The Battle for the Ballon d’Or: Favorites and Criteria Revealed by Voter Cleber Machado

The award will be presented this Monday, at 3:45 pm; voter, Cleber Machado tells what criteria he uses in voting

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Who will be chosen as best player of the 2022-23 season by France Football magazine? The answer comes out this Monday, at 3:45 pm. Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi is the big favorite to win his eighth Ballon d’Or, after winning his third world championship with the Argentine national team. But there are other strong competitors, such as Norwegian Erling Haaland, top scorer for Manchester City, English and European champions last season, and Frenchman Kylian Mbappé, from Paris Saint-Germain. The event will be broadcast on TNT.

The French magazine takes the European season into account to select a list of 30 finalists (see the nominees below), from which journalists from 180 countries will rank from first to fifth who were the best football players of the season. Thus, athletes receive a score that will be added together to determine the winner of the Ballon d’Or award.

In addition to the men’s award, the Ballon d’Or will also be awarded to the best player from last season. The Kopa trophies are also distributed, for the best under-21 player, Yashin, for the best goalkeeper, Gerd Müller, for the top scorer, Sócrates, for players who stand out for social actions, and Club of the Year.

Frenchman Karim Benzema, currently at Saudi Al-Ittihad, was the winner of the Ballon d’Or in 2022. Spain’s Alexia Putellas won the women’s version of the trophy, while Gavi, her Barcelona colleague, was chosen as the best young player. Sadio Mané won the Sócrates award, and Robert Lewandowski, the Gerd Müller award. Belgian Thibaut Courtois lifted the Yashin trophy, and Manchester City was chosen as club of the year.

Cleber Machado is the Brazilian representative in the Ballon d’Or voting

Brazil’s representative in France Football’s electoral college will once again be the narrator Cleber Machado, now on SBT. To Estadão, the announcer told which criteria he takes into consideration when voting.

“The magazine itself offers the list. Its suggestion is the same criteria that I use: the player’s performance in the season, not the world’s all-time performance. Sometimes, people get confused. It’s not to say whether Messi is better than than Modric. That is to say that that year Modric was the best player in the world. So, I use as criteria individual performance, technique, importance for the team and the result of the team and selection in the season. Competitions, such as the Copa do The World and Champions League have a lot of weight”, said Cleber, who will soon return to narrating the most important tournament in Europe on SBT and who is usually the tip of the balance in votes like this.

In 2022, Cleber chose Benzema as the best in the world, agreeing with the general vote. Second, on the narrator’s list, was the Egyptian Salah, third, the Belgian De Bruyne, and fourth, the Brazilian Vinícius Júnior. Mbappé closed the list. The narrator also told how the invitation to participate in the vote came about.

“The Association of Sports Chroniclers of the State of São Paulo (Aceesp) had a time at a football field behind the Center Norte shopping center, owned by Fupe, and we would go and play ball there in the morning. And among those who played there was a French journalist who worked in Gazeta Esportiva and wrote for France Football. He told me that they were expanding the electoral college for the award and asked if he could suggest me. Then they started sending me emails and since then I’ve been voting annually”, said Cleber, who cannot reveal their votes before the official release.

What are the differences between the Ballon d’Or and FIFA The Best?

Until 1994, France Football only awarded European players with the Ballon d’Or. Afterwards, he released athletes of other nationalities, as long as they were linked to a club on the Old Continent. In 2006, voting expanded to include all nationalities and clubs from all over the planet. FIFA established the global award in 1991.

As for the electoral college, there are also differences. In the case of the FIFA award, the captains and coaches of the teams and the public also vote, while in the France Football award only journalists are accredited to give their opinion.

The FIFA award is usually awarded in the first months of the year, while the Ballon d’Or is awarded in October. The two trophies were unified between 2010 and 2015, but in 2016 the events returned to being isolated.

Check out the Ballon d’Or finalists

Best player of the season Gvardiol (Croatia, RB Leipzig and Manchester City) Onana (Cameroon, Inter Milan and Manchester United) Benzema (France, Real Madrid and Al-Ittihad) Musiala (Germany and Bayern Munich) Salah (Egypt and Liverpool) Bukayo Saka (England and Arsenal) De Bruyne (Belgium and Manchester City) Bellingham (England, Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid) Kolo Muani (France, Eintracht Frankfurt and PSG) Bernardo Silva (Portugal and Manchester City) Kvaratskhelia (Georgia and Napoli) Barella (Italy and Inter Milan) Emiliano Martínez (Argentina and Aston Villa) Rúben Dias (Portugal and Manchester City) Haaland (Norway and Manchester City) Gündogan (Germany, Manchester City and Barcelona) Odegaard (Norway and Arsenal) Bono (Morocco, Seville and Al-Nassr) Julián Álvarez (Argentina and Manchester City) Vinícius Júnior (Brazil and Real Madrid) Rodri (Spain and Manchester City) Griezmann (France and Atlético de Madrid) Messi (Argentina, PSG and Inter Miami) Lautaro Martínez (Argentina and Inter Milan) Lewandowski (Poland and Barcelona) Kim Min-Jae (South Korea, Napoli and Bayern Munich) Modric (Croatia and Real Madrid) Mbappé (France and PSG) Osimhen (Nigeria and Napoli) Kane (England, Tottenham and Bayern Munich) Best player of the season Kadidiatou Diani (France, PSG and Lyon) Linda Caicedo (Colombia and Real Madrid) Alba Redondo (Spain and Levante) Rachel Daly (England and Aston Villa) Fridolina Rolfö (Sweden and Barcelona) Olga Carmona ( Spain and Real Madrid) Georgia Stanway (England and Bayern Munich) Amanda Ilestedt (Sweden, PSG and Arsenal) Hayley Raso (Australia, Manchester City and Real Madrid) Sophia Smith (United States and Portland Thorns) Salma Paralluelo (Spain and Barcelona) Millie Bright (England and Chelsea) Hinata Miyazawa (Japan, Mynavi Sendai and Manchester United) Lena Oberdorf (Germany and Wolfsburg) Daphne Van Domselaar (Netherlands, Twente and Aston Villa) Sam Kerr (Australia and Chelsea) Debinha (Brazil, North Carolina Courage and Kansas City) Patricia Guijarro (Spain and Barcelona) Ewa Pajor (Poland and Wolfsburg) Guro Reiten (Norway and Chelsea) Aitana Bonmati (Spain and Barcelona) Alexandra Popp (Germany and Wolfsburg) Yui Hasegawa (Japan and Manchester City) Jill Roord ( Netherlands, Wolfsburg and Manchester City) Katie McCabe (Ireland and Arsenal) Wendie Renard (France and Lyon) Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria and Barcelona) Mary Earps (England and Manchester United) Mapi León (Spain and Barcelona) Khadija Shaw (Jamaica and Manchester City ) Award Yashin Courtois (Belgium and Real Madrid) Ter Stegen (Germany and Barcelona) Maignan (France and Milan) Onana (Cameroon, Inter Milan and Manchester United) Bono (Morocco, Sevilla and Al-Nassr) Ederson (Brazil and Manchester City ) Emiliano Martínez (Argentina and Aston Villa) Ramsdale (England and Arsenal) Livakovic (Croatia, Dinamo Zagreb and Fenerbahçe) Brice Samba (France and Lens)

Kopa Trophy

Alejandro Balde (Spain and Barcelona) Jude Bellingham (England and Real Madrid) Eduardo Camavinga (France and Real Madrid) Gavi (Spain and Barcelona) Jamal Musiala (Germany and Bayern Munich) Pedri (Spain and Barcelona) Rasmus Hojlund (Denmark and Manchester United) Xavi Simons (Netherlands and RB Leipzig) Elye Wahi (France and Lens) António Silva (Portugal and Benfica)

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2023-10-30 06:10:00
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