BALLON D'OR BELONGS TO HARRY KANE: PASSED MBAPPE BY 28 POINTS

Ballon d'Or, the most prestigious individual award of world football, witnessed a points struggle literally breathtaking and passing into history this year. As a result of the secret voting held with respected sports journalists from all around the world to determine the best footballer of the year, English goal machine Harry Kane creating wonders on green pitches settled at the summit and reached the biggest individual victory of his career. When official voting details the international football public eagerly awaited were announced, Harry Kane managed to leave opponents behind collecting 1055 points in total. French superstar Kylian Mbappe, being the biggest rival in the summit race, remained in the second rank taking 1027 points. Harry Kane attained the honor of winning the Golden Ball award by passing his rival with a highly incredible difference like only 28 points. Young talent Lamine Yamal, locating right behind these two massive names and catching a tremendous breakthrough, settled at the third step of the podium collecting 881 points. While midfield dynamo Rodri took the fourth rank taking 726 points, legendary name of football history Lionel Messi found a place for himself in the fifth rank with 612 points. Georgian star Khvicha Kvaratskhelia creating wonders obtained the sixth rank collecting 541 points. French winger Ousmane Dembele with 418 points in seventh, Norwegian goal machine Erling Haaland with 378 points in eighth, talented player Michael Olise with 296 points in ninth, and Spanish midfielder Fabian Ruiz in the tenth rank with 201 points printed their names among the best 10 footballers of the world. This breathtaking ranking table obtained showed the whole football world once again how high a level individual rivalry between elite players in today's football has reached.

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