Awarded by France Football magazine, the Ballon d’Or has been given out every year since Stanley Matthews won the first one in 1956
The magazine started giving out a women’s award in 2018, but that has also been put on hold.“It’s such a strange year that we couldn’t treat it as an ordinary one. Let’s say that we started talking about at least two months ago,” France Football editor Pascal Ferre told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.
“The Ballon d’Or would have been decided over just three games: quarter-final, semi-final, final,” Ferre said. “There were loads of changes which are totally legitimate and which we don’t contest given the worldwide health crisis, but we couldn’t consider this as a typical year. Exceptional circumstances led to an exceptional decision.”
“Look at Lewandowski’s performances this year, his form has been at the level of Messi and Ronaldo,” Ferre said. “And Paris players, imagine if they win the Champions League.”
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