UEFA EURO 2012™ - Official intro and host cities with stadiums presentation

The  host cities for the next EURO 2012 as well as the stadiums in each of the them are shown in the following video. Enjoy the beautiful images of the Polish and Ukrainian cities that welcome all the visitors for the coming EURO.               


                                 Enjoy it. 

MESSI , CRISTIANO, AND XAVI FINALISTS FOR THE GOLDEN BALL 2011

THE TOP PLAYERS ARE AT THE TOP AGAIN 

Lionel Messi , Cristiano Ronaldo , and Xavi Hernandez  are the three candidates for the Best Player award for 2011 given by "FIFA" and  and the French magazine "France Football". According to the media , the Argentinean who has won the Goden Ball the last two editions,  is the favorite candidate to win it this year.

At the age of 24, Messi can be the third player to win this award three times and the second one to win it in a row. 

 Closer in the number of votes is the portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo who has won  it before  in 2008 while he payed in Manchester United. 

Xavi Hernandez was the third nominated for the award . The midfielder from Terrassa who turns 32 this year has been nominated for this award three times. In 2010 many people believed that he  could have won it since he was the creator of the game that led Spain to win the World Cup, but his friend Messi won it. This year will be a new chance for Xavi to win the award. 

FIFA and France Football  will announce  winner in the second gala of the Golden Ball Cup ', which will take place on January 9, 2012 . 

The list of the 23 football Players nominated for the Golden Ball 2011

Finally we have the full list of the 23 player candidates for the upcoming FIFA GOLDEN BALL AWARD. The initial  list has been cut back to 23 players.

Ballon d’Or:

1. Éric Abidal (France) 

1. Xabi Alonso (Spain)

1. Dani Alves (Brazil)

1. Sergio Agüero (Argentina)

1. Karim Benzema (France)

1. Iker Casillas (Spain)

1. Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon)

1. Cesc Fàbregas (Spain)

1. Diego Forlán (Uruguay)

1. Andrés Iniesta (Spain)

1. Lionel Messi (Argentina)

1. Thomas Müller (Germany)

1. Nani (Portugal)

1. Neymar (Brazil)

1. Mesut Özil (Germany)

1. Gerard Piqué (Spain)

1. Wayne Rooney (England)

1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)

1. Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany)

1. Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands)

1. Luis Suárez (Uruguay)

1. Xavi (Spain)

1. David Villa (Spain)

Coach of the Year:

1. Vicente del Bosque (Spain/SNT)

1. Alex Ferguson (Scotland/Manchester United)

1. Rudi García (France/Lille)

1. Pep Guardiola (Spain/Barcelona)

1. Jürgen Klopp (Germany/Borussia Dortmund)

1. Joachim Löw (Germany/GNT)

1. José Mourinho (Portugal/Real Madrid)

1. Óscar Tabárez (Uruguay/UNT)

1. André Villas-Boas (Portugal/Porto)

1. Arséne Wenger (France/Arsenal)

OK..There you have them. Now time to wait until December when the last three nominees will be mentioned.

FRANCE FOOTBALL 50 CANDIDATES FOR FIFA GOLDEN BALL 2012

France Football has handed in the list of the initial 50 candidates chosen for this years FIFA GOLDEN BALL AWARD. These are now the following procedures:

1. 1st of November the list of 50 will be shortened to 23 players
2. 5th of December , three players will be named as finalists
3. 9th of January 2012 the winner will be announced

 

SPANISH FOOTBALL is well represented & especially FC BARCELONA which has 10 players on the list, while REAL MADRID has 5 players. 


The 10 candidates from FC Barcelona are:

Eric Abidal

 

Lionel Messi

 

 

 Xavi Hernandez

 

David Villa

 

Cesc Fabregas 

 

Andres Iniesta

 

Carles Puyol

 

Gerard Pique

 

Dani Alves 

 

Alexis Sanchez

 

The 5 candidates for Real Madrid are:

Iker Casillas

 

Mesut Ozil

 

 

Sami Khedira

 

Cristiano Ronaldo 

 

Xabi Alonso

 

 

Another Spanish Football born player is on the list, David Silva (Man City) along with Schweinsteiger, Lahm, Gómez, Thomas Müller, Ribery, Klose, Sneijder, Van Persie, Robben y Van der Vaart, Samuel Eto'o, Kun Agüero, Luis Suárez, Diego Forlán, Chicharito Hernández, Wayne Rooney, Neymar & Antonio di Natale.

 

 Some other names on the list are

Schweinsteiger (Bayern Múnich)

 Philip Lahm (Bayern Múnich)

Mario Gómez (Bayern Múnich)

Thomas Müller (Bayern Múnich)

Frank Ribery (Bayern Múnich)

Miroslav Klose (SS Lazio)

 Wesley Sneijder (Inter de Milan)

 Robbie Van Persie (Arsenal)

 Arjen Robben (Bayern Múnich)

 Raphael Van der Vaart (Tottenham)

 Samuel Eto'o (Anzhi)

 Kun Agüero (Manchester City)

 Luis Suárez (Liverpool)

Diego Forlán (Inter de Milán)

 Chicharito Hernández (Manchester United)

 Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)

Neymar (Santos)

 Di Natale (Udinese)

 David Silva (Manchester City)

 

All the coaches and captains  from all the national teams as well as all the journalists from around the world that participate  will vote to  elect the next FIFA Golden Ball 2012. Next December 5th, we will know  the name of the three  final football players . 

Meanwhile, we have to wait until January 9th, 2012 when the winner will be announced in Zurich.