Today FIFA, based on voting by the world's leading football coaches, reduced the list of candidates from 35 players to three.
For the first time in the past five years, there are no representatives of "Real" among the top three. Currently, the list includes Ronaldinho from "Barcelona", Thierry Henry from "Arsenal", and Andriy Shevchenko, who represents "Milan".
The winner of the "Golden Ball-2004" will be determined on December 20 at a gala concert in Zurich.