Rabat, Morocco – Na so e be, the countdown to di Ballon d’Or 2025 ceremony don commence! E go happen for September 22, and di voting don start today. L’Équipe don call all football fans make dem show dia support for dia favourites. Achraf Hakimi, di Moroccan maestro, dey hot for dis year’s contest, and he no dey alone. Yassine Bounou and Ayyoub Bouaddi, dem also dey represent Morocco.
This year, voters fit select di best male and female players as well. Plus, dem go fit decide winners for odas like di Yachine Trophy for di best goalkeeper, and di Kopa Trophy for di top fresh talents. Di Ballon d’Or sabi dey celebrate di guys wey change di game with their style and swagger.
Achraf Hakimi don dey gist say he “deserves” di Ballon d’Or after im fantastic season. Dis year, e don become di first defender wey score for quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final for di UEFA Champions League! Talk about making history (wey make people dey shout “everybody get waka!”)! In interview wey he do with Canal+, di Paris Saint-Germain vice-captain talk say: “When people put me in di Ballon d’Or conversation, na dream wey I never even think say go fit happen. If I fit win am, I go fit say I deserve am.”
Make you no miss di chance to support am as he dey represent African football on di big stage. Dis season, Hakimi don play 55 matches, score 11 goals, and give 16 assists – dem numbers dey make sense (who no wan max out dem stats, abeg). For Ligue 1, he don score four goals and give eight assists for 25 appearances. Na serious work!
Plus, e play key role for PSG Champions League victory, contributing to nine goals and even made am to di Club World Cup team of di tournament. His goal contributions don set record for defenders, breaking Dani Alves’ tally. E even bag di Prix Marc-Vivien Foé as di best African player for Ligue 1. Person go talk say na too much wahala he dey carry for him shoulder!
Di current voting standings show say Hakimi dey hold 29%, while Ousmane Dembélé dey chill at 21%. Lamine Yamal, di baby of di pack, dey follow with just 5%. Di voting go dey conducted by 100 journalists from di top FIFA countries. Each journalist go select dia top 10 and di person wey get di highest total go carry di crown.
Na true sey di Ballon d’Or don dey knack head for abeg! Dem go announce di winner for di Theatre du Châtelet for Paris on September 22, and everybody dey shake leg to see who go carry di prestigious trophy home. Na party we go dey for di football world!
