The Spain manager has stated that he will like to see Spain and Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta win the award which is to be given away on 7th of January
The race for the most prestigious individual accolade in the world of football has started to heat up as the New Year rises.
Ballon d’Or is a French based award and is considered to be the greatest individual honour that a footballer can win on this planet earth.
The governing body nominated all the players who had decent seasons to their names and the list was further cut down via voting.
FIFA announced the final three of the year and Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo was joined by the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296.
The coveted individual honour is to be distributed by the governing body on the 7th of January and the race seems to be a very tight one this year.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629 is considered as the prime favourite for the title as he had the best season in a Real Madrid shirt to date. The former Manchester United player helped his side by scoring a flurry of goals, which led them to
the La Liga title and the Spanish Super Cup. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984 to the semi-final of the Euro 2012 in summers.
Iniesta and Messi have had great seasons as well. With Messi scoring all the goals, Iniesta was the major provider for the Catalan striker and the midfielder also helped Spain to European glory in the summers.
The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vicente-c36001 del Bosque has recorded that he would like to see the midfielder win the coveted award.
"I hope that Iniesta wins the Ballon d’Or, and I think that he will have a lot of votes," he told AS.
Del Bosque also defended his recent squad rotation policy.
"We try to be fair, but you can never please everybody," he continued. "The complicated thing with Spain is not calling up new players, but finding space for them. For some to come in, others have to go out. Those that are in have
shown that they are capable. It's not easy.”
Spain have won a World Cup and two Euros under the leadership of the talented tactician.
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