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Ballon d'Or Winners
Name the players who have finished in the top three for the Ballon d'Or award as the year's best players.
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| First submitted | January 9, 2013 |
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and somehow sammer is, bleedin' disgrace that is.
*Messi
*Lewandowski
*Kante
*Jorginho
*Kane
*Lukaku
*C.Ronaldo
Not the last two years though. Lewandowski has been better than anyone, even with Messi winning the Copa, for the last two seasons. Creating a new category: Best Striker, really smacks of an organisation scrambling to make up for glaring mistakes.
For once, I don't think FIFA corruption can be blamed. Both the vote and the ceremony take place at the wrong time. This might explain how Jorginho got 3rd and why Salah was actually lucky to get 6th in 2021 despite being the best in the world at the time of the ceremony. However, Salah must be the favourite to win in 2022, even if his current terrific form deserts him later on.
First place has gone to the correct player almost every year. Maybe, maaaaybe, Beckham should have won in 1999, and I remember people complaining that Figo won when Romario had scored more goals than the rest of the world combined, but was Romario even eligible? Then Modric: great player, but did he have the personal stats to win?
Oh wait, are you one of those people who are suddenly now minimizing the importance of the WC to suit your prejudiced narrative?
Lewa robbed in 2021
Van Dijk robbed in 2019
- Xavi robbed in 2012
- Sneijder/Iniesta robbed in 2010
Van Dijk robbed in 2019?
Lewa deserved 2020, not 2021 - Haaland is the best goal scorer, not the best player. 90% of his goals are tap-ins.
And by the way, there are at least four players (including Lewa, Kanté and Jorginho) who deserved 2021 BO more than Messi, who was already ejected from Champions League with Barcelona at the round of 16...
You probably don't consider van Dijk to be a legitimate contender for BO, just because he's a defender and doesn't score goals, but that would be a completely wrong approach for voting.
If this is your true opinion, then you don't understand ANYTHING about football! You are one of those people who only look at the scoreboard and the name of the goalscorers, but never bother to actually watch a game or how the goals even took place. Do you happen to know that football is a collective sport and that it is impossible for for-wards to score goals without the help of their defenders and central midfielders?
So what if Haaland scored the most goals last season???? He's a centre forward, it's his job and his position on the pitch allows him to do so! What about de Bruyne and Rodri (elected best player of the CL btw) e.g., who were more decisive to City's victory than Haaland?
Oh and one last thing! Please remind me how many goals Haaland scored in CL final and semi-final last season?
My point was that this trophy is not only a popularity contest, as you said, but also gives way too much credit to offensive players performances, despite defensive players being as much important for the game. As simple as that...!