Eight Barça Madrid and five among the candidates for Gold Ball

Barcelona, ​​with eight players, and Real Madrid, with five teams are more players bring to the final roster of 23 candidates for the Ballon d'Or In the first selection has only been out Alexis Puyol and Barca, as The website publishes the Mundo Deportivo.

Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Piqué, Villa, Cesc, Alves and Abidal have passed the second cut, like the previously elected Real Madrid: Iker Casillas, Khedira, Ozil, Xabi Alonso and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Among the ten best coaches Jose Mourinho repeated application, Pep Guardiola and Vicente del Bosque.

The rest of the list will be announced on Tuesday the French magazine France Football. On December 5 will be the name of the three final candidates, which will be top players in the FIFA gala organized on January 9 at its headquarters in Zurich.