The attribution of golden ball is always one of the most anticipated moments of the football season. On Monday, October 17, the 2022 edition award will be awarded to the player who performed the best during the 2021-2022 season. The winner in all probability will be Benzema, the French forward for Real Madrid. But the Ballon d’Or has often been in store for sensational surprises, such as the one in 2021, which saw Messi as the winner over Lewandowski. This unexpected triumph produced a very different change of rules, votes and criteria than a year ago. The ceremony will be broadcast live on Sky and on open TV on channel 20 of Mediaset, and can also be followed in streaming. In recent weeks, two Ballon d’Or rankings have been released, but none of them are telling the truth. There are two fake ones. The official ranking will only be known on Monday, the 17th.
I am 30 finalists for the 2022 Ballon d’Or. Among them is Leo Messi, winner for a year and above all the most successful footballer. Cristiano Ronaldo is present, who, however, is not in contention for the title and may, according to some rumours, be in Paris to reward his friend Benzema. Real’s striker is a huge favourite. He would be the fifth Frenchman after Kopa, Platini, Papin and Zidane and yet another Real Madrid player. No Italian player among the finalist candidates, three are the ones who play in Serie A: goalkeeper Mike Maignan and Portuguese Leão de Milan and Juventus striker Vlahovic.
When the 2022 Ballon d’Or is awarded
The name of the 2022 Ballon d’Or winner will be announced at the end of a long ceremony on Monday 17 October in Paris. This year’s Ballon d’Or changed the formula, or rather, it has undergone a change in the criteria and evaluation methods, which do not give weight to the respective careers, but rather take into account parameters such as fair play, the class of the individual player and above all the season played. France Football was forced to change the rules after the huge controversy produced by Messi’s umpteenth success.
The time of the 2022 Ballon d’Or ceremony
The 2022 Ballon d’Or will be presented at the Theater du Chatelet on Monday, October 17, in Paris. This theater will host the ceremony for the third time, which this year, unsurprisingly, will award Benzema, the first Frenchman to win after Zidane. The ceremony will begin at 8:45 pm. The event will be long and full-bodied because the Women’s Golden Ballthe Kopa Trophy to the best young player, the Yashin Trophy to the best goalkeeper and the Gerd Muller Trophy to the best bomber.
Where to watch the Ballon d’Or ceremony on TV and streaming
In Italy, the 2022 Ballon d’Or ceremony will be broadcast live on television. Sky will broadcast the entire ceremony on Sky Sport, channel 200. But the ceremony can also be viewed outdoors. Because Mediaset also holds the TV rights to the event, which will be broadcast on digital terrestrial channel 20, channel 20. When broadcasting the ceremony, you can see through SkyGo and Mediaset Infinity.
Source: Fan Page IT
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