the two are great players...however the Ballon D'or should not only be about them, as the likes of pirlo, iniesta,ozil, silva etc has
also been fantastic but heavily ignored...Football is not about messi and Ronaldo...Messi is obviously the best player in the game
but it won't be nice for players like xavi and pirlo to retire without winning the award...Personally
i am a fan of both Ronaldo and Messi, but on a football level messi is much better.What is even amazing is how good messi's passes have become,
i now wonder if he is a better passer than xavi...Who ever wins the award will be deserving for sure.

I agree Zidane is over rated...At their best Ronaldinho is much better...France won because they had a great team...
where was Zidane when Real madrid fans gave Ronnie a Standing ovation at the Santiago Bernabeu?
where was Zidane in Euro 04, even in WC 06' franc played poorly at the group stage with Zidane in it...until he was sent off they never played well.
I agree against brazil he played great, the rest was down to french defence and the likes of Viera and Henry winning penalties for Zidane to score...
Anyone in their right minds will realize that Ronaldinho is an incredibly talented footballer,best footballer of the last decade, and at his best not even messi compares to him...
Simply put Zidane is somewhat overrated...Even before him there was Michael Laudrup who is far better than Zidane but most people don't even know him...