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The Ballon d’Or will not be granted this year for the very first time in its 64- year history after the Covid-19 pandemic damaged the football calendar.
The distinguished Ballon d’Or, chose by journalists and arranged by French publication France Football, is an annual reward granted to the best male footballer in the world since1956 The ladies’s Ballon d’Or was first awarded in 2018.
The 2019-20 season has been damaged by the pandemic, with all the major European leagues suspending matches from March to June.
” From a sports point of view, two months [January and February], out of the eleven typically needed to form a viewpoint and decide who ought to raise the prizes, represent far insufficient to assess and evaluate,” Pascal Ferre, editor-in-chief of France Football, stated in a declaration.
” Without forgetting that the other video games were played – or will be played – in remarkable conditions.”
The final stages of the Champions League, from the quarter-finals onwards, has likewise been rescheduled as a mini-tournament in Portugal next month.
Barcelona’s Argentina forward Lionel Messi has actually won the males’s award a record six times– one more than long-time rival Cristiano Ronaldo.
Ronaldo can still assist Juventus win the Serie A and Champions League double this season however the Portuguese forward will be amongst numerous leading players who will miss the chance to compete for the individual honour.
Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski reached 50 club objectives this term and has an opportunity to win the treble, while Messi ended up being the first gamer in Spain’s La Liga to record 20 goals and 20 assists in a single campaign.
To fill deep space left by the annual event, France Football publication’s jury of 180 will choose an all-time ‘Dream Team’ at the end of the year.
À circonstances exceptionnelles, personalities exceptionnelles. Pour la première fois de kid histoire, débutée en 1956, le #Ballondor France Football ne sera pas attribué en 2020, faute de conditions équitables suffisantes.
Nos explications sur ce choix: https://t.co/LgRr8GCuKD pic.twitter.com/Z1x3L3QBGV
— France Football (@francefootball) July 20, 2020
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