2023 Ballon d’Or Power Ranking Top 20 has been selected in this global media edition (Gol.com)
[골닷컴] Reporter Park Moon-soo = The 2022 Ballon d’Or winner was Real Madrid football guru Karim Benzema.
It’s still too early. The 2022 World Cup will be held in Qatar from next month. There is about a year to go, but since the beginning of the 2022/23 season there is fierce competition for the Ballon d’Or.
In line with this, on the 18th (local time), this media (Gol.com) Global Edition selected the Top 20 of the Ballon d’Or 2023 Power Ranking. Again, the power rankings are for reference only. It is not necessary to give it too much weight. just watch it for fun.
One of the best performing players of the 2022/23 season is Manchester City’s Halan. However, the Halan Ballon d’Or power ranking selected by this average was 4th. All PSG players from 1st to 3rd place decorations. The main characters are Messi, Neymar and Mbappé. For reference, Son Heung-min’s soul partner Harry Kane was ranked 11th.
The first overall was Lionel Messi. Messi is the winner of several Ballon d’Ors. The number of prizes alone is 7 times. Messi did not show up at the Ballon d’Or 2022. he did not even make it to the 30-man nominations. He is in stark contrast to 2021.
The first season was a period of adaptation. The 2022/23 season is different. Already 12 goals and 8 assists. If you add the results of the Argentina World Cup, Messi’s recapture of the Ballon d’Or is not an impossible scenario. Of course, PSG has to show some of them.
2nd place is Neymar. Like Messi, he didn’t make it to the 30-man roster. Good performance at the beginning of the season. 13 goals and 11 assists. If Brazil wins the World Cup in Qatar, winning the Ballon d’Or for the first time in 16 years since 2007 Kaka would not be a dream. Injury is one variable, though.
Third place is Mbappé. 13 goals and 1 assist. Coincidentally, Mbappe was the only PSG attacking trio to be on the 30 Ballon d’Or list last season. The final ranking was 6th. This season, Messi and Neymar’s performances have continued, making him a supporting actor for the team. Is that so? Recently, the cold relationship with the club has attracted attention.
In 4th place the aforementioned Hollan. 21 goals are at stake, including cup competition. It’s a better record than PSG’s MNM trio. In the Premier League, he has scored a hat-trick in three consecutive home games. He also scored a hat-trick in the Manchester derby for the first time in 52 years. However, his performance against Liverpool was disappointing. His nationality is also Norwegian. Unlike other contenders, Halan does not have a chance to play in the World Cup.
In addition, Lewandowski, who scored 14 goals, finished fifth. At the Ballon d’Or 2022, Vinicius Junior, who finished eighth, was sixth. The winner of the 2022 Ballon d’Or Benzema is ranked 8th. In the case of Benzema, he has not been able to play much in the last few games due to an injury. As previously mentioned, Kane was ranked 11th. Gabriel Jejus, who changed after moving to Arsenal, finished 13th, and Hvicha, famous as a colleague of Kim Min-jae, finished 15th.
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