Zurich, the FIFA headquarters city, will host the gala Monday Golden Ball, in which Lionel Messi and Barca club Barcelona are favorites to grab much of the prizes.
Most bets are that these will be the dominant color in the gala Monday Golden Ball, because after the great year by a Barcelona led by Messi (winning five of six possible titles), it appears to the club Catalan monopolize many of the prizes.
For starters, two of the three finalists for the Golden Ball are members of Barcelona as Messi accompany him on the podium fellow Brazilian Neymar, aspiring first to coveted award.
The umpire is the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, winner of the last two editions (and counting three in total in 2008), but the star of Real Madrid can afford expensive as his team was sumase any title in 2015 and cede his crown .
At 23, Neymar would surely be the top seed for the prize if you only would tell the second part of the year in which the Brazilian stepped back to Barcelona, Messi private in October and November by a knee injury.
Unbeatable Numbers
But overall the whole year, presenting credentials unbeatable and Messi seem sufficient to guarantee a fifth Golden Ball (he won continuously from 2009 to 2012).
In addition to the titles with his club and the runner-up in the Copa America, Messi scored 43 goals in 38 championship games, plus 18 assists and finished top scorer in the Champions League (10 goals, tied with CR7 and Neymar).
And beyond the numbers, Messi made actions for the story, as if with a dry dribble left 'sitting' literally German Jerome Boateng to score Bayern Munich in the Champions League semifinals and open the way to the final, in which Barcelona won 3-1 to Juventus.
Or play with which he opened the scoring in the final of the Copa del Rey (3-1 against Athletic Club de Bilbao), where he received the ball in midfield, heeled band, and stood in the small area rival, few defenders dribbling you to step out, to beat Atletico keeper.
For this work of art, Messi could also win on Monday the Puskas Award for Best Goal of the Year, a category in which you compete against the Italian Alessandro Florenzi Roma and against a modest Brazilian footballer Wendell Lira.
Besides Messi, his coach Luis Enrique also seems the favorite for the award for Best Coach of the Year, struggling with Pep Guardiola (also history of Barcelona) and the Chile coach Jorge Sampaoli.
Who will make Blatter?
Neither Pep Guardiola, for concentration found with Bayern Munich in Qatar, and Luis Enrique, who did not explain the reasons, will be present at a gala to be another notable absence: that of Joseph Blatter.
The outgoing president of FIFA was the host from which the highest institution of football joined the French magazine France Football to deliver a single award for best player of the year (2010). Sanctioned by the institution itself, immersed in an unprecedented crisis of corruption, Blatter can not even step on the Palacio de Congresos in Zurich, since his punishment stops them.
In the absence of confirmation from FIFA, which this year seems to be easier to guess who will win the Golden Ball who will hand the winner.