Vinicius and Rodri break tie at Globe Soccer Awards

Vinicius and Rodri. Or Rodri and Vinicius. As it could not be otherwise, they are the two main favorites to win the award for the best player of 2024 in the World Football Awards Gala in Dubai which will take place at the Atlantis Hotel in La Palmera. The 15th edition of this sumptuous event organized by the Dubai Sports Council in collaboration with the 19th International Sports Conference and with MARCA because the official media will probably serve as a tiebreaker between Rodri and his UEFA Ballon d'Or (October 29 in Paris) and Vinicius with his The Best-FIFA (December 17 in Doha).

Real Madrid and La Liga dominate

In the best players category, in addition to Vinicius and Rodri, the more than 100 million votes cast by fans around the world gave rise to 16 other finalists. Among them are five players from Real Madrid (Vinicius, Mbappe, Bellingham, Carvajal and Kroos), two from Barcelona (Lamine Yamal and Lewandowski) and one from Atletico (Griezmann), half of whom belong to La Liga. City have the aforementioned Rodri alongside current winner Erling Haaland. Other nominees include Salah, Kane, Lautaro and the timeless Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.

Spanish benches

In the best coach category, Spanish dominance is evident: five of the nine finalists represent Spain (Xabi Alonso, De la Fuente, Guardiola, Luis Enrique and Arteta), but it is Carlo Ancelotti who is the favorite for these five titles won with Real. Madrid. There is also another favorite in the Emerging Player or Best Prospect category, where none of the other nine finalists, including Cubarsi, Güler, Garnacho and Savinho, will find it easy to unseat Lamine Yamal, who at 17 has already established his place. himself among the elite of world football.

Neither Messi nor Cristiano

Two other award categories during this 15th Globe Soccer Gala are those for best striker and best midfielder. In the forward category there are 10 finalists, among whom neither Lionel Messi nor Cristiano Ronaldo appear for the first time, but there are Erling Haaland, Kylian Mbappe, Harry Kane, Vinicius Junior, Mohamed Salah, Lautaro Martinez, Lamine Yamal, Nico Williams. , Artem Dovbyk and Phil Foden. As for the best midfielders, among the 11 nominees there is one already retired (Toni Kroos) and 10 active: Rodri, Jude Bellingham, Dani Olmo, Federico Valverde, Vitinha, Florian Wirtz, Granit Xhaka, Nicolo Barella , Cole Palmer and Hakan Calhanoglu. .

Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​the favorites

In the category of the best clubs, Real Madrid is clearly the favorite to succeed Manchester City. Other nominees include City, Bayer Leverkusen, Atalanta, Inter, Sporting CP, Botafogo, Atletico Mineiro and Al Ahly. Among the women, Barcelona are favorites, ahead of their three rivals: Chelsea, Olympique Lyonnais and Bayern Munich.

Aitana again

As for the best player award, almost half of the 12 finalists belong to Barcelona, ​​the current European champion: they are Aitana Bonmati (current winner), Alexia Putellas (who won it in 2022) , Salma Paralluelo, Graham Hansen and Pajor. .

200 VIP tickets for sale

For the first time, the Globe Soccer Dubai Gala opens its doors to the public. The organizers have put on sale 150 platinum tickets and 50 “Winners Circle” tickets, which give access to the ceremony and the gala dinner that followed. Holders of these 50 exclusive “Winners Circle” tickets will be able to rub shoulders with football stars on the Gala red carpet. Prices are €823 for Platinum tickets and €2,195 for the “Winners Circle”. Ten percent of what is raised will be donated to the Al Jalila Foundation, a global healthcare organization dedicated to promoting medical research and health treatments.