Every year, the Golden Ball Plebiscite organized by “France Football” arouses a lot of emotions among experts and fans. It was no different last year, when he received the award for the best footballer in the world. Many observers were outraged by this verdict and believed that Robert Lewandowski was robbed of the award. Let us add that the Pole should win the statuette for 2020 (which was stated by Messi himself), but then France Football decided to cancel the plebiscite due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The editor-in-chief of France Football explains the changes to the Golden Ball. “There is always something to improve”
On Friday, “” announced significant changes in the Golden Ball plebiscite. First of all, in the next edition of the plebiscite, the player who achieved the best results not in the calendar year, but in one season will be awarded. I am talking about the period from August to July of the following year. What does it mean? That the next vote will not take into account the World Championships in Qatar, which will not take place until the end of 2022. In addition, more emphasis is to be put on the individual achievements of the player, and not on team successes. The jury of the competition will also be reduced to 100 people.
– While it is not that selecting for the calendar year was something wrong, we have successfully done it for over 60 editions, but it seems that switching for the season makes sense. Now it will be more natural, because this is how the football rhythm goes, from season to season – explained the editor-in-chief of “FF” in an interview with the portal.
Immediately after the announcement of the changes, there were voices that they were favorable to Robert Lewandowski. Ferre, however, denies the information that it was supposed to be a compensation for the Pole. – One thing is for sure: we didn’t make these changes for. Neither for him nor for any other player. We sat down and talked. After all, it is known that you can always improve or improve something. And this is what we tried to do, emphasizes Ferre.
The next plebiscite will be adjudicated in October. This is when the award will be presented. The period from October 2021 to July 2022 will be taken into account when evaluating players.
Source: Sport
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