I normally see the likes of Ronaldo, 2013 or Andriy Shevchenko, 2004 are rated as the most underdeserving Ballon dor winners.
I normally see the likes of Ronaldo, 2013 or Andriy Shevchenko, 2004 are rated as the most underdeserving Ballon dor winners.
Has to be Messi 2023. Yeah there’s a lot of questionable winners that everyone is bringing up (Ronaldo vs Ribery, Messi vs Sneidjer, Modric vs Greizman, etc) but at least you can make a solid argument for those questionable winners. It would be hard to say Modric doesn’t deserve a Balon d Or. But Messi winning this year is truly astonishing… in a bad way
Haaland had more goals, thats literally it. Unless Haaland massively improves, he wont even be better than Messi’s shadow.
I am sure Messi would be devastated when he reads your opinion. But the tears seem real. Be well.
seems like you don’t want or understand a lot of football and only look at goals and assists.
Seems like you didn’t watch Messi at PSG where he wasn’t even top 3 players when all of them were fit, and even dragged a couple of players performance in the gutter
Pls tell me why did Zidane won in 1998, R9 won in 2002, Cannavaro in 2006 etc….they all gave great World Cup performances and won the Ballon d’Or correspondingly
If you are talking about individual stats then Messi is in Top 5 for Goals and Assists in 2022/23 season and won Ligue 1 whilst being the Top Assister in the league
A lot of things are going for Messi and Håland didn’t do anything in the semis and final of every tournament he played in 2022/23 season…whereas Messi scored a brace in a WC final…even Maradona couldn’t do that…
Messi won the better trophy, has individual stats and gave world class performances in the most decisive games…nuff said
Let me guess, Haaland deserves it for his goals but Messi isnt top 5 because goals and assists aren’t everything? Would love to understand your logic
He also won a treble which is pretty important lmao
This is utterly the stupidest take I’ve seen on here. The fact that you were so clueless to write this with confidence and gain praise from ronaldo fans is quite sad. Mentioning Haaland as the deserving winner is absolutely mind Boggling. You didn’t really watch the season did you kid? The biggest robbery was Rodri being 5th and not 2nd
Messi WC will be more remembered than Man City treble.
Exactly why this award has lost it credibility and is simply a popularity pagent now.
When was it credible to you? There’s nothing new about the award…it’s been happening since the ‘60s
Not over Sneijder but over Milito IMO; seriously, if they gave it to Benzema for being a savage in the UCL knockouts, then Milito was that and more, even scored in the final and on the last matchday of Serie A to give Inter the league. And what does he get for that? Nothing. Not even a nomination.
Probably due to the World Cup but he should have been in top 10
People forget that in the past the award was yearly not seasonal.
Sneijder got to his normal level past WC while Messi… got his casual 20+/10+ (LL/CL) in the autumn. Generally whole Inter team got to ground level.
Messi wouldn’t receive 2023 award on 2010 rules as everyone would ignore Miami part (he would probably receive 2022 if voting was moved to cover WC etc).
People downvoting you forget how hard it was for Inter after Mourinho departed. Inter’s squad had a last dance, and it was left to Eto’o/Zanetti to pick up the scraps on an aging underperforming squad.
6 goals vs 15 goals tho