One of the biggest awards in the soccer was presented today, the Ballon D'Or. The 3 final nominees are Barcelona players Lionel Messi and Neymar Junior as well as Real Madrid's superstar Cristiano Ronaldo for men, Germany's Célia Šašić, Japan's Aya Miyama, and the United States' Carli Lloyd for FIFA women's player of the year. The gala was held in Zurich, Switzerland at 12:30 p.m (18.30 central European time) so we all already know who won bragging rights, for this year at least.
The FIFA Ballon d'Or is awarded to the top players and coaches of the year. It is considered one of the greatest titles to earn in ones football career.
Lionel Messi has won 4 of these awards in his soccer career not counting the one he won today ;Ronaldo has won 3. Neymar has never won this award but has been giving Ronaldo and Messi a run for their money this season.
Messi and Neymar both being on Barcelona coming off of a thriving season of winning 5 trophies including the Champions League and La Liga titles put them both at the top of the list.
Ronaldo set a personal best, tallying 61 goals last season, claiming the 2014 Ballon d'Or as well as his fourth ESM Golden shoe.
As anyone could see all 3 nominees have worked so hard this past season which makes it so hard to decide which player truly deserves the title.
As if you haven't heard it enough and seen enough pictures and videos already, I will present to you the Ballon d'Or winner of 2015, Lionel Messi.
Messi comes in first winning the Ballon d'Or 2015 while his teammate Neymar takes second place, and Ronaldo unable to equalize with Messi this year comes in third.
Now for the women's player of the year, our very own Carli Lloyd wins the title. After being a key player on the United States National Team winning the olympics this year she has worked hard to earn this award.
We also can't forget about the coached award, Luis Enrique gets FIFA world coach of the year.
Now for the women's player of the year, our very own Carli Lloyd wins the title. After being a key player on the United States National Team winning the olympics this year she has worked hard to earn this award.
We also can't forget about the coached award, Luis Enrique gets FIFA world coach of the year.