearly not looking at the Bundesliga. Musiala came forward and Bellingham is still good.

Courtois certainly deserved the Yashin Trophy

Thibault has a back injury, Lunin secures him at Real Madrid goal. But it is clear that the Belgian will return to the pitch, play for the club and travel to Qatar, where Belgium will make one last attempt to prove themselves in this squad. Four years ago, Courtois helped against the Brazilians, but they failed to take the last step: they flew out of France in the semifinals world Cup. Real Madrid could leave the playoffs several times Champions League to the final in the spring, but Courtois held out and then played an impressive game against Liverpool.

Courtois has known different times. There were segments at Chelsea when he was mercilessly criticized and, above all, on the case. Then he moved to Real Madrid, where he met a solid competitor, multiple Champions League winner Keylor Navas. The Costa Rican is not a shy dozen, he has even put the joker Casillas on the bench. Courtois doesn’t have the same status as a competitor, but there is an understanding of fair play on the goal line. In a world where Handanovic and Oblak are struggling, Thibault doesn’t have many competitors.

Neuer is a legend, two Brazilians – Alisson and Ederson, are definitely on the list of the best goalkeepers in the world. Mainan liked it very much. Mendy slowed down, stability was not a strong point of the Senegalese, not long ago he was paid unemployment benefits in France. Courtois may not enter a bar with Atlético fans in Madrid for fear of causing a stir, but he is now a respected goalkeeper whose exploits last season were reflected in the vote for the Lev Yashin Award. A worthy winner.

A prize is awarded to the patron of the arts Manet

For another award of the evening – the “Golden Ball” for women, it is difficult to evaluate. We need a specialist in this subspecies of football, although from what we have seen in the performance of two-time winner Alexia Putellas, she is closer than many female players to world-class standards, even in men’s football. If not, we have received a ceremony, after which there is no bitter precipitation. The next one will be more interesting, but it will be ruined by the World Cup.

If we get a clear winner in the tournament, then the playoffs Champions League it will not affect anything. But if Holland’s game for the club turns out to be brighter than any performance in Qatar, we will see the first favorite for the Ballon d’Or in many years since Premier League. The last time the rep Premier League won in 2008 – Ronaldo beat Messi and Torres. And before that, there was Michael Owen’s scandalous victory in 2001, because Raul, Kahn and Totti didn’t have that year worse. You can remember how van Dyck was made fun of.

Back then Messi was seven points ahead of Virgil, but now there is a different scoring system. They changed the jury selection rules, today the prize was not awarded to Darwin Nunez. And thanks for that, Benzema received a well-deserved award, which is always nice, and Sadio Mane was also noticed. He received the Socrates Award, the first ever award for contributions to life outside of football. The Senegalese built a hospital and a school in his native village in memory of his barefoot youth and his father, who was not saved because there were no doctors nearby.

If we take away the lazy scenario of the ceremony – too long, times can be halved without losing the brightness of the show, then we can say that this time around we have received a near-perfect list of award nominees. Not everyone understood the choice in favor of Gavi, but the child is 18 years old, make him rejoice and don’t be arrogant. But the team of the year was logically chosen: Manchester City deserved an award for playing football and the Ballon d’Or went to a Tupac Shakur fan for the cause. The tough Benzema scored 50 goals and provided 16 assists in 56 games last season for Real Madrid and France.

For the first time in sixteen years, neither Messi nor Ronaldo are in the top three. Now, an era is definitely over.