“Last year, Bayern, led by Robert Lewandowski and Hansi Flick, made the decision simple. This year, things got complicated. The Champions League, the Copa America and the European Championships had many nominations among the electors. Ultimately, they decided that the records gave him the first. a place ahead of Jorginho and Messi, who finally won an important trophy with the squad.
This time the journalists follow Lewandowski
This is the justification of Jamie Veans, editor of “World Soccer” – a magazine that has been awarding prestigious awards (also for the manager and team of the year, and recently also in women’s football) since 1982.
The principle is simple and is similar to the one that guides the selection of the Golden Ball: the selection of the winners is made by voting by more than 40 foreign correspondents of “World Soccer” and journalists of the magazine. The Polish elector is Dariusz Kurowski, author of, among others biography of Władysław Żmuda.
Lewandowski was awarded by “World Soccer” for the second year in a row. The elections usually coincide with those made by journalists on the occasion of the Golden Ball, but since 2010 they have been selected twice without consensus: in 2010, the winner of the Golden Ball was, and in the “World Soccer” poll – Xavi. For this season, Messi also received the Golden Ball, but Lewandowski triumphed in the magazine’s poll.
Last year the player also won, but then the organizers of “ZP” resigned from the election.
Source: Sport
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