The Ballon dOr has actually been awarded every year given that 1956. Franck Fife/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Ballon dOr has actually been cancelled for the very first time in the awards history due to the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on the football calendar.
Barcelonas Lionel Messi won the 2019 award while U.S. femaless national group and OL Reign captain Megan Rapinoe took home the Ballon dOr Feminin.
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Organisers of the award, Group LEquipe, announced in a statement on Monday that the conditions for the prize to occur had not been met.
” There will be no edition in 2020, since it ends up, after thoughtful factor to consider, that all the conditions are not fulfilled. We think that such a singular year can not– and need to not– be treated as a regular one,” editor-in-chief of France Football Pascal Ferre stated in a declaration.
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” From a sports point of view, 2 months (January and February), out of the 11 typically required to choose and form an opinion who should lift the prizes, represent far insufficient to assess and judge; without forgetting that the other video games were played– or will be played– in unordinary conditions (behind closed doors, with five replacements, Champions Leagues Final 8 played in a single video game).
” Finally, the equity that dominates for this honorary title will not be warranted, specifically when it concerns accounting and preparation: all the award applicants will not be in the very same boat, some having seen their season cut short. How can we develop a fair comparison? To avoid excessively convoluted estimations and forecasts, we picked the least bad of the choices.”
Instead of granting the normal 4 specific trophies, the organisation will announce a “Dream Team” at the end of the year. Eleven players will include and will be selected by the normal Ballon dOr jury.
Each of the 180 juries will select 11 gamers and the gamers with the most votes will make the final team.
The award was produced in 1956 and is one of the most prominent private prize in football. In 2018 it added the Ballon dOr Feminin to reward the very best football gamer in the womens game.
Along with the Ballon dOr, the organisation also provides an award to the very best young gamer and the best goalkeeper.
The Ballon dOr is commanded by France Football, having been a FIFA award from 2010 to 2015. Nevertheless, the 2 companies then divided and footballs governing body created the FIFA The Best award, which has run parallel to the Ballon dOr since 2016.
” Finally, the equity that dominates for this honorary title will not be called for, especially when it comes to accounting and preparation: all the award candidates will not be in the same boat, some having seen their season cut short. How can we establish a reasonable contrast? To prevent overly convoluted computations and forecasts, we chose the least bad of the choices.”
