France Football Editor evaluates awarding 2020 Ballon d’Or to Lewandowski
Pascal Ferret, editor-in-chief of the France Football magazine, which organizes the Ballon d’Or, does not rule out awarding Robert Lewandowski the World Player of the Year award for 2020.
The Bayern Munich striker was best chosen by FIFA last year, while the Ballon d’Or was canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This year Messi ended up winning the Ballon d’Or, and Lewandowski was the second best player.
“Messi’s words were very fun and clever. I don’t think you should rush to make decisions, but we can think of the Ballon d’Or 2020 for Lewandowski and we must. Obviously we are not sure he will be the winner, there was not” in any vote, but Honestly, he had the best chance of winning,” Ferry told Swiss website Watson.
The Golden Ball takes into account not only the individual performance of each nominated athlete, but also the collective success of their teams and selections. The Ballon d’Or poll of more than 150 journalists from around the world compiled their own rating.
