'France Football' creates a Golden Ball only for the goalkeepers

With the campaign 2019-20 in full ebullición, the season of prizes begins to show in the calendar. While they contest the diverse leagues, glasses and the Champions, on the way to final of year will award several distinctions to the individual performance of the stars, and in this occasion will do it with novelties in one of the most prestigious celebrations of the European continent.

'France Football' Has published this Thursday the key dates of the Balloon of Gold 2019, and also has announced the nomination of Didier Drogba like ambassador of the award. On 21 October it will do official the complete list of nominated in the different categories, that will give to know of simultaneous form with 'L'Équipe' before the gala of the next 2 December, that will take place in the Theatre of the Châtelet of Paris.

The most stood out news is the creation of the Trophy Yashin, that will reward exclusively to the best guardametas. This title will be a homage to the famous Lev Yashin, historical Russian and international footballer by the Soviet Union that has the privilege to having been the only cancerbero in raising the golden balloon. The French publication has specified that this recognition will be voted by the same specialists that commission of the main prizes.

In spite of this peculiar première, the first statuette that will appear in the watched will be the one of the Trophy Kopa, to the that opt the ten better lower players of 21 years. In this case, the jury is formed by the previous winners of the Balloon of Gold, and will touch to check if Kylian Mbappé repeats after proclaiming champion in the first edition -create in 2018- or if the one of Bondy will find to a successor between his competitors.

Besides, they will be delivered the usual Balloons of masculine and feminine Gold, that will follow the tonic usual. The lists of candidates and candidates, 30 in the first case and 20 in the second, will make public the mentioned 21 October, the first distinguished day before a party futbolística and multitudinous in the City of the Light.

Ter Stegen Could opt to the Trophy Yashin

Taking into account his performance with the FC Barcelona, Marc-André ter Stegen could be between the applicants to the Trophy Yashin. In spite of the debate generated by his suplencia in the German selection, the one of Mönchengladbach accumulates spare merits to do with the prize, although will have a competition of a lot of level with rivals like Jan Oblak, Ederson Moraes or Alisson Becker.