ballon d'or shortlist
Ballon d'Or shortlist:
Gareth Bale (Wales)
Karim Benzema (France)
Diego Costa (Spain)
Thibaut Courtois (Belgium)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
Angel Di Maria (Argentina)
Mario Götze (Germany)
Eden Hazard (Belgium)
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden)
Andrés Iniesta (Spain)
Toni Kroos (Germany)
Philipp Lahm (Germany)
Javier Mascherano (Argentina)
Lionel Messi (Argentina)
Thomas Müller (Germany)
Manuel Neuer (Germany)
Neymar (Brazil)
Paul Pogba (France)
Sergio Ramos (Spain)
Arjen Robben (Netherlands)
James Rodriguez (Colombia)
Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany)
Yaya Toure (Côte d’Ivoire)
I don't usually watch La Liga but caught last week's Real v Barca game, mostly to watch Kroos and CR7 and James Rodriguez come up against Neymar and Messi and that villain Suarez, but it's an all-star cast all around, innit. It did seem like a particularly sparkling match, which I attribute to the flair of the many South American players. Fun, fun.
Gareth Bale (Wales)
Karim Benzema (France)
Diego Costa (Spain)
Thibaut Courtois (Belgium)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
Angel Di Maria (Argentina)
Mario Götze (Germany)
Eden Hazard (Belgium)
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden)
Andrés Iniesta (Spain)
Toni Kroos (Germany)
Philipp Lahm (Germany)
Javier Mascherano (Argentina)
Lionel Messi (Argentina)
Thomas Müller (Germany)
Manuel Neuer (Germany)
Neymar (Brazil)
Paul Pogba (France)
Sergio Ramos (Spain)
Arjen Robben (Netherlands)
James Rodriguez (Colombia)
Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany)
Yaya Toure (Côte d’Ivoire)
I don't usually watch La Liga but caught last week's Real v Barca game, mostly to watch Kroos and CR7 and James Rodriguez come up against Neymar and Messi and that villain Suarez, but it's an all-star cast all around, innit. It did seem like a particularly sparkling match, which I attribute to the flair of the many South American players. Fun, fun.