For several weeks, Karim Benzema He is the top favorite to win Golden Ball. To this day, the French striker is still the top candidate to win the award. Nevertheless, Thibaut Courtois He deserves, without a doubt, to be at least on the podium of the best players of the season.
Thibaut Courtois
However, all that lack of praise that the Belgian goalkeeper has suffered has come to an end. After a historic display in the Champions League final against Liverpool, Thibaut Courtois is postulated as one of the clear candidates to win the great award.
The real Madrid They have won their 14th Champions League, this time after beating Liverpool in the final in Paris. This victory could not be explained without the magnificent performance of the Belgian goalkeeper. Three great saves against shots from Mohammed Salah and a great shot Sadio Mane, Thibaut Courtois He has closed the bolt on the white goal on the best night to do it.
-The goalkeepers, the great forgotten in the individual awards