It was always gonna be him honestly, the ballon d’or is won on narratives and the narrative of Messi winning the last trophy he never won is simply too strong to ignore for voters
Haaland or De Bruyne will get it. As long as Ronaldo is in Arabia they won’t give it to Messi. Ronaldo has too much power rn. Messi deserved it by a mile.
Rodri deserves it if not for the fact that he is the engine for City! Without him, the team pretty much crumbles .
And besides it’s high time someone else got it other than Messi or Ronaldo. Getting boring now
Disgusting bully behavior by those not promoting discussion, while only accusing other people of crying for stating an opinion which is largely shared among many.
This sub is toxic.
It always has been toxic with any discussion involving Messi or Ronaldo, remember that most people here are kids
Eveywhere is toxic in twitter and reddit Stop crying Your idol Pendu is irrelevant and wont be remembered
You just proved his point.
Messi/Ronaldo posts turn the place into a pre school unfortunately
But it’s not even a dichotomy between the two, it’s just low bully behavior which shuts down any discussion done by probably kids who have no people to talk to.
It’s a shame that the most used subreddit about football is populated by keyboard bullies, and mods who don’t do their job properly and only ban/strike/warn those who disagree with the general narrative.
Cry lmao the goat won
The GOAT. Cry about it.
Facts. Messi ain’t bad either
Ballon d’Or lost its value
Easiest and most deserved choice to give it to Aitana.
A completely bonkers year where she won everything possible and was the most important player for both her club and country.
Always loved his surname, the translation in catalan us Aitana Goodmorning
Alessandro Buongiorno should step up and win the next Bd’Or
she was the one that scored for Spain in the world cup final right
No, that was Olga Carmona (their left back)
The Women’s World Cup was such a joy and she was absolutely insane throughout it. Genuinely one of my favourite players now
She was phenomenal at the WC.
Aitana
You really care about a sport which level is equivalent to 14 yo amateur boys?
Barcelona’s (and Spain’s) golden age. Long may they reign.
Men’s team looks promising too. If the coach does the bare minimum I can see Spain dominating both club and international football again.
Damn straight (unless Spain is playing Australia)
Deservedly.
Never heard of bonmati, were they at the World Cup?
She was on the Spain team
Yes. She won the Golden Ball.
Yeah, she won the Golden Ball.
Ah I guess I’m just dumb then
winning the 8th my 🐐
First ballon d’or for player playing outside of europe
He won in large part for his play in Qatar. wonder id they’ll claim it in tourism ads…
Because of course it’s his games since august who clenched the ballon d’or…
This is really a strange way to frame things.
Clinched, unless he was massaging it internally with the muscles of his anal canal. In which case, carry on.
Obviously his leagues cup performance sealed duh
They changed the rules to be by season so it’s for his time at psg
It actually also includes two matches from Leagues cup.
Fully deserved, an all time performance in the WC where he dragged Argentina from the group stage to lift the cup. Also 20+ goals and 20+ assists in club level is also overlooked, he was very essential especially in the first half of the season
People act like he did nothing at club level, he only got something like 41G+A in 41 games. 🙄
Honestly, Messi has such a big Cult of Personality around him, it’s hard not to give it to him.
Even his fucking teammates buy into it.
what is with this narrative that messi only won the world cup what???
He scored 16 goals and had 16 assists in the ligue 1 PSG won the league by 1 point and messi was an important factor for them winning the league with several match winning goals
Yeah but… Ligue 1!
Yeah but it’s PSG in Ligue 1, realistically they should be winning it by a landslide every year
By that logic, so Man city should be winning PL every year as well.
LOL are you watching psg matches this season?
They should win, he doesnt say that they always will win. Their budget is just bigger than other ligue 1 team for them to compete
what is with this narrative that messi only won the world cup what???
He did though, which is fine. If Argentina bomb out in the group stage, and Messi had 25 goals and 25 assists for PSG, he wouldn’t have won the Balon D’or. It’s not a scientific award, there’s a massive world cup and sentimental weighting to it, that it doesn’t matter how he performed for PSG.
This feels like one of those lifetime career awards they give at the Oscars.
Which is fair enough. Greatest player we will ever see.
Haaland deserves it