After the two semi-finals, it means that this World Cup has come to an end.

Each World Cup will select the best, among which the best player, the "Ballon d'Or", is the most concerned.

Before the final of the last World Cup, the winner of the Ballon d'Or - Zinedine Zidane was announced in advance.

Zidane was widely seen in the media as giving the award early to Zidane for his contribution to world football, but this practice was also criticized by the media, mainly in Italy.

As it turned out to be FIFA's wrong approach, Zidane ended his World Cup journey with a red card in the final, and also ended his football career.

The Italian media applauded Cannavaro and Andrea Pirlo that if teams were to vote after the World Cup final, it might not have been Zidane who won the prize.

FIFA is under pressure to make changes at this World Cup, postponing the voting deadline until after the final, so the announcement of the list of candidates has also been postponed.

The day after the match between Germany and Spain, FIFA held a press conference to announce the shortlist of candidates for the Ballon d'Or and the three best rookie nominees for this World Cup.

There were 10 candidates for the Ballon d'Or, with the Netherlands and Spain in the final coming out on top, with a total of six players selected.

Three Dutch people were selected: Sneijder, Robben, Chen Fan; Three Spaniards were selected: Xavi, Iniesta, Villa.

The other four: Mesut Ozil, Forlan, Gian, Messi.

Stars such as Robin van Persie, Puyol, Casillas and Lahm were not included in the squad.

The three rookie candidates are: Ghana's Ayew, Mexico's dos Santos, and Germany's Muller.

The list attracted the attention of the media as soon as it came out, with the French newspaper commenting: "Overall, the list is fair, with three from each of the two teams in the final, but Messi's selection was a surprise."

As a striker, Messi did not contribute a single goal to the team, and his performances in the important quarter-finals were hardly convincing. ”

The Argentine media were very unhappy with the comments of the team newspaper, and the Cape of Good Hope newspaper countered: "Although he didn't score, how many chances did he create for his teammates to score? His role in pulling is irreplaceable!

As the world footballer, Messi has been targeted by the opponent in every game, but in this case, he still brings a high visual enjoyment to fans around the world.

What's wrong with Messi's selection? ”

The war of words broke out all at once, and the British media, unwilling to be lonely, also participated.

The Guardian said: "Also the winner of the World Footballer of the Year, in the '02 World Cup, Ronaldo scored eight goals to lead Brazil to the Hercules Cup, but Messi did nothing in South Africa.

Being targeted by the opponent in the game is a 'treatment' that only every super striker can enjoy, and Chen also enjoyed this treatment in the game, but he scored ten goals in the five games he participated in, and staged two long-distance runs that shocked the world!

If Messi can be selected for the Ballon d'Or, then Kaka can also be selected, and he is also a former world footballer. In the same way, Cristiano Ronaldo can also be selected! ”

The Dutch media is depressed, damn it, you don't predict who will win the Ballon d'Or, but you earn a lot of money for Messi's inclusion in the shortlist for the Ballon d'Or, is that interesting?

The Telegraph said: "We should put aside the controversy over Messi's inclusion in the shortlist and should look at who will win the Ballon d'Or, after all, this award is a recognition of the player. ”

As soon as the Argentine media heard this, they immediately fell silent.

The British Daily Mail laughed and said: "Anyway, the Ballon d'Or has nothing to do with Argentine players, Messi doesn't know where to hide and cry now!"

Of course, FIFA can also award this award to Messi in recognition of his 'outstanding performance' in this World Cup!

The collective silence of the Argentine media only shows one thing, they don't want the Dutch player to win this award at all, but this award is very likely to be won by the Dutch player!

Chen's 10 goals in five games is the biggest finding of the tournament and he is the most likely to win the award.

Previously, the Argentine media had been hostile to Chen Fan, and the source of this hostility was because Chen had threatened Messi's status in today's world football!

Of course, there is a premise for this, that is, this award cannot be just a consolation prize like the previous three editions. ”

Who will win the Ballon d'Or at this World Cup?

The British Guardian clearly stood on Chen Fan's side, "Ten goals in five games, such a record, you can't win the Golden Ball, then the Golden Ball is a joke!"

This World Cup can no longer award the Ballon d'Or to players from non-championship teams, and to do so again is an insult to this award! ”

Spanish World Sports Newspaper was happy to say: "Chen really deserves this award, Spanish players don't need this award!" ”

Only then did the Argentine media react, and they shouted: "This award should be given to Chen, he has performed very well!" ”

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After learning that the shortlist for the Ballon d'Or came out, Chen Fan complained about Van Persie on his social platform: "Robin scored five goals in the five games he played, which is the same number of goals as Villa.

Villa can make the shortlist, why can't Robin? ”

Van Persie saw this very openly, he smiled and said to Chen Fan: "Chen, even if I am selected, it will be difficult to win the award in the end, I hope that the Spanish player can win this award." ”

"All I care about is if we win the championship!"

After Chen Fan thought about it, he nodded and said: "Ronaldo won the World Cup in 98, but Brazil only won the runner-up, Kahn won the prize in 02, Germany was also the runner-up, Zidane won the award in 06, and the French team was also the runner-up......"

Van Persie said: "That's right, this award is a consolation for the runner-up......

The two looked at each other and smiled, forgetting that not every Ballon d'Or winner has not been a member of the winning team since the establishment of the World Cup Golden Ball in Italy in '82.

Italy won the title on home soil in '82 and Rossi won the Ballon d'Or for six of his goals.

Argentina won the World Cup in Mexico in '86, and Maradona won the Golden Ball.

Brazil won the World Cup in the United States in '94, and Romario won the Golden Ball.

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The Netherlands and Germany both rushed to Johannesburg after the semi-finals, as the final will be played at the city's Soccer City Stadium.

While Uruguay and Germany traveled to Elizabeth City, the third- and fourth-place matches were held at the Mandela Bay Stadium in the city.

But no one expected that the Netherlands would encounter strange things in Johannesburg, and afterwards, the Dutch Football Association was fiercely criticized by the Dutch media.