Messi, Cristiano and Neuer, finalists to the Balloon of Gold
Messi, Cristiano and Neuer, finalists to the Balloon of Gold
Published:2/12/2014 - 11:14h
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They have not had surprises. Leo Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Manuel Neuer will be the three finalists that will opt to the Balloon of Gold 2014 after several days sounding already like clear favourites to the award. In a principle, Messi is the one who more difficult has it of the three
The next 12 January 2015 will know the winner of the Balloon of Gold 2014, whose three finalists are, as it was to expect, Leo Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Manuel Neuer. From 2008 the Argentinian and the Portuguese have hoarded all the prizes of the last editions, but this year Manuel Neuer will have big possibilities to carry the prize taking into account that it is the best goalkeeper of the world and besides achieved does few months the World-wide of Brazil 2014 with Germany, being chosen besides like better guardameta and making performances really providenciales for his team. With the Bayern Munich, besides, won the Bundesliga and the Glass of Germany.
Regarding Cristiano Ronaldo, the true is that it splits like big favourite when having won the Champions League and the Glass of the King the course happened with the Real Madrid and have achieved the Boot of Gold -empatado with Luis Suárez and with several goals of penalti-, powdering besides the record of goals in an edition of Champions League. With Portugal, instead, was deleted at first in the phase of groups of the World-wide, marking a sad goal.
The the international tournament, Leo Messi led to Argentina to the stray final against Germany and was chosen like Balloon of Gold of the World-wide -no without controversial-, although the true is that with the Barça did not win any title and happened more than two months lesionado. Even so, it was key for his team in some phases of the season and was about to to equalise the goals of Cristiano Ronaldo and Luis Suárez in League, 28, with two months less than competition. Messi, winner of the editions of 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, carries being between the three better of the world from 2007
The others 20 finalists that have remained to the doors to go in in the podium have been the following: Gareth Bleat (Wales), Karim Benzema (France), Diego Coast (Spain), Thibaut Courtois (Belgium), Ángel Gave María (Argentina), Mario Götze (Germany), Eden Hazard (Belgium), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden), Andrés Iniesta (Spain), Toni Kroos (Germany), Philipp Lahm (Germany), Javier Mascherano (Argentina), Thomas Müller (Germany), Neymar (Brazil), Paul Pogba (France), Sergio Bouquets (Spain), Arjen Robben (Low Countries), James Rodriguez (Colombia), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany) and Yaya Touré (Ivory Coast).
