The day has come. Like every year, the Ballon d’Or Gala and its red carpet take over the covers of the main sports newspapers and paralyze the world of football. With the news that No member of Real Madrid will attend the galathe chances of Vinicius Junior repeating as winner of the Socrates Prize are slim. In the first pools, the Spanish soccer player, Jennifer Hermoso, is nominated as one of the main favorites to win the award
Out of chance and waiting for tonight the great stars of the ball to commiserate in Paris and decide the winner of the Ballon d’Or, who apparently seems destined to travel to the Manchester city with Rodri as the protagonist, the different awards accompanying the set and the preludes to the Ballon d’Or are the protagonists. One of them is the Socrates Award, which pays tribute to the Brazilian footballer.
What is the Socrates Trophy and the aspects that are valued?
Since 2022, when Sadio Mané won the award for his work in Senegal, FIFA has opted for the arrival of a new award to recognize people who have done solidarity activities throughout the calendar year. Last year the winner was Vinicius, in a decision that was not without controversydue to the ‘Vini Institute’ project that the footballer runs. The institution helps hundreds of disadvantaged children in Rio de Janerio and seeks to be a tool to promote the first school years of minors in Brazil.
With the focus on the latest winner of the Socrates Prize, his project was ahead of his colleague Antonio Rüdiger, who had been nominated for his social work in Sierra Leone, where he is from. The rest of the candidates were Barça player Asisat Oshoala, American Alex Morgan and English footballer Marcus Rashfordwho work in social work with their different foundations.
Beyond the regulations and the merits that have been made to certify the candidacy for the Award, which bears the name of a philosopher, it has a unique characteristic for the players. It is one of the few awards of the Gala, which in a common way It can be awarded to people regardless of their gender. That is, the trophy is the same for men and women.
Without a clear winner in this category, since it is a lottery, the winner will be decided this coming night at the Ballon d’Or Gala.
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