The Arab countries that voted for Mohamed Salah in the Golden Ball .. and a shock to Riyad Mahrez
The Ballon d'Or ceremony presented by the French magazine "France Football" witnessed the crowning of Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema with the "Ballon d'Or" after obtaining 449 points, beating Senegalese former Liverpool striker Sadio Mane and the current star of Bayern Munich, who finished runner-up in total. 193 points, in a ceremony in which the choices and votes of 100 journalists from around the world were relied upon, including 13 Arab journalists from Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Morocco, Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, Syria, and Tunisia.
Egyptian Arab football stars, Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah, and Algerian Riyad Mahrez, Manchester City player, entered the list of candidates to win the Golden Ball in its 2022 edition, but Salah was satisfied with fifth place with 116 points, while Mahrez ranked 12th with four points, especially since Calculating the points and arranging the players nominated for the award is based on the vote carried out by the journalists. The voter is awarded to the five players who are selected, with six points for the first, four for the second, three for the third, two points for the fourth, and a point for his fifth and last choice.
France Football revealed the scenes of journalists voting for the award in its 2022 edition, including the choices of Arab journalists, 12 of whom voted for Egyptian Mohamed Salah among the five players they nominated for the award, with the exception of Lebanon, whose representative in the five places chose Karim Benzema in first place. , Robert Lewandowski second, then Kylian Mbappe, Sadio Mane, and Kevin Debroin.
On the other hand, Riyad Mahrez was absent from the votes of all Arab journalists, including Algeria, with Mahrez only getting four points, which came from Croatia, where Mahrez came in second place among the choices of the Croatian representative behind the French Karim Benzema.
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