Golden Ball: the unrelated domination of Luis Enrique!

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By: Nicolas Gerbault

This Monday evening, during the Golden Ball ceremony at the Chatelet Theater, Luis Enrique was logically elected the best coach of the season by the various journalists.

The trainer of Paris Saint-Germain has won almost everything last season with the capital's club with the exception of the Club World Cup where he nevertheless reached the final of the competition. In addition to his remarkable results, he above all appealed to the football planet thanks to the quality of the game of his team.

An offensive, collective and with movement that destroyed several of its opponents including Inter Milan in the Champions League final on May 31 (victory on the 5 goals to 0). The Spanish coach wins for the first this prestigious trophy (Johan Cruyff trophy).

Luis Enrique humiliates his opponents

Unsurprisingly, Luis Enrique was acclaimed by different journalists from around the world. The 100 journalists representing the 100 best classified nations in the FIFA ranking were unanimous: Luis Enrique is the best coach in the previous exercise. Ligue 1, French Cup, Champions League, final of the World Cup of clubs … The Spanish technician has won almost everything with Paris Saint-Germain. This is why it totaled 97 first places out of 100, according to the details of the votes.

With 197 points, Luis Enrique crushed competition. The German coach of Barça Hansi Flick, second, only collected 44 points, while the podium is completed by the Chelsea coach, winner of the Ligue Conference and the World Cup of Clubs, Enzo Maresca with 27 points.

Only three journalists therefore chose not to classify Luis Enrique in first place. Samm Audu, from Nigerian media
scorenigeria, wanted to reward Enzo Maresca. German Karl-Heinz Wild, Kickergave his compatriot Hansi Flick a boost. While the representative of South Africa, Mark Gleeson (Reuters) preferred Arne Slot. Note that the three journalists have each time classified Luis Enrique in second position.