The football glamor returns to Paris two years later, after the break caused by the pandemic in 2020.The appointment, in the central Theater Du Chatlet, will gather the best of the planet football around the Golden Ball in the male and female versions, as well as those of best goalkeeper and best young player.The votes were closed on November 24 and this Monday at the edge of nine o'clock at night all the unknowns will be clear.

The fight to be the best (many voices point to the Argentine, who will receive his eighth pichichi from the brand's hands on Monday, as a winner) is focused on Leo Messi and Robert Lewandowski ('moral' winner of that deserted edition of 2020),With Karim Benzema in third place, but he already knows that the prize will not be for him.

Messi points to the winner, in which he would be his seventh Golden Ball, leaving Cristiano Ronaldo behind with five.The Portuguese does not appear in any of the pools.Gerard Moreno, César Azpilicueta and Pedri are the Spaniards who appear in the relationship of aspiring to the most coveted prize of the planet football.

Gold Balloon choice process

How are the candidates and the winner chosen?The writing of 'France Football' proposes to the 30 candidates who opt for the prize, to those who vote for the 180 selected journalists, who choose a total of five players.In this way, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point for those five chosen ones are distributed.Fifty specialized journalists will choose the best player on the planet.The list for best young man, the Kapa trophy, and best goalkeeper, Yashin trophy, are 10 in each award.

Merits to win the Golden Ball

When the day delivery day arrives and during the previous months, the merits to reach the Golden Ball are discussed.Which are?It begins, of course, by the level of play shown during the season, taking into account statistics such as the marked goals, the assists and also the level shown by his team and the player within the set, at leadership levels.

Secondly, the titles obtained and the importance that has been had in those conquests are valued.Club level titles enter and also selections, chapters the latter that is usually definitive, as can happen in this edition with Messi and Copa América.The public image of the player itself, both on and outside the pitch is also taken into account.And then there are two intangibles such as the personal appreciation and marketing that surrounds the players.The debate will continue after the delivery of a subjective prize to the maximum.It is unavoidable.

In addition to the prize itself, the ball of another changes the life of the one who earns it.Many players include it in their contracts as one of the extra remuneration reasons.Being crowned in Paris raises the quote of the player, changes his life completely.

Nominated for the Women's Golden Ball

Alexia Putellas is the big favorite to get the women's golden ball, which would make the Barcelona player the first Spanish footballer to win the award and the second Spanish, after Luis Suarez in 1960.The complete list of nominees is: Sandra cloths, Alexia Putellas, Irene Paredes, Jenni Hermoso and Lieke Martens (Barcelona), Kadidiatou Diani (PSG), Fran Kirby (Chelsea), Christiane Endler (PSG, OL), Christine Sinclair (Thorns FC), Ashley Lawrence (PSG), Jessie Fleming (Chelsea), Viviane Hydema (Arsenal), Ellen White (Manchester City), Pernille Harder (Chelsea), Samantha Mewis (North Carolina Courage), Wendie Renard (OL), Marie-AntoinetteKatoto (PSG), Stina Blackstenius (Häcken), Magdalena Eriksson (Chelsea) and Sam Kerr (Chelsea).

Yashin and Kopa Awards

The relationship of goalkeepers who opt for the best goalkeeper award is: Keylor Navas and Donnarumma (PSG), Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa), Neuer (Bayern Munich), Jan Oblak (Atlético de Madrid), Handanovic (Inter Milan), Ederson(Manchester City), Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester City), Mendy (Chelsea) and Courtois (Real Madrid).

Pedri is the big favorite in the Kopa Award.The candidates are Greenwood (Manchester United), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Pedri (Barcelona), Doku (Stade Rennais), Gravenberch (Ajax), Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich), Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), Bellingham and Reyna (BorussiaDortmund) and Nuno Mendes (PSG).