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5. Jorginho
You can debate whether Jorginho was ever a ‘realistic’ contender for the Ballon d’Or, but you cannot debate his influence in two silverware winning sides. After struggling under Frank Lampard, the midfielder became crucial Thomas Tuchel and conducted play beautifully as Chelsea won the Champions League. He was also everpresent for Italy who impressed at every stage on their way to securing Euro 2020 glory – that’s no coincidence.
你可以就若日尼奧是否配得上爭奪金球獎而展開討論，但他兩座冠軍獎盃足以說明其影響力。在蘭帕德麾下，他表現掙扎，隨後成長為圖赫爾陣中關鍵一環，在場上貢獻出色表現，切爾西也一舉奪得歐冠冠軍。若日尼奧在國家隊一場不落，在義大利奪得2020歐洲盃冠軍的每場比賽，他的表現都有著讓人印象深刻——這一切都並非偶然。
4. Kylian Mbappé
We often forget how absurdly talented Kylian Mbappé is because his consistency has been normalised.
人們時常忘記姆巴佩天賦有多麼離譜，因為大家已經對他穩定的競技狀態習以為常。
But this is a player who won his third Ligue 1 golden boot in May – before turning 23 – and also became the youngest player to score 30 Champions League goals in December.
未滿23歲的姆巴佩在今年5月23日第三次斬獲法甲金靴，並在十二月成為打進歐冠30球的最年輕球員。
golden boot：金靴
Records will continue to be broken and he continues to shine in a star-studded Paris Saint-Germain side.
未來還有記錄等著姆巴佩去打破，他會繼續在這支眾星雲集的巴黎發光發熱。
star-studded：眾星雲集的
3. Karim Benzema
In terms of trophies, it wasn’t the most productive year for Karim Benzema but his performances only seemed to get better. He is the definition of an all-round centre forward, scoring 43 goals and assisting 14 across the calendar year, with his finishing and technique on display every week.
這並非本澤馬囊獲獎杯最多的一年，但是他的表現似乎越來越好。本澤馬詮釋了什麼是全能中鋒。過去的一年，他打進43球，奉獻14次助攻，每個星期他都會向大家呈現完美的終結和技巧。
2. Robert Lewandowski
It’s pretty ridiculous that Robert Lewandowski doesn’t have a Ballon d’Or for his efforts over the last two years but we’re here to give him his flowers. The Bayern Munich striker was influential in his side winning another Bundesliga title, while he also broke Gerd Müller’s 49-year record of most top flight goals scored in a calendar year. Breaking his numbers down even further, he bagged 64 goals and 10 assists across all competitions to prove his worth as the best centre forward in football.
在過去的兩年，萊萬拼盡全力卻未斬獲一座金球，這確實荒謬，但他配得上鮮花與掌聲。拜仁中鋒為球隊贏下又一座德甲冠軍立下汗馬功勞，同時他還打破了蓋德·穆勒塵封49年的德甲自然年進球記錄。進一步分析他的資料，萊萬在各項賽事囊獲64粒進球並有10次助攻，這足以證明他就是世界最佳中鋒。
top flight：頂級聯賽；top-flight——頂級的
1. Lionel Messi
Things haven’t quite gone to plan at Paris Saint-Germain but just like in the Ballon d’Or rankings, Lionel Messi has edged his way into first place. After his superhuman last six months at Barcelona – in which he won the Copa del Rey – before winning the Copa America with his beloved Argentina in July.
在巴黎，一切未按預期進行，但這就像金球獎排名一樣，梅西已然躋身榜首。上半年，他在巴薩有著與眾不同的表現，幫助球隊贏下了西班牙國王杯，隨後又為摯愛的阿根廷國家隊奪取美洲盃。
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