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Tonight, the 'Ballon d'Or' ceremony will take place at the 'Théâtre du Chatelet' in Paris. Ousmane Dembele of PSG and Lamine Yamal of Barcelona are the favorites. Even though the duel between Marseille and PSG is played at 20:00 today, Dembele will be present at the ceremony.
Real Madrid will not participate, while the president of the 'Galacticos', Florentino Perez, informed the organizers of the boycott, reports 'The Athletic' in London. This rebellion occurs for the second year in a row, with the Madridistas left disappointed a year ago when the winner was declared Rodri of Manchester City and not their striker, Vinicius Junior.
Regarding the regulations, it is learned that if two footballers have the same number of votes, then the prize goes to the player who has received more first places in the voting. If there is a tie in this regard, then the second places make up the difference. If there is a tie again after this listing, then the third places will be decisive.
The winner is not announced in advance. The editor-in-chief of 'France Football', Vincent Garcia, has said that he is the only one who knows the name of the winner. There are 30 players on the list of candidates, but the main favorites are Ousmane Dembele (PSG) and Lamine Yamal (FC Barcelona). PSG will be represented by a delegation of 40 people even though almost at the same hour in Marseille the team will play the great "Classic" of France against OM.
The trophy this time is awarded based on the performances of a full season, no longer according to the calendar year. Collective elements and trophies are secondary to individual performance, talent and sportsmanship.
The number of voters has been narrowed. Only 100 journalists from the top 100 nations according to FIFA's rankings vote for the men (down from 170 previously), while there are 50 voters for the women.
The ceremony will be hosted by Ronaldinho, who will also present the winner's award. In addition to the 'Ballon d'Or', awards will also be given out for best goalkeeper, best goalscorer and best young player.
The 'Ballon d'Or' has been awarded since 1956. Lionel Messi has won it eight times, an absolute record, while Cristiano Ronaldo has won it five times.
Nominees for the 2025 awards:
Nominations for the winner of the 'Golden Ball 2025' : Ousmane Dembele (PSG), Giggi Donnarumma (PSG, Man. City), Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), Desire Doue (PSG), Denzel Dumfries (Inter), Serhou Guirassy (Dortmund), Erling Haaland (Man. City), Viktor Gyokeres (Sporting Lisbon, Arsenal), Achraf Hakimi (PSG), Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), Khvicha Kvaratskehlia (Napoli, PSG), Robert Leëandoëski (Barcelona), Alexis McAllister (Liverpool), Lautaro Martinez (Inter), Scott McTominay (Napoli), Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid), Nuno Mendes (PSG), Joao Neves (PSG), Pedri (Barcelona), Cole Palmer (Chelsea), Michel Olise (Bayern Munich), Raphinha (Barcelona), Declan Rice (Arsenal), Fabian Ruiz (PSG), Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), Florian Wirtz (Leverkusen, Liverpool). Vitinha (PSG), Lamine Yamal (Barcelona).
Nominations for best coach: Antonio Conte (Napoli), Luis Enrique (PSG), Hansi Flick (Barcelona), Enzo Maresca (Chelsea), Arne Slot (Liverpool).
Nominees for best goalkeeper : Alisson Becker (Liverpool and Brazil), Yassine Bounou (Al-Hilal and Morocco), Lucas Chevalier (Lille and France), Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid and Belgium), Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG and Italy), Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa and Argentina), Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid and Slovenia), David Raya (Arsenal and Spain), Matz Sels (Nottingham Forest and Belgium), Yann Sommer (Inter and Switzerland).
Nominations for the best U-21 talent: Pau Cubarsi (Barcelona and Spain), Ayyoub Bouaddi (Lille), Desire Doue (PSG and France), Estevao Willian (Chelsea and Brazil), Dean Huijsen (Real Madrid and Spain), Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal and England), Rodrigo Mora (Porto and Portugal), Joao Neves (PSG and Portugal) Kenan Yildiz (Juventus and Turkey).
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