Lionel Messi Trumps Cristano Ronaldo to the 2015 Ballon D'or Award

The 2015 Ballon D'or ceremony is over & Lionel Messi of Argentina & Barcelona has been crowned the best player on planet earth in 2015 with 41.33% of the votes.

  He faced stiff competition for the award from his Barcelona team-mate Neymar Junior & his Real-Madrid rival Cristano Ronaldo of Portugal who was aiming to pick the award for the 3rd consecutive time in a row & a total of 4 Ballon D'or award to be on par with Messi but which was not destined to be as he was only good enough for 2nd position this time around with 27.76% of the votes while Neymar  Junior came 3rd with 7.86% of the votes.   

The various awards given during the events & their winners are :

• Ballon d'or: Lionel Messi
• Women's world player of the year: Carli Lloyd.
• Puskas award: Wendell Lira of Brazil & club Goianesia. 
• World coach of the year for men's football: Luis Enrique of Barcelona. 

  

  Luis Enrique

• World coach of the year for women's football: Jill Ellis.
• FIFA fair play award: All football organisations supporting refugees.
•  The 2015 FIFA FIFPRO World XI: The selection was done based on a 4-3-3 formation. 

                                                                                          
We have Manuel Neuer in goal.

It is made up of a 4-man defense comprising Dani Alves of Barcelona at right back, a left & right central defensive pairing of Thiago Silva of Paris St Germaine & Sergio Ramos of Real-Madrid in central defense & Marcelo also of Real-Madrid at the left back position. 

We have a 3-man midfield of Luka Modric of Real-Madrid in the center flanked on the left & right by Andres Iniesta of Barcelona & Paul Pogba of Juventus.

It is made up of a 3-prong attack of Ronaldo as the lone striker flanked on the left & right wing by Neymar & Messi respectively.  

• The 2015 Reserve FIFA FIFPRO World XI: The selection was done based on a 4-3-3 formation.                                                                                           

We have David De Gea in goal.


It is made up of a 4-man defense comprising Philip Lahm at right back, a left & right central defensive pairing of Emmanuel Alaba & Gerard Pique in central defense & Jordi Alba at the left back position. 

We have a 3-man midfield of Yaya Toure in the center flanked on the left & right by Eden Hazard & Toni kroos.

It is made up of a 3-prong attack of Lawandowski as the lone striker flanked on the left & right wing by Ibrahimovic & Suarez respectively.  

Brazilian Wendell wins the Puskas award for 2015

  Note that the Puskas award is for the most outstanding goal of the year 2015 & it was actually won by an unknown brazilian forward who plies his trade for Goianesia for a spectacular overhead kick that resulted in a goal. 

Jill Ellis coach of the year 2015 for women's football

Carli Lloyd women's world player 2015