The list of 23 candidates to the Balloon of Gold, on 28 October

Next Tuesday 28 October the FIFA will make public the official list with the 23 candidates to the Balloon of Gold 2014. Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are again the big favourites to the award, that will deliver on 12 January. Before, on 1 December they will know the 3 finalists

The winner of the Balloon of Gold of this year will give to know the next 12 January 2015 in Zúrich, where the captains, seleccionadores and journalists of "France Football" will choose to the winner. Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are the favourites, and Neymar could be between the finalists. On 28 October it will make public the list with the 23 candidates to the distinguished award and on 1 December the members of the jury (209 technicians, 209 journalists and 209 footballers) will choose to the three finalists. In addition to the Balloon of Gold, the 12 January also will choose to the Best Player, to the Best trainer, to the Best trainer/to feminine and the Best goal of the Year.

To day of today, Cristiano Ronaldo is the best planted to achieve his third Balloon of Gold, although the Barcelona Leo Messi  could snatch it. The "10" of the Barça was finalist and Balloon of Gold of the World-wide of Brazil with the Argentinian selection, and this can have a weight determinant. Besides, Leo could turn into brief in the maximum goleador of the history of the Spanish League of football, surpassing the mythical record of Zarra. From among the rest of candidates to the prize stand out the members of the German selection, champion of the world in Brazil, to the one who goleó 1-7 in a party for the history.

These are the possible candidates to the Balloon of Gold according to "MD": Leo Messi (FC Barcelona), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Manuel Neuer (Bayern), Thomas Müller (Bayern), Arjen Robben (Bayern), Diego Coast (Athletic/Chelsea), Neymar (FC Barcelona), Thibaut Courtais (Athletic/Chelsea), Gave María (Real Madrid/United), Mascherano (FC Barcelona), James Rodríguez (Monaco/Real Madrid), Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund), Sergio Bouquets (Real Madrid), Ivan Rakitic (Seville/FC Barcelona) and Yaya Touré (Manchester City).

The Classical can be decisive

As it has published the newspaper "MD", the next Real Madrid-FC Barcelona of 25 October could help to decant some votes of the Balloon of Gold to Leo Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo, that go back to split as maximum candidates to do with the individual award in spite of the big success of Germany in the World-wide of Brazil 2014. To part to be decisive in League BBVA, the "Classical "" could cause a big impact in the factor of decision of some voters, and even more if in half of the party decides homenajear to Leo Messi in the case that it surpass to Telmo Zarra at most goleador historical of the domestic competition.