RRJ 3 : Spanish septet dominate shortlist

Reference :

Fifa's writer ( 2010 November 18 ). Spanish septet dominate shortlist.
http://www.fifa.com/ballondor/news/newsid=1336687/index.html

Summary :

            In this article the author took a special look at the Spanish players who are candidates to win FIFA Ballon d’Or. For more than 18 years, there has not been a Spanish player who won the prize. But now, the Spanish players have good chances to win the prize, after they won the World Cup last July. There are other candidates players, of course; one of them is Lionel Messi, who won the prize last year and he said that he wished one of his Spanish friends would win the prize if he could not win it again. What makes Spanish players favorites is that in last two World Cups a player from the winner team of the tournament had won the prize after the tournament. However, Spanish players are not the only candidates for the prize and there are big chances for other players who did well in last season to win the prize. In the end, the tenth of next January will determine the winner.


Reaction :

          I really agree with what the author said. Every year when a team win a big tournament, the players of the team are candidates and more favorite to win individual awards from other players in other teams. In my opinion, not every time a player from the winner team deserves the FIFA Ballon d’Or. There are many good players who are playing very good with their team but they cannot win any trophies because their team is not as good as the winner team. Anyhow, I do not think that a Spanish player will win the prize this year, because I think that there are two players who deserve it more than them. The players are Wesley Sneijder and Diego Forlan. In addition, I think there will be one or two players from Spain who will be in the order of the best three players in the world from FIFA, but the first one will not be a Spanish player as I think.