Urgent Controversy and leaks .. Do the golden ball lose its luster?

The Golden Ball Award returned to the top interests of the global football scene not only because of the identity of the winner, but also due to a controversy over the confidentiality of the results and new leaks that spread hours before the ceremony in Paris, what this affected the credibility of the award. It is considered one of the finest individual awards in the world of football, and it is usually awarded to the best player in the season based on standards that include individual performance, team achievements, and sportsmanship, and this tradition has not changed in terms of the organizer, but selection and timing procedures have been affected by amendments in recent years. The vote of specialized journalists is based, and each journalist is required to choose his 10 -names list (given varying points for the ten position The last. & Nbsp;
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after the events of the last version, where Real Madrid decided not to send its players to participate in the ceremony, rejecting the choice of Manchester City midfielder Rodrigo, to crown the award at the expense of Real Madrid player Vinicius, after Rodri was informed of his crowning of the award. Football, steps to tighten confidentiality about the final results such as: reducing the number of people who have a summary of the results before the ceremony, and asking some parties not to publish any information before the date, and keeping the name of the winner in limited files inside the magazine, according to media reports, the official in charge of the magazine said that he is the only person who knows the name of the winner actually and will keep the secret & laquo; even the official announcement & raquo; these steps justify it The magazine is a desire to protect the prestige of the ceremony and spare doubts resulting from early leaks. Dembele, the star of Paris Saint -Germain and the French national team at the top of the list, and that image met with a wide spread and was said to be final, but France Football confirmed that it is not correct.
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_ Who are the most prominent candidates? Rvinia and others, but the large number of opinions, media reports and analytical discussions strengthened the value of the award this year and also from the media/commercial targeting that may lead to the publication of speculation or leaks, as international reports concerned in this regard focused on the fact that competition this time was not just sports competition but rather a new commercial and media attraction after the duo Lionel Messi and Cristiano were Ronaldo are the prize face over the past years.
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