FIFA 2010 GOLDEN BALL AWARD | SURPRISED - NEGATIVE REACTIONS TO THE LIONEL MESSI ANNOUNCEMENT

Hi Guys, finally back home after a week out & again thanks for your patience as updating was not an easy task at all.



Italian press surprised

Everyone was surprised yesterday at the announcement of LIONEL MESSI as the 2010 FIFA GOLDEN BALL winner. The reactions have been "negative" from many local Spanish Football commentators as they believed the XAVI & INIESTA had more merit for their

FIFA GOLDEN BALL 2010 | ANDRES INIESTA XAVI HERNANDEZ LIONEL MESSI THE THREE CANDIDATES

Now its official. FIFA has announced today the three candidates for the 2010 FIFA Golden Ball Award. All three currently play for FC BARCELONA, Andres Iniesta - Xavi Hernandez - Lionel Messi - with the winner to be announced on the 10th of Janaury 2011 in Zurich. 



Messi, Iniesta & Xavi


The big surprise was the non-inclusion of Inter Milan player Wesley Sneijder whos place was taken by Messi.

ITALIAN PRESS GIVES FC BARCELONA PLAYER ANDRES INIESTA THE FIFA GOLDEN BALL 2010

Last Friday I posted ( see below ) news from Barcelona Sports paper "Mundo Deportivo" that mentioned that FC Barcelona midfielder XAVI HERNANDEZ would be the winner of the 2010 FIFA Golden Ball Award according to a survey done to 75 Football personalities. The second place was for team-mates Andres Iniesta & third place for Lionel Messi. The interesting news was that Inter Milan player Wesley

SPANISH PAPER PREDICTS XAVI HERNANDEZ WINNER OF FIFA GOLDEN BALL AWARD 2010

Barcelona based Sports Daily “Mundo Deportivo” has elaborated their own survey on which players are the favourites for this year FIFA Golden Ball Award 2010. According to the paper they have interviewed 75 World Football personalities; active players, international Coaches & retired prestigious players, to give an orientation of how things will go before FIFA announces officially the 3

FIFA - FIFPRO NAME 10 SPANIARDS IN LIST OF 55 NOMINATED FOR 2010 WORLD XI

The 50,000 Football professionals that make up the FIFPro (World Players Union) along with World governing Football body FIFA have handed in their list of 55 players nominated for the "2010 FIFA FIFPro World XI”. The official announcement of the players that will make up the World Team will be held the 10th of January 2011 alongside the naming of the winning of the “FIFA Golden Ball 2010”.

SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM COACH VOTES FOR MESSI, RONALDO, SCHWEINSTEIGER FOR 2010 FIFA GOLDEN BALL

Hi punters! I thought you may find interesting to know the three votes given by Spanish National Football Team Selector & Coach Vicente Del Bosque for the 2010 FIFA Golden Ball Award. As you may already know, a Selector cannot vote for a player of his same country, thus Del Bosque had to pick from outside the Spanish Football Team



Spain Football Team Coach Vicente Del Bosque

His three votes

FIFA GOLDEN BALL 2010 | XAVI HERNANDEZ ANDRES INIESTA APPARENT HOT FAVOURITES

There seems to be two firm favourites for this years “FIFA Goleen Ball” 2010. According to Barcelona based Sports daily “Sport” (couldn’t be any other ) two FC BARCELONA players XAVI HERNANDEZ & ANDRES INIESTA will be “fighting” it out. Apparently, the votes have been already done & shut between the World Press journalists with “France Football” “sources” hinting that Iniesta has the advantage.

FIFA - FRANCE FOOTBALL WORLD PLAYER 2010 | 7 SPANISH PLAYERS IN FINAL 23 CANDIDATES LIST

FIFA , along with "new" partners FRANCE FOOTBALL MAGAZINE, have handed in their final list of 23 World Football Players who are candidates for this years 2010 FIFA - FRANCE FOOTBALL World Player Award. The winner will be announced th 10th of January 2011 & there are 7 Spanish National Football Team players on the list of 23 given today.


The seven Spanish candidates are Andres Iniesta, Xavi,

FIFA GOLDEN BALL 2010 | XAVI HERNNADEZ VOTED WINNERS BY SPANISH INTERNET READERS

It is still three months away before this years FIFA GOLDEN BALL winner is decided & announced. The Marketing Machine has its motor running with full gas as a string of comments have been made public by Football personalities & media with their opinions on who deserves the prize. Real Madrid Coach José Mourinho gave his opinion that the winner should be Wesley Sneijder, Manchester United Coach

FIFA GOLDEN BALL 2010 | 3 CANDIDATES INIESTA SNEIJDER FORLAN

It is that time of the year when 208 National Team selectors, 208 National Team Captains & 208 World journalists send in their votes for whom they consider deserves to win the 2010 FIFA Golden Ball. As you may already know, France Football with its Golden Ball Award has joined FIFA with its World Player Award to hand in one single trophy.Those in the “know” - specialist media journalists -