The end of the 2023 calendar year is approaching and various individual prizes will also be awarded in football. In our country we are already looking forward to the presentation of the Golden Shoe. That battle could suddenly become exciting after all.
The Golden Shoe has been awarded for decades to the best player on the Belgian fields, at least according to voters. But the procedure remains open to discussion. This means voting takes place over an entire calendar year, which is divided into two rounds. In principle, half of two different seasons are eligible.
As a result, players who went to other places during the summer mercato have little chance of winning the trophy, as they cannot collect points in the second voting round. And there are quite a few this year. Teddy Teuma, Mike Trésor, Victor Boniface, Calvin Stengs, Bart Verbruggen, Noa Lang, Ayase Ueda, Willian Pacho, … all chose a different competition in the summer.
Top favorite Toby
Fortunately, a number of trendsetters also remained in place. But only a few of them were able to confirm their good performance in the first half of the calendar year. Think of, for example, Gift Orban, Vincent Janssen, Bilal El Khannouss, Hugo Cuypers, … . For a long time, one big favorite was put forward: Toby Alderweireld.
The captain played a significant role in Antwerp FC’s successes last season. Moreover, he scored the historic champion goal and the favorability factor for him is quite high. This season, the (former?) Red Devil continues to perform on a consistent basis, he also generally holds his own in the Champions League.
Overtaking Vertonghen
But with the final vote in sight, Alderweireld suddenly has a candidate to be feared. Bee The newspapaer after all, it was understood that Jan Vertonghen could well become the great challenger to his long-time teammate. Yves Taildeman van The last hour even goes one step further and devotes an entire column to the possible duel between the two top defenders.
Based on the past few weeks, Vertonghen already seems to have an advantage for the second voting round, which has proven to be decisive several times in the past. The fact that Anderlecht’s captain also regularly conducts his interviews in French could also become a factor on the other side of the language border, according to Taildeman. It promises to be an exciting match between two big names from Belgian football who have played hundreds of matches alongside each other.
2023-11-28 07:54:00
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