This evening the golden balloon is given! Ousmane Dembele and Lamine Yamal, the main favorite

This evening, at Théâtre du Châtete in Paris, the winner of the most coveted individual trophy in world football will be revealed: the golden ball.

For the golden balloon, journalists voted on the basis of three criteria

France Football magazine nominated 30 players on August 7, and on September 5 the vote was completed. The designated journalists, 100 for the male golden balloon and 50 for the women's golden balloon, are based on 3 criteria: 1.. The individual performance of the player (player), the decisive character and the impact; 2. Team work and trophies earned; 3. The class and fair play.

Each journalist had to make a top 10, each place bringing points to the footballers chosen. The player and the player who accumulates the most points were designated the “golden ball”. The great favorite are Ousmane Dembele (PSG) and Lamine Yamal (Barcelona).

List of 30 nominated

PSG, the champion in the title of Europe, has had the most selected footballers, no less than 9. List of all 30 nominated:

• Ousmane Dembélé (PSG, France)
• Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG/Manchester City, Italy)
• Désiré Doué (PSG, France)
• Fabian Ruiz (PSG, Spain)
• Achraf Hakimi (PSG, Morocco)
• Joao Neves (PSG, Portugal)
• Khvitcha Kvaratskhelia (PSG, Georgia)
• Nuno Mendes (PSG, Portugal)
• Vitinha (PSG, Portugal)
• Lamine Yamal (Barcelona, ​​Spain)
• Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid, England)
• Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid, France)
• Harry Kane (Bayern Munich, England)
• Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona, ​​Poland)
• Mohamed Salah (Liverpool, Egypt)
• Virgil Van Dijk (Liverpool, Holland)
• Lautaro Martinez (Inter, Argentina)
• ERLING HAALAND (Manchester City, Norway)
• Raphinha (Barcelona, ​​Brazil)
• Viktor Gyökeres (Sporting/Arsenal, Sweden)
• Serhou Guirassy (Borussia dormund, guinea)
• Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool, Argentina)
• Michael Olise (Bayern Munich, France)
• Denzel Dumfries (Inter, Holland)
• Cole Palmer (Chelsea, England)
• Pedri (Barcelona, ​​Spain)
• Trips (Arsenal, England)
• Vinicius Jr. (Real Madrid, Brazil)
• Florian Wirtz (Leverkusen/Liverpool, Germany
• Scott Mctminay (Napoli, Scotland).

At the Paris Gala, UEFA will also award other prizes: the Kopa trophy for the best young man, the best coach (coach), the goalkeeper of the year, as well as the club of the year, for the men and the female.

Real Madrid has again boycotted the gala

As in 2024, the ones from Real Madrid, at the Rodin of Florentino Perez, decided to boycott the Golden Ball. The Spaniards did not forgive the organizers after last year Rodri won the title in front of Vinicius. The Madrid would have had signals that the far left Brazilian will receive the ball.

Florentino Perez did not pass the anger, so this year will not be representatives of the Real in Paris.

The score of each place in the top 10 for the golden balloon

• 1st place: 15 points
• 2nd place: 12 points
• 3rd place: 10 points
• The place 4: 8 points
• 5th place: 7 points
• 6th place: 5 points
• 7th place: 4 points
• The place 8: 3 points
• The place 9: 2 points
• 10th place: 1 point