Will the 2021 Vietnam Golden Ball appear at the AFF Cup?

Because Messi's 2021 was definitely not a successful year at Barcelona or PSG and the star's first 2021 South American Football Gold Cup with the Argentina national team is actually not worth mentioning compared to the European Gold Cup from the past until now...

The answer lies in the criteria and who is voted for the Ballon d'Or every year? That is individual and collective achievements - player rankings (talent and fair-play) and player career, voted by journalists representing each country in the world. Many people say that this set of criteria is quite... vague, emotional, not to mention that only journalists participate in the vote, which is not as objective as expected?

Messi player.

Before the noise of the 2021 Ballon d'Or story with the rather focused opinion that the Polish striker currently playing for Bayer, Lewandowski, was more deserving than Messi at the time of the vote, there had been previous regrets with Ribery or Neuer... making Messi receiving the title even more boring and... a farce, as some people boldly spoke out. People had the opportunity to compare the FIFA vote for the Best Player of the Year title with up to 4 voting subjects including: Head Coaches and Captains of National Teams, journalists and the online community, to see that this vote is more convincing and perhaps more accurate, with less backlash than the Ballon d'Or vote?

Everyone knows that football is a sport but it has strict general rules that all participating organizations and individuals must comply with. Voting to honor the achievements of individuals and groups every year is necessary and needs to continue. In Vietnam, the annual Golden Ball title has long been hosted by the Saigon Giai Phong newspaper, the Vietnam Super Cup title is organized by the Tien Phong newspaper or lower in Nghe An province, the youth-children football tournament is hosted by Nghe An newspaper.

The noisy story about the 2021 Golden Ball mentioned above, at first glance, does not seem to affect the election of the 2021 Vietnamese Golden Ball when people will wait for the end of the 2021 AFF Cup to vote and choose the final list for men's football. As for women's football and futsal, everything is quite clear, although the Covid-19 epidemic has caused many events to be abandoned. Surely everything is still focused on men's football even though the 2021 V. Laegue had to be canceled when HAGL Club is on the rise after a long period of stars "spending their youth to stay in the league". And therefore, stars like Cong Phuong, Tuan Anh... still have to wait to have the opportunity to touch this noble title.

The Vietnam national team is very focused to prepare best for the upcoming match. Photo: Hai Hoang

If nothing unexpected happens, the current candidates for the men's football Golden Ball are being considered based on their performance.Vietnam National Teamin the 2nd and 3rd qualifying rounds of the recent World Cup. At least 2 prominent names are Tien Linh and Hoang Duc when they made great achievements in the Vietnam National Team. Hopefully, the interesting race is taking place within the team and it will be very interesting if new factors appear? If the Vietnam National Team successfully defends the AFF Cup throne, the voting will take place very easily and quickly. The best person in this campaign will of course be the owner of the 2021 Vietnam Golden Ball.

It is very gratifying that in Vietnam, for many years now, the voting subjects for the Golden Ball have been expanded from national team coaches, club coaches, football experts, club captains and sports journalists, so everything basically meets and satisfies both insiders and the general public. This shows that, although Vietnamese football has just escaped the "lowland", the work of socializing football has made proud strides.

It is not only about promoting the advantages of the latecomers, drawing valuable experiences from the successes and failures of the football world, but also the will of the whole society to reach out to sports in general and football in particular.

To see, the story of someone being noisy and angry about the 2021 Ballon d'Or title for Messi as "part of world football" is always inevitable, but Vietnamese football is having to deal with another, hotter story. That is, how to reach the continental level in the coming time once it has firmly maintained its top position in the region?

The stars who are striving to win the Golden Ball title are the ones who are answering that question themselves in the support and votes mentioned above in the coming time.