It is interesting what was the Georgians choice in the poll of “Golden Ball” 2013. As far as you know, team coach of each country which is a member of FIFA, captain and media sends the top three.

Temur Ketsbaia’s chosen three is following: 1. Franck Ribery, 2. Lionel Messi, 3. Cristiano Ronaldo. As you see, the list of Ketsbaia coincided the final triplet, however not successivelly.

From the media organizations, “Sarbieli” editor Zurab Potskhveria selected following three: 1. Cristiano Ronaldo, 2. Lionel Messi, 3. Franck Ribery. As you see, the places were redistributed in this way.

As for Jaba Kankava, captain of the national team, none of his chosen three favorites can hit the top three:  1. Andres Iniesta, 2. Andrea Pirlo, 3. Edinson Cavani.

Ilia Nanobashvili