Luis Enrique Martínez He is the great favorite to be appointed best coach of the year at the Golden Ball gala that will be held on September 22 in Paris after his great season held in front of the PSG with that Champions League Conquered in Munich as the jewel of the crown. His great rival to win this trophy will be Hansi Flick, also nominated for the award for his great season at the head of the Barcelona.
Next to them, the Italian coach of Naples, Antonio Conteyour compatriot of Chelsea Enzo Maresca And the Dutch Liverpool Arne beatt, complete the list of candidates for an award that last year was baptized with the name of the former coach of the Barcelona (Johan Cruyff) and will be delivered for the second time on September 22 at a gala in Paris.
Among the five candidates none of those of last year, when the Italian was awarded, then of Real Madrid, Carlo Ancelotti, which appeared next to the Spaniards Xabi Alonso, Luis de la Fuente and Pep Guardiola, In addition to the Argentine Lionel Scaloni and Italian Gian Piero Gasperini.
In this edition, Luis Enrique55 years old, it appears as the main favorite, thanks to its triumph in the Champions League and its National Double, League and Cup, but also for having known how to build a team with a very marked identity.
The only black point of his season was the final of the Club World Cup lost against him Chelsea De Marescawhich at 45 then added his second trophy of the season, next to the Conference League, in addition to scoring his team's return to the English football elite.
Slot He had the difficult task of dealing with the heavy inheritance of Jurgen Klopp in it Liverpool And he succeeded by raising the twenty -champion trophy of the Reds, something similar to what was achieved by Conte in Naples and by Flick In Barcelona. The German coach, the most veteran of the candidates (60 years), also added the Cup and the Super Cup and stayed at the gates of the Champions League final, going around a negative trend that gangraine the Catalan club in recent years.
