Competitors are mostly out! England qualify for the European Championship final, is Bellingham's Ballon d'Or secured?

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01England defeated Netherlands 2-1 in the semi-finals of the European Championship to advance to the final and will once again challenge the Delaunay Cup.

02Bellingham is one of the favourites for the 2024 Ballon d'Or after the quarter-finals of the European Championship and Copa America.

03 Vinicius, Kroos and Mbappe have been eliminated in the European Championship and Copa America, which is great news for Bellingham.

04In addition, Messi performed well in the Copa America, and if Argentina wins the championship and Messi performs well in the final, he may also win the Ballon d'Or.

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England beat Netherlands 2-1 in the semi-finals of the European Championship this morning to reach the final, which will not only impact the Delaunay Cup again, but also likely to send Bellingham to the throne of the 2024 Ballon d'Or!

Ahead of the quarter-finals of the European Championship and Copa America, the relevant institutions listed the five favourites for the 2024 Ballon d'Or: Vinicius, Bellingham, Kroos, Mbappe and Kane were once in the top five. Among them, Vinicius was the first to be in a state of great popularity. But after the semi-finals of the two major cup competitions, three of the five favourites have already been eliminated in the European Championship and Copa America (Vinicius, Kroos, Mbappe), which will be great news for Bellingham!

Competitors are mostly out! England qualify for the European Championship final, is Bellingham's Ballon d'Or secured?

Bellingham celebrates victory according to Visual China

Ahead of this year's Euros and Copa America, Vinicius and Bellingham were not far apart from winning the tournament. Vinicius Jr. played well in Real Madrid's Champions League this season and won the Champions League Player of the Year; Bellingham was even more important when Real Madrid won the La Liga title this season, especially in the first half of the season, when he played the heroic role of the savior many times, and therefore won the best player in La Liga. The outside world has also analyzed that these two biggest favorites for the 2024 Golden Ball Award, and who will win the award in the end depends on the situation of the Copa America and the European Cup.

In the quarter-finals of the Copa America, Brazil lost to Uruguay on penalties and were eliminated from the semi-finals. This is quite detrimental to Vinicius' impact on the 2024 Ballon d'Or. At the same time, Kroos was also eliminated by Spain in the quarter-finals of the European Championship with Germany and is unlikely to win the Ballon d'Or. In the latest Ballon d'Or index released by relevant institutions on July 10, although Vinicius is still ranked first, with England knocking out Netherlands in the semi-finals of the European Championship this morning and reaching the final again, Bellingham's popularity at the Ballon d'Or may rise.

Vinicius' Brazil team has already been eliminated by Uruguay in the Copa America Photo according to Visual China

As for Mbappe, he has already won the World Cup, and what he has in mind is the Golden Ball Award and the Champions League, and he has taken great pains to finally transfer to Real Madrid, just to be able to use Real Madrid's platform to realize his life's wishes. However, Paris was beaten by Borussia Dortmund in the semi-finals of the Champions League this season, resulting in Mbappe being less favored in the race for the 2024 Ballon d'Or, although he holds three titles this season, the French Super Cup and the France Cup, but the influence of Ligue 1 makes these honors seem to be golden. If Mbappe can lead France to Euro 2024, this honor will be full of weight when combined with the Ligue 1 title, the French Super Cup, the France Cup and the Champions League semi-finals. Unfortunately, France was eliminated by Spain in the semi-finals, and Mbappe's performance was mediocre, which made his hopes of winning the Ballon d'Or this year extremely slim.

France lost to Spain in the semi-finals of the European Championship, and Mbappe said goodbye to this European Championship According to IC photo

At present, Bellingham should be expected to win the 2024 Ballon d'Or if he leads the team to win the European Championship. But if Spain wins the trophy in the end, Matadors' midfielder Rodri also has a certain chance to stand out. In the latest Ballon d'Or index, Rodri has risen from eighth to fifth place among the Ballon d'Or favourites, surpassing Foden, Kane and others.

Of course, we can't forget Messi, who is playing in the Copa America. Although the "Plum Ball King" was not a popular candidate in various Ballon d'Or indices before, it was mainly because he was now far away from the mainstream of European football. But Argentina have now reached the Copa America final, and Messi also scored in the semi-finals. If the team can win the Copa America and Messi still performs well in the final, he may also complete the "counterattack" and win his ninth Ballon d'Or. After all, the Ballon d'Or is a voting system, and the judges will have a lot of subjective opinions from themselves, and Messi will definitely not be ignored when he leads the team to win the Copa America.

Messi has performed well in this Copa America according to Visual China

Red Star News reporter Jiang Shan

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