It's hard to guess because... Xuan Son The 2024 Vietnam Golden Ball Award organized by SGGP newspaper ended the time to receive votes from experts on January 8. With the criteria of outstanding contributions to the Vietnamese national team and club in 2024, fans all believe that Xuan Son is a strong candidate, even unrivaled, for the 2024 Vietnam Golden Ball Award.

Xuan Son is not on the list of nominees for the 2025 Vietnam Golden Ball Award. Photo: SN

However, as the Organizing Committee announced earlier, the best player and an important factor in helping the Vietnamese team regain the ASEAN Cup championship is not among the candidates for the 2024 Golden Ball title. The reason is quite simple, at the time the Organizing Committee finalized the voting list, Xuan Son had not yet successfully naturalized, so in the 2024 Golden Ball award, this striker was only registered for the Best Foreign Player category. The fact that Xuan Son is not on the nomination list for the best domestic players makes the race for the 2024 Golden Ball title really unpredictable. Because although there are many candidates emerging, in reality, few faces stand out compared to the rest. Who holds the chance to win? Before the ASEAN Cup 2024 took place, looking at the nomination list from the Organizing Committee as well as the statistics, Tien Linh was considered the most promising candidate, even without a rival for the 2024 Golden Ball award. The striker with the second highest scoring efficiency of the Vietnamese team at the ASEAN Cup last year also played relatively well at B.Binh Duong Club in the 2023/2024 season or the ongoing 2024/2025 season, so he deserves to be considered the number 1 candidate.

The Golden Ball race is only for Tien Linh and Hoang Duc? Photo: SN

However, everything changed when Hoang Duc - the most expensive player in Vietnam, who also defeated Tien Linh in the race for the Golden Ball 2023 award, returned to the race after an impressive performance at the end of the ASEAN Cup 2024. This return makes the race for the Golden Ball 2024 award more attractive, because although not equal to Tien Linh in terms of professional parameters, stability, and contribution to the Vietnamese team in the past year, Hoang Duc has a great advantage when possessing a professional and strong "rear". Whoever wins the Golden Ball 2024 will have to wait until the award gala next February. But what is certain is that at this time, the race is very intense because the absolutely deserving name Xuan Son is not on the list.

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