This Thursday, France Football unveiled the list of 30 nominees for the Ballon d'Or 2025. And as every year, there are happy and disappointed. Among the forgotten, there are two Parisians, namely Willian Pacho and Marquinhos. Two very important elements in the quest for many titles. Asked about this, Vincent Garcia, editor -in -chief of FF, made a point in a podcast broadcast on The team.
“It is not a sanction, the two players had less than half of the votes from the lists committee (…) Luis Figo, Fabio Capello and the Icelandic juror Vidir Sigurdsson chose more Marquinhos, where French journalists were more inclined to choose Pacho (…) If PSG had won the final, it would have been difficult not to make a strike” The division of votes has not helped the two footballers, who evolve in a defensive position. Which did not play in their favor too.
