Messi, looking for his fourth Golden Ball

Lionel Messi who scored 91 goals in 2012 to break a brand, is the  favorite to take the prize , over his teammate Barcelona's  Andres Iniesta, and rival Real Madrid, the Portuguese  Cristiano Ronaldo. A fourth consecutive award Messi would put players above got it three times , as the Frenchman Zinedine Zidane and Brazilian Ronaldo. Since 1956, when it began delivering the Golden Ball award as European football limited, so has gotten three times the Frenchman Michel Platini and Johan Cruyff and the Dutch coach Marco van Basten. A new award for Messi rekindle the debate over whether talent is superior to Pele and Diego Maradona . The first was withdrawn and the second had lived and his best football seasons in 1991, when FIFA began to give this award to the best player on the planet. The large South American players were never able to get the old Golden Ball, awarded by the magazine France Football . Prizes were merged in 2010. "Jordan dominated his sport and his masters Messi" said former Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola, last year, when compared to his ward with legendary basketball player. Iniesta starred at Euro nations , in mid-2012, when Spain won his second consecutive continental title. That achievement joined the Spanish crown in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Cristiano Ronaldo, who won the award in 2008 and twice runner-they lost the trophy to Messi- impressed with your productivity in front of goal for the Madrid to Barcelona stripped of the title in the Spanish league. Then, CR7 led Portugal to the semifinals at Euro 2012. Vicente del Bosque, the Spanish strategist, is a candidate for the award for best coach , along with Jose Mourinho, Real Madrid, and Guardiola, who left the technical direction of Barcelona in May. The four main prizes are awarded by vote of the coaches and captains of national teams worldwide, plus a group of journalists invited. The votes were cast in November , before Messi won even more praise for its successful pursuit record of 85 goals set by Gerd Müller in a year. The total included Messi Barcelona goals per 79 and 12 the Argentina . So, surpassed the Müller with Bayern Munich and West Germany in 1972. "I'm fascinated by it," said Müller. "It's an incredible player, gigantic. Addition is friendly, modest and professional." Messi also silenced the critics that did not contribute enough to the Argentina , scoring five goals in the same number of World Cup qualifying matches. He managed three goals in each of two games friendlies against Brazil and Switzerland. Cristiano Ronaldo scored 46 goals to guide Madrid to the title , and would have strengthened their case for the Ballon d'Or if Portugal had been crowned in the Euro, where viewers astro rivals constantly bothered by chanting the name of Messi. Meanwhile, Brazil's Neymar looks to win again the Puskas Award for best goal of the year . Consolation would then be left out of the finalists for the Golden Ball FIFA president Sepp Blatter acknowledged that it is difficult for players outside Europe to get the attention of voters. Neymar is nominated including three goals, for a spectacular play with Santos, which was dribbling rivals in March. The Colombian Radamel Falcao is also candidate for the acrobatic volleyed Atletico Madrid against America de Cali in May, and Miroslav Stoch, the Fenerbahce, was named after a long-range shot in a Turkish league match, played in March. Fans voted online, from 10 candidates nominated by FIFA. The U.S. team, which won the gold medal at the London Olympics, could dominate the awards for women's soccer , during the annual ceremony of FIFA.