The gala occasion of the 2023 Ballon d’Or Awards can be held on the iconic Chatelet Theater in Paris, France, on October 30. Two weeks forward of the ceremony, Spanish outlet Diario SPORT has leaked the winners of the Ballon d’Or and Ballon d’Or Féminin Awards.
Lionel Messi To Win Ballon dOr Award
As per SPORT, Lionel Messi and Aitana Bonamati will take residence the highest two awards on supply on the Chatelet Theater in Paris on the finish of October. Messi will win the Ballon d’Or Award for a document eighth time, additional extending his document as essentially the most embellished participant within the historical past of the celebrated particular person accolade.
His final seven triumphs got here in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, and 2021. Solely Cristiano Ronaldo (2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018), Luka Modric (2018), and Karim Benzema (2022) have managed to one-up the Argentina icon within the final 15 years. If the Inter Miami star wins the award, the 36-year-old will change into the primary participant to win the award whereas plying his commerce exterior of Europe.
Erling Haaland is one other favourite within the Ballon d’Or race, with the Norwegian having fun with a significantly better marketing campaign on a person in addition to a membership degree. He scored 52 objectives in 53 appearances throughout competitions as Manchester Metropolis gained their first-ever UEFA Champions League in addition to the Treble final season.
Nevertheless, he proved ineffective as Norway did not qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Messi, however, emerged as the perfect participant on the Qatar World Cup as Argentina went the space, beating France within the closing. The 36-year-old scored seven objectives and claimed three assists in eight matches, deservedly profitable the Golden Ball.
Aitana Bonmati To Declare Ballon d’Or Féminin
The FIFA World Cup impact has reportedly impacted Ballon d’Or Féminin rankings as effectively. Spain’s Aitana Bonmati, who charmed everybody as La Roja gained the FIFA Girls’s World Cup at England’s expense in August, will reportedly take residence the Ballon d’Or Féminin award on October 30. Bonmati additionally proved to be efficient as Barcelona gained the UEFA Girls’s Champions League final season.
It’ll mark the top of Alexia Putellas’ reign on the summit, along with her profitable it back-to-back in 2021 and 2022. Putellas, after all, performs for each Spain and Barcelona, however she couldn’t make a comparable influence on account of niggling accidents.
