Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain s semi-final influence on the Golden Ball Award

Now, the selection of top personal honors is not only about the players' own performance, but also about the performance of your team, and even the performance of your competitors. Now the competition for the Golden Globes has basically become a competition between Yamal and Dembele. But what is very interesting is that a game that Yamal did not participate in, that is, the semi-finals of the Club World Cup between Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain, may directly determine the final ownership of the Golden Ball Award.

Let's analyze the situation of these two candidates. What are the advantages of Dembele? It’s because his team honor this season is really too strong. As the team's number one attacker, he led Paris Saint-Germain to the most important Champions League. If he can add another Club World Cup championship, then his team will win five championship trophys in one season. In the selection, this kind of team honor bonus is very huge.

And Yamal's advantage lies in his phenomenal personal performance and decisive role as a 17-year-old player. He led Barcelona to the domestic triple crown and his performance throughout the season was perfect. His competitiveness comes more from his unparalleled talent and personal performance.

So, why did Real Madrid and Paris become the key winner?

The logic is as follows: If Paris Saint-Germain eventually wins the Club World Cup, then Dembele's resume will have the two most important club champions, the Champions League and the Club World Cup. In this case, his team's honor advantage will be overwhelming, and the suspense of the Golden Globes may end there.

But in turn, if Real Madrid eliminated Paris in the semi-finals, that would change the whole situation. It would undermine Dembele’s “Champion Reaper” persuasiveness because he missed the opportunity to become a world champion. In this way, the selection of the Golden Globes will return to an "open" discussion. Everyone will start to compare whether Dembele's Champions League champion is heavier, or Yamal's almost perfect personal performance plus the domestic triple-champion champion is more convincing. This gave Yamal a chance to reverse.

So, we see this very interesting situation now. For Barcelona fans, they may be in a dilemma. Emotionally, they certainly don't want their archenemy Real Madrid to win. But rationally, Real Madrid's victory may be the only way to help their own talented player Yamal win the Golden Ball. This also shows from one aspect how complex and subtle the competition in modern football has become.