Kylian Mbappé lead the race for the Golden Ball. The Paris Saint-Germain player is going for what would be his first recognition as the best player in the world, after the French team made it to the semifinals of the Champions League. Thanks to their goals, the team has become one of the top four on the continent, after getting rid of the reigning champion, taking revenge from last year’s final, in which Bayern left them without a crown.
This season, the Gauls are three games away from winning the top continental competition, which has placed Mbappé as the main favorite to win the next Ballon d’Or. The predictions made by the bookmaker Betfair in favor of the PSG striker are clear after his performance in the semifinals.
Despite the display of Neymar In the second leg against the Germans, two of the three goals scored by the team in the quarterfinals were signed by the young French player. Added to them are the four goals he scored against FC Barcelona in the round of 16.
One of the main criteria used to decide who is deserving of the Ballon d’Or is their performance in the Champions. At this point in the season, there is no doubt that he is the most decisive player in the competition, with the permission of a Haaland which is already removed. To this is added that PSG is on paper, together with Manchester City, the main favorite to lift the title, which has finished launching Mbappé in the race for the coveted award.
At the conclusion of the quarterfinals of the highest competition, Mbappé He is the top favorite to win the 2021 Ballon d’Or. Betfair It gives you a 30% chance of winning the prize, which at this point in the season is more than high. And it is that, the main rivals of the player in the race for recognition as the best player in the world are already out of the Champions League.
The quota in favor of Mbappé has fallen radically after the elimination of the Bayern Munich at the hands of the Parisians. The current The Best, Robert Lewandowski, he is already out of the fight, but he is still the second favorite, although at a long distance. The victory of the Frenchman is paid at 3.50 euros, while that of the killer of the Germans is 6.50 euros. In third position appears Cristiano Ronaldo, which is paid at 7.00 euros.
If only performance in the League and Champions is taken into account, this season, the only ones who can overshadow the French footballer in this section are Neymar, De Bruyne, Ramos O Benzema. In fact, the Brazilian and the Belgian are just behind CR7 and their victory is trading at € 11.00 per euro bet. The two madridistas are very far apart, with fees of 41.00 euros and 51.00 euros, respectively.
The European Championship as a decisive factor
One of the factors to take into account this season to decide the favorite for the Ballon d’Or is the Eurocup, to be played next summer. In it, again, France part as a favorite, which reinforces the idea that Mbappé may be the winner of the 2021 Ballon d’Or. The young PSG player was already decisive in the past 2018 World Cup, in which he was proclaimed champion and, with Griezmann in a supporting role, is presented as the main asset of Blues ahead of the championship that will take place from June.
The importance of the Eurocup for the Ballon d’Or 2021 is what leads to Cristiano Ronaldo to be so high in the stakes. Portugal defends the title and is another of the great candidates to lift the title, which could snatch the award from Mbappé. Also the performance of Hazard’s Belgium can lead De Bruyne to take him, as well as a good role from Spain or Poland, which would place Ramos or Lewandowski in the contest.
The main victim of the celebration of the Eurocup, facing the aspirations for the Ballon d’Or, is Neymar. The Brazilian already showed in the return of the quarters against Bayern that Mbappé is not the only leader that PSG has and could continue to climb positions in the shortlist of favorites for the award. Although this summer there America Cup, in which Brazil always has favoritism with Argentina, the South American continental title does not have the same weight in order to grant the greatest distinction at the individual level.
He could arrive at Madrid with his first Ballon d’Or
The future of Kylian Mbappé every time it seems closer to the Real Madrid. The player maintains the plan drawn up by the Madrid team, in the operation that has been underway for several years to close his signing, and for the moment he has not renewed his contract. If his evasiveness regarding the extension of his relationship is maintained, the club of the French capital will be forced to sell him this season, at a time when he could have already awarded his first Golden Ball.
The Real Madrid, so it could be the team that sees him receive the prized accolade early next year. The whites want to strike a blow on the table this season that will make them regain hegemony on the continent and they could do so with a player they have been craving for several seasons, who would also become the best player in the world.
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