Head coach of German national soccer team Joachim Loew Germany coach Joachim Loew has voted for hisgoalkeeper Manuel Neuer and would be disappointed if he doesn't win
the Ballon d'Or award on Monday.
Loew told Friday's edition of the Bild paper that Neuer "has shaped
the role of a goalkeeper in the past years like no one before him"
and showed his "extraordinary quality" on the global stage at the
2014 World Cup which Germany won.
"Anything but his election would disappoint me," Loew said.
Munich sports director Matthias Sammer agreed, saying he would be
lost for words if Neuer wasn't elected, with the winner to be
announced at a gala of the ruling body FIFA on Monday in Zurich.
Neuer is on the final shortlist with Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal,
Real Madrid) and Lionel Messi (Argentina, Barcelona) who have won the
award in the past six years.
Sammer named Neuer "unique" and added "Is a goalkeeper part of a team
or not? If he is part of it then there is only who win, and that's
him."
No goalkeeper has ever been elected World Player while Soviet Lev
Yashin won the Ballon d'Or more than 50 years ago in its past form as
European Player of the Year award.
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