babadee1:


I agree with you. I also think Lewandowski was cheated. Anyway, looking at Messi's current form with PSG, this may be his last Ballon d'Or if he doesn't shape up.

betting on football is not understanding football. Do a quick search on last year 1st half of the season and see how underwhelming he was also. Why I asking you to do is so whenever he turn on his beast mode, you guys won't come and be shouting farmer's league up and down

Paygram:

Why Sanchez no win 2016 award since copa america is in upper cadre? This is politics.

meaning Ronaldo cheated Sanchez in 2016. that's one less for him. do you agree??

ThierryJay:
Lol, the wailing losers have started their lamentations in full force. Good thing is they are all football illiterates and their moans wont move anybody of note. Messi won cos of the below:

1. Ballon D'or cannot be rigged cos it's by transparent voting from football experts.

2. Ballon D'or is not an award for highest goal scorer of the year as the pendoramic numbskulls have been insinuating, if it was so, Thierry henry would have won it in 2003, Messi would have won it in 2018 and Mario Gomez would have won it in 2009. Ballon Dor is about the brilliance of your overall personal influence and contribution to your team's wins.

3. Messi won the award the minute he won Copa America as its best player and highest goal scorer and Lewy did not go far in the UCL. To the informed football literati, leading your team to win the Copa international tournament after 28 solid years carries more weight than the annual domestic Bundesliga win.

4.Those who are trying to downplay the Copa are simply deluded. Rivaldo and Ronaldo won Ballondor solely due to their exploits in Copa win in 99 and 97 respectively. In fact, only CR7 has won Ballon dor after Euro win in the past 24 years.

5. In most cases, Ballon dor winner is based on what transpired from past season up till August. Current season form rarely influences the results. It's for this reason that Modric won in 2018, Cannavaro won in 2006, Nedved won in 2003, Kaka won in 2007 and now Messi in 2021. Those touting Messi's relatively poor league form as a reason for not deserving it are simply blind students of football history.

6. Let's get this straight, CR7 fans are just severely pained and are just bringing up any excuse no matter how illogical to belittle Messi's win. This farce of a clamour isn't out of love for Lewandowski. But like I said, their opinions are inconsequential in the grand scheme of things cos they are just emotional fans.

What a brilliant and well articulated piece!! This is front page material......pls create a thread or permit me to.

ThierryJay:


In the years Messi won Ballon Dor, he at least won the UCL (2011), reached the Copa final (2015) and third-place (2019) or reached WC Qf and UCL semis same season (2010). Not exit from Euros group stage like Lewy coupled with a second round UCL exit.

If you didnt know, Henry lost 2004 Ballon dor because he crashed out of Euros at the Quarter finals despite having the best individual domestic campaign among all the other players in Europe with the invincibles that season.

bro, they will always come up with another agenda. These guys don't reason on their own, they login to Football Twitter that's all about agenda and propaganda, find the one that satisfy them and try to use it as facts somewhere else.
More strength to you as you keep schooling them

jcflex:
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This your argument has no basis.

In 2010, During Wesley Sneider year at Inter Milan.
He won Seria A, Coppa Italia, Champions League and to cap it all, won the Euro with Holland

Inter Milan eliminate Barcelona, and play Bayern Munich at the final to lift the Champion League.
Funny enough, Wesley Sneider was not even among the top 3.
remember Messi, Xavi and Iniesta were the top 3 on the podium while Messi Won the World best.

Shey them play Euro for 2010 join world Cup for the same 2010 wey spain win. Do small research first before you display for public una no gree.

11doubledee:

Ironically these Media houses and other journalist all around the world have about 90 percent of the votes.
So what exactly are they saying.
The outcome of their votes made Messi the winner.

na columnist he dey carry call major journalist and pundits.
E dey like the other one wey dey quote Toni Kroos as facts. Someone that said Benzema deserve Ballon d'Or is someone a Internet capable phone owner is taking seriously in 2021.

skywalker240:

If your assertion is the criteria to vote, then its safe to say Messi shouldn't have won 2010 ballin d or or previous ones when he only lifted the laliga title

Omo this one na clear day robbery

Omo even France Football tire for una, they wrote their criteria down una no read. Come dey argue blindly against what you have no idea about.
It's not only about what you won. Individual performance. The scale of what you were up against. Your previous performances.
Messi individual performances every year will get him almost instantly into contention, it's now left for other to try way harder to beat him off the podium. It's that simple.
Putting 2010 into preview, Milito and Eto'o played more part in Inter Milan success. But I don't see anybody complaining for them. You guys cry about Ronaldo's 2018 when it was given to Modric but overlook Milito's contribution in 2010 for Sneijder. when you fix that line of reasoning maybe you'll start to understand a lot of things.

OJEEMAH:
Even the MODs are in tears

bros see cry everywhere......i don laugh tire as if we no tell them before now

Bro no b only u oo. I jux they office 2day they laff like mad man as i dey read comments

Chai!! See wailing. Na this one Femi Adeshina mean wen him coin the phrase "wailing wailers"

Bro, u see how the mods they showcase their own bitterness? Only one topic abt Messi winning the balon d'or nai they frontpage since yesterday, while abt 3 wailing topic discrediting the award done enta frontage. Well, they re called pendumods for a reason.


This is an avoidable tears cos i remember how we told them after Messi won Copa America that the balon d'or blongs to Messi buh they insulted us by downplaying Copa, they even said Copa is not recognized. Now who shame catch last last?

ThierryJay:
Lol, the wailing losers have started their lamentations in full force. Good thing is they are all football illiterates and their moans wont move anybody of note. Messi won cos of the below:

1. Ballon D'or cannot be rigged cos it's by transparent voting from football experts.

2. Ballon D'or is not an award for highest goal scorer of the year as the pendoramic numbskulls have been insinuating, if it was so, Thierry henry would have won it in 2003, Messi would have won it in 2018 and Mario Gomez would have won it in 2009. Ballon Dor is about the brilliance of your overall personal influence and contribution to your team's wins.

3. Messi won the award the minute he won Copa America as its best player and highest goal scorer and Lewy did not go far in the UCL. To the informed football literati, leading your team to win the Copa international tournament after 28 solid years carries more weight than the annual domestic Bundesliga win.

4.Those who are trying to downplay the Copa are simply deluded. Rivaldo and Ronaldo won Ballondor solely due to their exploits in Copa win in 99 and 97 respectively. In fact, only CR7 has won Ballon dor after Euro win in the past 24 years.

5. In most cases, Ballon dor winner is based on what transpired from past season up till August. Current season form rarely influences the results. It's for this reason that Modric won in 2018, Cannavaro won in 2006, Nedved won in 2003, Kaka won in 2007 and now Messi in 2021. Those touting Messi's relatively poor league form as a reason for not deserving it are simply blind students of football history.

6. Let's get this straight, CR7 fans are just severely pained and are just bringing up any excuse no matter how illogical to belittle Messi's win. This farce of a clamour isn't out of love for Lewandowski. But like I said, their opinions are inconsequential in the grand scheme of things cos they are just emotional fans.

U shuld b a professor. Nice one.

OJEEMAH:


Cos they know say Ronaldo no go ever catch up with Messi again so they wan rubbish the award as usual

Na that one they pain them. They knw the GOAT debate has bn done nd dusted.

GEEBITE:
What of the year Wesley Sneijder won treble,Iniesta won world cup but the award went to Messi. We were told Balon d'or is individual not team award. This Copa was won for Argentina by Emiliano Martinez(penalty saves in shootout) and DI MARIA in the final. Messi that you guys claimed was top scorer but actually was joint with Diaz scored last in the quarterfinal(a penalty). He did nothing exceptional in my opinion. Ronaldo was top scorer in a more difficult Euro and I believe he shouldn't be in the top 3 and rightly he wasn't. Year 2018,Luca Modric was part of e team that won champions league and his

from your line of reasoning, it's clear your mind is sealed so I don't understand why you're bothering others to try and change a stand you obviously aren't looking to change.
Shey Argentina just appeared in get Copa final abi.
Oya go and collect Ronaldo 2016 golden ball and come because it's Eder that scored in the final or in your opinion acting assistance coach is now greater than who score the goals?

abbey621:


Just listen to yourself, comparing Poland to Argentina? Let's see can you name 3 superstars on the Polish team? You said Lewa's form dropped in 2021 but he went to Camp Nou and destroyed Barca, he still leads the Bundesliga with 14 goals so far, so I can't imagine you thinking the Copa with a strong Argentinian team is all that matters. Make una try to hide una bias a little bit when analyzing things na, guy was robbed twice and even tho Messi is the greatest football player ever, he simply did not deserve the award this year!

which is why they created the striker award because even the organizers are tired of every year releasing statement saying the Ballon d'Or isn't a goal scoring award. It helps but it's not the alpha and omega of the award criteria.
you have Internet use it.

aluyapreston:


just break your head because Messi will forever give you nightmares. Ronaldo will never be in top 3 for any balon d or again. you are a loser, he is a loser in the GOAT and the both of you will continuously be reminded for the next 12 months about Messi 7th balon d or with the 7 tag in CR7. By 2018, it will be 8.

you have a future of tears. Sweet hot tears. not only you, both Lesbianboy and Obembet

GrammarNazi1:

Winning Copa America does not automatically mean you will win the Ballon d'Or. You must churn out Ballon d'Or worthy performances.

Make una think na.

You avoided what made Messi to win 2010 and 2019.

Then again, winning yearly Copa joke America and finishing with top scorer and golden ball ain't enough according to your logic again

brightalo1010:


Mumu shebi you don't know difference between 2020 and 2021, you're such a disgracing to football with your lack of understanding, so they should award lewa 2021 award because they canceled 2020 award abi despite the fact that Messi did way better than him in 2021.

Did Messi said lewa deserved 2020 or 2021 award, don't you have sense or ears or even eyes to read?,

According to Alvin Toffler “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. ”

No waste your energy......i dey enjoy their tears

OJEEMAH:
What a brilliant and well articulated piece!! This is front page material......pls create a thread or permit me to.

Sorry was off for a while. Pls go ahead bro.

Numerouno94:


Bro no b only u oo. I jux they office 2day they laff like mad man as i dey read comments

Chai!! See wailing. Na this one Femi Adeshina mean wen him coin the phrase "wailing wailers"

Bro, u see how the mods they showcase their own bitterness? Only one topic abt Messi winning the balon d'or nai they frontpage since yesterday, while abt 3 wailing topic discrediting the award done enta frontage. Well, they re called pendumods for a reason.


This is an avoidable tears cos i remember how we told them after Messi won Copa America that the balon d'or blongs to Messi buh they insulted us by downplaying Copa, they even said Copa is not recognized. Now who shame catch last last?

i don't even care about the MODs.....their smear campaign against Messi didn't stop his balon D'or win so they should keep on hating

from now till weekend, na cry go full nairaland

Numerouno94:


Na that one they pain them. They knw the GOAT debate has bn done nd dusted.

exactly

ThierryJay:


Sorry was off for a while. Pls go ahead bro.

okay. thanks.

Why

Y'all need to apologise to Messi for even thinking Lewandowski will win it in the first place..

Lewandowski really performed in 2020, he was the best, no doubt about that but the Ballon D'or award for 2020 was cancelled ❌, shey una deaf ni...

This is 2021 and Messi performed better than him in terms of contribution to the team (Both club and Country), he carried a finished Barca to a point of almost winning the Laliga before they threw up the lead in the last few games of the season, he was the man of the match in 70% of the games he played for Barca in laliga, he also won Copa del Rey.... All the aforementioned achievements wouldn't have gotten him anywhere because Barca didn't win "the champions league" which is one of the most important points that will be considered in the BDO ranking... . Messi's contribution to the Argentina team led them to win their first title in 28 years by winning the Copa America, He was the best player at the tournament having 4 goals and 5 assists contributing to 9 out of 11 goals Argentina scored in the tournament. Copa America skyrocketed Messi's chances of winning the Ballon D'or, coz his inability to win a major title with the senior team has been used against him for years and now that he won, he has to be compensated.

On the other hand, Lewandowski had a great season with Bayern winning the Bundesliga and some other titles but Bayern got knocked out at the quarter-finals of the UCL (which was a major blow to his chances of winning the BDO) apart from that his national team (Poland) got eliminated in the group stage of the Euros (Another blow to his chances), in addition to that, Poland couldn't qualify on merit for World Cup and will have to play play-off in order to qualify... His failure to make exploits with his national team like he did with Bayern broke his chances of winning the BDO into smithereens. You say he had the highest goals right? Messi had the highest goals and assist in 2018 but didn't win the Balloon D'Or because Argentina didn't win the World cup, Ronaldo too should have won, but Portugal couldn't go far in the world cup. Mordic that won that year did well for his club (won UCL) and carried Croatia to the final of the World Cup. This shows that BDO isn't just about scoring goals but your achievement in both club and country is also considered. These are the things that are considered by the journalists that vote ✅

I strongly believe Jorginho ought to even be ranked higher than Lewandowski if France football were more fair coz he did well in Chelsea (won UCL) and also won Euros with Italy. Although he had little contribution to both teams and for me, he's just fortunate to be in both teams that won which is why he wasn't seen as a major contender.

The more you analyse these awards, the better you understand the criteria used in the rankings.


Congratulations to Messi for winning 2021 Ballon D'Or, he truly deserves it.

Lewandowski deserved 2020 Ballon D'or not 2021 Ballon D'or

OJEEMAH:
i don't even care about the MODs.....their smear campaign against Messi didn't stop his balon D'or win so they should keep on hating

from now till weekend, na cry go full nairaland

Abi, make we jux jettison pendumods matter cos it no hold water.

Bro, u need to see the kind of tears languishing in my mention? He choke.

Numerouno94:


Abi, make we jux jettison pendumods matter cos it no hold water.

Bro, u need to see the kind of tears languishing in my mention?

i saw your response to the other transgender. mehn that was a masterclass from you.

OJEEMAH:
i saw your response to the other transgender. mehn that was a masterclass from you.

Hahahahahahaha tanx bro.

We will continue to add salt to their injury by frustrating their agenda. We go pepe them. No peace for the wicked.

Numerouno94:



Hahahahahahaha tanx bro.

We will continue to add salt to their injury by frustrating their agenda. We go pepe them. No peace for the wicked.

you don listen to nail in the coffin by Eminem or Ether by Nas??

Na wetin you do that bitch!!

They robbed Jorginho

Pro Messi commenters are churning out facts available for all to see while the other group is wailing
You claim Lewandowski deserved the award,provide your reason
On individual level lewandowski only has more goals than mesdi while messi has more assists,chances created,dribbles,man of the matches award and points won by goals
Based on achievement with the team Messi and Lewy thrived in their domestic leagues Lewy won the league finishing as the top scorer and Europe's top scorer,Messi won the copa del rey,finished as LA liga's top scorer and had the highest number of assists. In the champions league both didn't achieve much however with their country Lewy achieved nothing while Messi won the copa America finishing as the top scorer, highest assist and was crowned player of the tournament

So please just how was Lewandowski rigged ?
Is balon d'or strictly by the number of goals scored ?

Provide facts no just come dy wail

There are better ways of engaging without being rude. The Copa America this year was a farce. In the past teams from Concacaf were invited to have more numbers to make it more competitive but this did not happen due to Covid.

This year only 10 teams played with 5 in each group . It is damn absurd that 4 teams still qualified from each group to go to quarterfinals. It means with 3 points at least, a team will be in quarter finals. Messi scored four goals overall and which penalties were involved. He only scored a single goal in the knockout stage(quarter finals) which came in 93rd minute of a 3-0 win, that is hardly consequential. The winning goal by DIMaria in the final too had no input from him that could have put him in Maradona's class. All through the group stages he scored in two matches(1-1 draw with Chile in opening match and the group's final match where he had 2 goals including a penalty in a 4-1 white wash of a Bolivian team that ended the competition without a single point) .

I have been searching for what was his spectacular performance in a competition that Brazil has lost interest in winning.

emae009:


from your line of reasoning, it's clear your mind is sealed so I don't understand why you're bothering others to try and change a stand you obviously aren't looking to change.
Shey Argentina just appeared in get Copa final abi.
Oya go and collect Ronaldo 2016 golden ball and come because it's Eder that scored in the final or in your opinion acting assistance coach is now greater than who score the goals?

GEEBITE:
There are better ways of engaging without being rude. The Copa America this year was a farce. In the past teams from Concacaf were invited to have more numbers to make it more competitive but this did not happen due to Covid.

This year only 10 teams played with 5 in each group . It is damn absurd that 4 teams still qualified from each group to go to quarterfinals. It means with 3 points at least, a team will be in quarter finals. Messi scored four goals overall and which penalties were involved. He only scored a single goal in the knockout stage(quarter finals) which came in 93rd minute of a 3-0 win, that is hardly consequential. The winning goal by DIMaria in the final too had no input from him that could have put him in Maradona's class. All through the group stages he scored in two matches(1-1 draw with Chile in opening match and the group's final match where he had 2 goals including a penalty in a 4-1 white wash of a Bolivian team that ended the competition without a single point) .

I have been searching for what was his spectacular performance in a competition that Brazil has lost interest in winning.

Nothing is absurd.

The absurdity is only in your head.

There is nothing you can do about the tradition of Copa America.

Messi, you must live with it, is better than your ill-timed pseudo goat, Ronaldo, who is unlucky to play in the era of Messi, the GOAT.

OJEEMAH:
you don listen to nail in the coffin by Eminem or Ether by Nas??

Na wetin you do that bitch!!

Hahahahahahaha Na u nd Thierryjay hand i try learn savagery from oo. Infact i still dey learn for where una dey. I dey always luk 4ward to una comments. I blif say him/her go free my way for the next one week.

Funi enuf i b Eminem correct fan oo yet i never listen to the song. Abeg make visit my boom player download am sharply.

Asour:


You are overreaching.

For one, Messi is not a striker.
Also in 2019, Barca won everything but UCL.
They lost only one game in UCL - Liverpool away.
Even Liverpool lost more than one game.

Also in 2019, Messi was the top assist & Golden boot in Europe despite not being a striker.
That huge if it was anyone else.

Lewandowski is a great player (if he was voted for he'd have won) but what he achieved in 2021 is the equivalent of what Messi achieved in 2018 but got a laughable 5th. Some said because it (2018) was an international year (World cup).

Well 2021 was also an international year.
While he is not to be blamed, Poland did poorly.

Be sincere to yourself, If Messi did not qualify Argentina to World cup in 2021 and crashed out of COPA in group stage (like Lewandowski)would you be this defensive of Messi — even if he was the top goal scorer & won Laliga & Copa del Rey?

Therein lies your answer.

Your question answers everything my brother... You are good bro..