Ballon d'Or 2018 Ranking; November,Who Will Win It?

BALLON D'OR 2018

Ballon d'Or 2018 Ranking; November,Who Will Win It?

The wait for this prestigious trophy is almost at it's climax. The debates,arguments,the little fights between football fans is going to be over for this trophy edition of 2018. There were lots of special performances happened this year. This is year that will be remembered by the football fans as they saw how has football changed and the dominance of footballing powerhouses are shifting all over the World. The little teams are surprising bigger guns as we saw at the world cup. 


As this trophy is an individual award, France Football Magazine gave a list of 30 players back on october 8, who are the contenders for Ballon d'Or 2018.You can see the full list right under.

🔴 We have our 30 nominees for the 2018 Ballon d'Or France Football! #ballondor pic.twitter.com/M01sH5gspj

— #ballondor (@francefootball) October 8, 2018

Last 10 years of this trophy has been shared by two of the games all time greats Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. No surprise they are the real contenders this year too.But in this year of World Cup there were special performance of other players  too. So,there will be healthy competition and debate about who is going to lift the award this year.


                                                                                                                                                              

SEE THE TOP 5 FIVE PLAYERS WHO ARE AT THE TOP

#NUMBER 5:    Eden Hazard

EDEN HAZARD

Eden Hazard is on 5th position on our list. He has continued his good form since the World Cup till now.

The team Chelsea have struggled from January to the last season ending under Antonio Conte. But the new coach  Maurizio Sarri's playing system suits the Belgium attacker perfectly and after an impressive display from him at the world cup Hazard had no problems to show his attacking qualities for Chelsea also.

At the summer there were talks about he is going to be the replacement for Cristiano Ronaldo at Madrid but somehow it did't happened. But you take experts comment he has a great opportunity if he joins Real Madrid in coming two transfer windows because Cristiano Ronaldo's left a huge shoes to fill at real Madrid. 

                                                                                                                                                                                 

NUMBER 4:     Kylian Mbappe

Mbappe

In our number 4th position we have the wonder kid from France. Kylian Mbappe is one of the most hot topics in world football and why not his footballing skills speaks for his talents.
No doubt he has got the potential to be the best player in the world.



His achievements at his can make any footballer proud. His has made a huge contribution to his world cup winning team and he was one of the best players of 2018 world cup. In 7 appearances at the world cup he scored 4 goals for France. He also made a great start in his club season this term. In this season for for PSG in 17 appearances he has scored 17 goals and assisted 6 times. In a match against Lyon in Ligue 1 he scored 4 goals,terrifying it is.



                                                                                                                                                                                  
               
NUMBER 3:            LUKA MODRIC

LUKA MODRIC

In number 3 in our rankings we have the Croatian maestro Luka Modric. He had a wonderful year with his club and country and received almost all the individual awards this year. But his consistency in recent months are in deep scrutiny.


He has won the UEFA Champions League title for the third straight time with Real Madrid and helped his national team to reach the  World Cup finals. On both those occasions he had a very major role to play,and he did part with his world class display. 


But in this season he and his club Real Madrid are really struggling. The performance of Luka Modric has been decreased over the past few months. That is why the FIFA player of the year is not topping our list.




                                                                                                                                                         

NUMBER 2:                 Lionel Messi     

LIONEL MESSI

In number 2 in our rankings we have Lionel Messi who is already won this prestigious trophy 5 times. He is the best in many eyes for this season too and they have their strong debates and we respect that. Actually for us it was very tuff decision that who is going to be number 1 in our rankings. When we are giving Messi the second spot we should explain about the reasons, so lets check out some stats about Messi's last year.


Lionel Messi may not have won the World Cup or Champions League but individually he was on different level from others. When Neymar left for PSG at the 2017 summer transfer window,Barcelona were looking like team that would struggle to compete for the La Liga too as their display was so poor in Spanish Super Cup both leg matches against Real Madrid at the start of the last season.

But Lionel Messi stood up for the struggling Barcelona. With off form Luis Suarez it was getting harder with each day but for Barcelona Lionel Messi was their to decide matches.
Luis Suarez came back in form during month of January but Lionel Messi was the man behind the Barcelona's domestic double success. For any other them it would have been a great season but with Barcelona and their talisman the standard are pretty high.

Barcelona just lost one La Liga match in 2017-2018 La Liga campaign and for that match Messi was rested,So you can imagine what he brings to the game.

With Lionel Messi the football package is different,he is a complete player. He scores,gives assists,his dribbles but the game play and the vision he had throughout year in football pitch is nowhere comparable to any other footballer.  

He scored a hatrick to send his beloved Argentina to play the Russia World Cup. But practically with that team Maradona would have struggled too. The team got never settled before going to the World Cup. I think the fans who expected Messi to win it for them,they were very ambitious as the team was never good enough.


And finally with Argentina Messi had a disappointing World Cup. We know Ballon d'Or is an individual trophy but you can not ignore event like FIFA World Cup. That is the only reason he is our second choice for this edition of Ballon d'Or.



                                                                                                                                                     

NUMBER 1:           Cristiano Ronaldo    

CRISTIANO RONALDO

For us untill the month of October Cristiano Ronaldo is the top candidate to clinch the Ballon d'Or for the sixth time in his career. Last season he won the UEFA Champions League and he was the top scorer in that tournament too. Apart from that he had a decent World Cup as far as his individual contribution.


Lionel Messi may have some individual great performances but Cristiano Ronaldo comes up with different package to football. His Champions League performances stood him apart from any footballers in the World.

Ronaldo had a impressive World Cup individually. His hatrick against Spain showed his class. 

We told you it is very hard to split between Messi and Ronaldo. But for this edition Ronaldo just have edge from his Ballon d'or duoplay partner Lionel Messi. 

Finally in our rankings Ronaldo is the top choice for this Ballon d'Or 2018.