No 2020 Ballon D'Or Award, But France Football Made It
JAKARTA - France Football will not award the Ballon d'Or for 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, they have presented a list of the best players ever in every position.
The selection and voting criteria will be the same as for the Ballon d'Or Awards itself, with 170 people given the task of selecting the final XI, who will be put in a 3-4-3 formation.
The team will be announced in December and dubbed the best XI in history.
Here's a list of some of the nominees:
Goalkeeper
Gordon Banks, Thomas Nkono, Gianluigi Buffon, Peter Schmeichel, Iker Casillas, Edwin van der Sar, Sepp Maier, Lev Yashin, Manuel Neuer and Dino Zoff.
Right Back
Giuseppe Bergomi, Manfred Kaltz, Cafú, Philipp Lahm, Carlos Alberto, Wim Suurbier, Djalma Santos, Lilian Thuram, Claudio Gentile and Berti Vogts.
Central defender
Franco Baresi, Bobby Moore, Franz Beckenbauer, Daniel Passarella, Fabio Cannavaro, Mathias Sammer, Marcel Desailly, Gaetano Scirea, Ronald Koeman and Sergio Ramos.
Left Back
Andreas Brehme, Paul Breitner, Antonio Cabrini, Giacinto Facchetti, Junior, Ruud Krol, Maldini, Marcelo, Nilton Santos and Roberto Carlos.