2022 Ballon d'Or shortlist Messi loses first in 16 years

2022-08-13 10:02

2022 Ballon d'Or shortlist Messi loses first in 16 years


"France Football" today finally announced the 30 candidates for the 2022 Ballon d'Or, but Messi, the winner of the previous Ballon d'Or, missed the nomination for the first time since 2006. The Argentine star has been shortlisted for many times before. up to 15 times.


According to media reports, some adjustments have been made in the selection of this year's Golden Globe Awards, including the reference time for selection performance is based on the full season, not the performance of the natural year, that is, from August last year to July this year To assess the performance of the players , and only representatives of FIFA's top 100 member associations are eligible to participate.


It is worth mentioning that the Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, who won the Golden Globe Award 5 times before, was also shortlisted again this year, setting the final selection of the 18th consecutive Golden Globe Award and becoming the star with the most nominations. But it is a pity that Messi, who has won the Ballon d'Or 7 times, unexpectedly did not enter the finalist list this year, and this is the first time Messi has not entered the selection since 2006. The record of 15 consecutive selections has ended. .


In addition, according to the shortlist, 15 players are from the Premier League, 7 from La Liga , 4 from Germany , 3 from Serie A and 1 from Ligue 1 , making the Premier League the big winner of this year's finalists. The three clubs, Real Madrid, Manchester City and Liverpool, who performed well last season , each had 6 players shortlisted. However, although Paris Saint-Germain won the Ligue 1 championship, only French star Mbappe was shortlisted, and Messi was shortlisted. And Neymar missed the finals.


30 nominees for the 2022 Golden Globes


Courtois (Real Madrid), Leo ( AC Milan), Nkunku (Leipzig), Salah (Liverpool), Kimmich (Bayern Munich)


Arnold (Liverpool), Lewandowski (Barcelona), Bernardo Silva (Manchester City), Vinicius (Real Madrid), Luis Dias (Liverpool)


Benzema (Real Madrid), Fabinho (Liverpool), Mahrez (Manchester City), Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur), Casemiro (Real Madrid)


Maine ( AC Milan), Kane (Tottenham Hotspur), Nunes (Liverpool), Foden (Manchester City), Mane (Bayern Munich)


Ronaldo (Manchester United), De Bruyne (Manchester City), Allai (Dortmund), Modric (Real Madrid), Rudiger (Real Madrid)


Vlahović (Zouwindus), Van Dijk (Liverpool), Cancelo (Manchester City), Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain), Haaland (Manchester City)