French magazine France Football has released its 50-man shortlist for European Player of the Year.France leads the pack with eleven nominations for the Golden Ball award.
A critical look at some of the names on the list of nominated players here
Also included there is a brief summary of Real Madrid’s two goal victory over Barcelona yesterday.Raul Gonzalez and Ruud van Nistelrooy did the scoring.Beckham came off his bench in the 82nd minute only to get another yellow card.More details here.