Four Portuguese nominated for the Ballon d'Or in a list that does not include Messi

The magazine reported that Portuguese internationals Cristiano Ronaldo, Bernardo Silva, Joao Cancelo and Rafael Leao were among 30 nominees for the 2022 Ballon d’Or. French football The best football player at the time.

Also in the group are Colombian Luis Diaz and Uruguayan Darwin Nunez, who played for league champions FC Porto and Benfica respectively in 2021/22, but not current and record holder Lionel Messi. The season with Paris Saint-Germain, the French champion with 11 goals and 15 assists in 34 games, the 35-year-old Argentine will miss the 14th podium and his eighth success after 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015. 2019 and 2021.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored 24 goals and assisted 3 in 38 games on his return to Manchester United’s season but failed to win a collective title, could add 13th on the podium to a winning streak in 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017.

Finishing sixth in 2021, the year he came off the podium for the first time since 2010, the 37-year-old ‘CR7’ set the record for Ballon d’Or runners-up with 18 consecutive appearances, which were rewarded between 2010 and 2015 under the seal of FIFA.

In addition to the striker and “captain” of the national team, they were also appointed by French football Defender Joao Cancelo and midfielder Bernardo Silva, two of City’s rivals, are key players for Manchester City to reclaim the Premier League title in 2021/22.

The Portuguese quartet chosen by the French magazine also includes striker Rafael Leao, who was considered the best player in the last edition of the Italian Serie A, as he scored 11 goals and made 10 assists, to become the champion of Milan, and after 11 years Italy.

Among the 30 nominees for the prestigious award, announced at the end of the afternoon on social networks French footballThere are five European champions for Real Madrid, such as Casemiro, Karim Benzema, Luka Modric, Thibaut Courtois and Vinicius Junior.

Robert Lewandowski, who recently moved to FC Barcelona, is prominent in the list as the top scorer in the “old continent” league championship 2021/22, with 35 goals in 34 rounds of the German league for ten-time German champion Bayern Munich.

Lionel Messi’s successor will be announced at the 66th Ballon d’Or gala, scheduled for October 17, by adopting new evaluation criteria, which will take into account the sporting season rather than the calendar year in an unprecedented way.

Below is the list of nominees for the Men’s Ballon d’Or French football: