It is Chicharito Hernandez out of the final list for the Golden Ball

The Mexican Javier 'Chicharito' Hernandez was out of the final list of nominees for the Golden Ball of the FIFA 2011. The Mexican was recognized among the top 50 preliminary candidates that formed. Lionel Messi heads a list of eight nominees Barcelona players in the 23 finalists. The Argentine striker is the favorite to win its third consecutive award for best footballer in the world, including the nomination of 23 players that FIFA announced Tuesday.

The Real Madrid player has five nominees, and there are seven Spanish in the list. In addition to Messi, Barca the other players are Xavi Hernandez, Andres Iniesta, Cesc Fabregas, Gerard Pique, Eric Abidal, Dani Alves and David Villa. "I'll bet anything that Messi will win the Golden Ball," said Fabregas. "I will never again see anything like that. It does everything and scores goals." nominees are Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid, Iker Casillas, Karim Benzema, Xabi Alonso and Mesut Oezil. In the list there are two Uruguayan striker from Liverpool, Luis Suarez and Inter Milan striker Diego Forlan.

There is also a Manchester City's Argentine striker Sergio Aguero, and the only player playing outside of Europe, Neymar, the young sensation of Santos in Brazil. "It's a great happiness be on a list like this. I thank everyone, "said Neymar. Pep Guardiola is favorite to win the award for best coach of the year, after winning the Champions League, Spanish League and European Super Cup last season. Jose Mourinho (Real Madrid), Alex Ferguson (Manchester United) and Vicente del Bosque (Spain) are also on the list of 10 candidates. The three finalists in each list will be announced on 5 December in Paris, and the winners will be presented on September January in Zurich. The vote by the coaches and captains of national teams, as well as journalists invited by the magazine France Football.