{"id":295515,"date":"2023-10-30T17:09:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T17:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=295515"},"modified":"2023-10-30T17:09:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T17:09:04","slug":"england-lionesses-four-candidates-for-ballon-dor-to-snub-paris-award-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/england-lionesses-four-candidates-for-ballon-dor-to-snub-paris-award-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"England Lionesses’ four candidates for Ballon d’Or to snub Paris award ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"

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England’s nominees for the women’s Ballon d’Or award will miss the ceremony on Monday evening due to a scheduling clash which has been publicly criticised by the nominated quartet. Four players from the Lionesses’ Women’s World Cup squad have been put forward as candidates to win the award after their impressive run to the final before losing out to Spain. But to their dismay, they will not be able to attend the lavish ceremony in Paris.<\/p>\n

Mary Earps, Millie Bright, Rachel Daly and Georgia Stanway have all been shortlisted with their international exploits and club performances standing out over the past 12 months. However, all four players are part of the England squad for a UEFA Nations League match and will not travel to the awards ceremony.<\/p>\n

England face Belgium in Leuven on Tuesday, which means they could have attended as the events do not clash on the same day. But the players have decided not to attend due to their close proximity, as it would affect their pre-match preparation.<\/p>\n

Stanway, who plays for Bayern Munich in the Frauen-Bundesliga, admitted she was flattered to be one of the names put forward the Ballon d’Or, though the 24-year-old called for more care to be taken when planning the events to allow women footballers to attend the same ceremony as their male counterparts do.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s very cool [to be nominated]. Obviously, it\u2019s nice to get the accolade, as well as a lot of my team-mates in the Lionesses,” Stanway told The Times. “There\u2019s a few people that I would also add to the list that have had very, very successful years. But yeah, it\u2019s a real achievement to be among them names and it\u2019s unfortunate that we couldn\u2019t be there.<\/p>\n

“That\u2019s something that we spoke about as a player group, and we said, \u2018It would be nice in the future if it wasn\u2019t on a match-day minus one so we could enjoy the experience.\u2019 It\u2019s potentially a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. You never know if you\u2019re ever going to get selected for such an accolade like that again, so it would be really nice to enjoy the experience and be there and feel like a star among the stars.<\/p>\n

“But unfortunately \u2014 well, not unfortunately because we\u2019ve got a game tomorrow \u2014 but if it was planned a little bit better then it would be easier for a lot of female footballers to be there.\u201d<\/p>\n