Football fans is looking forwarding to know who will win the most important individual awards in the football world this year, the 2018 Ballon d’Or. Voting has been completed and the winner of the coveted Ballon d’Or will be released in December 3, 2018. However, the supporters might be in for a shock with both Ronaldo and Messi nowhere to be found during the half mark in voting, and the top 3 players in the race for Ballon d’Or are Luka Modric, Raphael Varane, and Kylian Mbappe.
Messi and Ronaldo are not members of these top 3 players as the performance of footballers in the 2018 World Cup might be one of the important factors of voting for the 2018 winner. Both Raphael Varane and Kylian Mbappe won the 2018 FIFA World Cup with France national team and Luka Modric also had excellent performance in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Luka Modric already won the FIFA Ballons d’Or in September this year, which is the first time in his career and the first time a Croatian player has won this award. His excellent performance in the 2017-18 season helped Real Madrid win the Champions League for a fourth time in five seasons and led Croatia to its first World Cup final where it lost to France. He broke a decade of award dominance by Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi after being crowned world footballer of the year by FIFA.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi both have won five Ballons d’Or apiece in last 10 years. Will Luka Modric end Ronaldo-Messi Reign again and win the FIFA Ballons d’Or? Just leave your lines in the comment section.