Thursday, June 10, 2010
No Bundesliga player in the Top 10
On Tuesday, the football world is watching to Paris. There, the Footballer of the Year and won the Golden Football.
Disappointing: No professional from the German elite class has made the leap to the prestigious award of the ten finalists.
The French journal "France Football" organizes the election of the Player of the Year. Already in October, 30 candidates were nominated. From the Bundesliga, it had only the Frenchman Franck Ribéry (Bayern Munich) and the Bosnian Edin Dzeko (VfL Wolfsburg) made it into the list. But among the ten finalists look for it in vain.
Dominating the election this year by Spanish clubs. They have six of the ten finalists.
As a title favorite of the Argentine Lionel Messi is (FC Barcelona) traded. Even Cristiano Ronaldo is a top candidate, the Portuguese was in 2008 with the "Ballon d'Or", as the price is in French, rewarded for his sporting achievements.
is the complete top 10 candidates in the gallery!
Last year, Michael Ballack was landed at number 19, now he is missing entirely.