The Theater de Chatelet in Paris will host the 2019 Golden Ball Awards on Monday evening by France Football magazine. The ceremony will start at 9:30 Cairo time, 10:30 Mecca time and will be transmitted through the open channel "B Sport" in addition to a live broadcast of "France Football" on social media platforms. The prestigious French magazine has been awarding the prize regularly since 1956 as this will be the 64th edition. The Golden Ball saw a merger with FIFA and was jointly presented between 2010 and  2015 before the break-up again. The Theater de Chatelet in Paris will host the 2019 Golden Ball Awards on Monday evening by France Football magazine. The ceremony will start at 9:30 Cairo time, 10:30 Mecca time and will be transmitted through the open channel "B Sport" in addition to a live broadcast of "France Football" on social media platforms. Lionel Messi, Virgil van Dijk and Sadio Mane ar

ESPN FC's Craig Burley and Shaka Hislop break down Barcelona's 1-0 win vs. Atletico Madrid at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium. The guys praise Lionel Messi for his winning goal for Barca, but Burley adds that Messi's brilliance is "papering over the cracks and deficiencies" at the club and believes Ernesto Valverde might be without a job if not for his star player. Hislop says Barca are more reliant on Messi more now than when he won his first Ballon d'Or award in 2009.