Oga.... Messi deserves the accolade more..... And here is the reason.... The best player is given to players who were exceptional both at personal, team and international levels..... Messi has it all..... Let's begin with personal levels..... Lewandowski was phenomenal no doubt, outscored basically everyone in Europe...... Messi scored too but Lewandowski beats him in this category..... At club level, both of them won trophies.... Messi won the copa del Rey..... Lewandowski won the Bundesliga...... So that's a tie..... Then come down to the international level.... Messi won the copa America and almost singlehandedly brought the trophy home to Argentina with a tournament best of both goals and assists...... Which international trophy did Lewandowski win in the period?? Non.... So Messi clearly beats him 3-2.....Lewandowski is just unfortunate that Messi won copa America... That was the deciding factor..... If Messi didn't win copa America, then Lewandowski would have beaten him to the prize...... Then speaking about mendy, he didn't deserve the best goal keeper prize..... He's a fantastic goal keeper no doubt and he won the ucl just as donaruma won the euro 2020......so that's one trophy apiece...... Now down to personal performances, donaruma gave Italy the trophy with his breath taking saves for the Italian team en route to winning the trophy..... That also is what gave him the edge over mendy..... The Ballon D'or went perfectly well.... There was no robbing of any sort

oluwaseyi1759:
Let this be clearly known today that there are board of members who decide this thing. How many percentage does the votes( both journalists and fans) carries? .... Apart from not being a Messi or Barcelona fan, Do you know the specific criteria or prerequisite by which the ballon d'or is awarded? No.. because you are not among the big table where it's decided. They do what they like eversince FIFA has stop backing the award... But I think lewandowski deserves more than a baker's plywood.

you are only saying he deserves it without telling us why. Please tell us why

Jakemedg:
Cr7 fans and lamentations

Euros and the Copa America played a major part in deciding this year's winner not t just club trophies or goals .
Lewy couldn't get his hands on the Euros and just like Barcelona his Bayern Munich team couldn't win last season's UCL

No UCL, No Euros (equivalent to Copa America) and you were expecting Lewy to win the ballon dor

The OP, a pained penaldian said he loves Messi LOL

Them go cry tire

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.

Pundits don't vote...journalists do

paulolee:
ur opinion bro...same way they are millions of opinions scatterd online why messi should win it
Lewa had a crazy 2020 season n deserve to win d ballon bt it was canceled, dis last 2021 season, his form dropped, he went Injured, PSG dumped DM out of UCL n his poland did nothing in Euros, he would av had a case assuming he won euros n messi won copa
cr7 dnt deserve to b placed ahead of kdb dt won 2 titles, best player in EPL n still dumped cr7 Portugal out of euros...how u c am?

cr7 Seria and euro golden boot dumbo

But lionel messi has already won it...

LesbianBoy:
After what happened in 2018 I figured that this ballon d'or people will do anything to make sure Messi has more than Ronaldo

When they saw that Ronaldo was about making it 6 - 5 they carry am give Modric even though his performance that year no make sense

Modric won because Real Madrid won the Champions league and he took a low rated Croatia team to World Cup Final compared to a Ronaldo who had a Star studded team but didn't make Semi or Quarter final

So the sentiment around Modric winning was that he is the power house of Madrid even though ronaldo do the scoring and he was able to prove that with Croatia a low rated team. If lewa had shown same with Poland, he most likely would have won.
However, Argentina won their first trophy in 28 years and messi was undoubtedly the most influential player

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

paulolee:

Dt was just to reward him for 2020 dt was canceled due to covid...assuming he was given dt year, dey would be no need for best striker bcoz messi outclassed him last season bcoz he won copa bt lewa failed with poland....simple logic

OJEEMAH:
he failed in Euro and couldn't qualify Poland for the World Cup

don't you think these things count??

All his achievements is centered on Bayern....... he was unmatchable last year but unfortunately the award was cancelled

So the same season you said he was unmatched, his achievements were not centered around Bayern Munich, right?

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

Some wanted a particular dude to win, so they filled the online space with someone's copa america achievement. Don't forget the people that do the voting are humans like you and I, and can be persuaded by sentiments. Romario, Rivaldo, Ronaldo Da Lima, Ronaldinho and Kaka all won ballon d'or. And one thing that was never a factor in their win was copa america. But all of a sudden copa america became the biggest prize in world football just to give someone an edge over his contemporaries. Voting didn't end until October, which meant those that voted didn't put Lewandowski's performance from the start of the season to October into consideration. Meaning they already made up their minds regardless of what anyone else did, hence the sentiment part of the whole thing

Yusman316:

Some wanted a particular dude to win, so they filled the online space with someone's copa america achievement. Don't forget the people that do the voting are humans like you and I, and can be persuaded by sentiments. Romario, Rivaldo, Ronaldo Da Lima, Ronaldinho and Kaka all won ballon d'or. And one thing that was never a factor in their win was copa america. But all of a sudden copa america became the biggest prize in world football just to give someone an edge over his contemporaries. Voting didn't end until October, which meant those that voted didn't put Lewandowski's performance from the start of the season to October into consideration. Meaning they already made up their minds regardless of what anyone else did, hence the sentiment part of the whole thing

But winning the Euro won Ronaldo a Ballon d'Or even though he largely did not participate in the final. Did it not?

Penalty box poaching is 10% work with 90% team work but Lewy is a striker so I’d say Lewy was carried by his team. Replace Lewy with Serge Gnabry, Kingsley Coman or Leroy Sane in the box and Bayern will function. Messi carried a poor Barca side to Copa del ray and Argentina to Copa America. Different stuffs.

tillaman:

Well deserved MESSILESS

This image you guys have being parading since morning is false.......I just day look unah

Kingcalls:


Pundits don't vote...journalists do

You can't be serious you don't know what journalism means?
If you are, please don't bother qouting me.
Except you're joking of course.
We all learn everyday.

ThierryJay:


The kind of ridiculous thought process on display in this your comment is enough to conclude that most of you Pendu fans are seriously deficient in the cerebral department.

How can you ever say that Poland qualifying for Euros is bigger than Argentina winning WC. Euros that 24 teams out of less than 40 will qualify, coupled with the fact that there are only 7 national powerhouses in Europe meaning average teams like Poland have a good chance to cinch the remaining 17 slots since they'd be competing with the likes of Andorra and other CR7 favourite national meals.

Tell me what is hard in Poland qualifying for Euros biko or you just want to say anything.

Tell me what's hard for Argentina winning world cup?
How times did Poland qualify for world cup and euros before Lewandowski

generalwo:
Oga.... Messi deserves the accolade more..... And here is the reason.... The best player is given to players who were exceptional both at personal, team and international levels..... Messi has it all..... Let's begin with personal levels..... Lewandowski was phenomenal no doubt, outscored basically everyone in Europe...... Messi scored too but Lewandowski beats him in this category..... At club level, both of them won trophies.... Messi won the copa del Rey..... Lewandowski won the Bundesliga...... So that's a tie..... Then come down to the international level.... Messi won the copa America and almost singlehandedly brought the trophy home to Argentina with a tournament best of both goals and assists...... Which international trophy did Lewandowski win in the period?? Non.... So Messi clearly beats him 3-2.....Lewandowski is just unfortunate that Messi won copa America... That was the deciding factor..... If Messi didn't win copa America, then Lewandowski would have beaten him to the prize...... Then speaking about mendy, he didn't deserve the best goal keeper prize..... He's a fantastic goal keeper no doubt and he won the ucl just as donaruma won the euro 2020......so that's one trophy apiece...... Now down to personal performances, donaruma gave Italy the trophy with his breath taking saves for the Italian team en route to winning the trophy..... That also is what gave him the edge over mendy..... The Ballon D'or went perfectly well.... There was no robbing of any sort

The Copa del ray win is more impressive in my opinion because it was done by a poor and terrible Barca side. Take Lewy out of Bayern and Bayern will still win the bundeslinga with Eric Maxim Choupo-Mouting so Lewy wasn’t instrumental to Bayern’s league title win.

Omonigeriarere:


And what happened to Messi's ranking below if I may ask?

Considering the fact that Messi had more goals in 2017 & 2018 when Ronaldo and Modric won, was that not sentiment?

If goal and assist is the main reason for winning Ballon D'or then Messi deserves 9 Ballon D'or

Can you tell me why Messi won 2010 and 2019?

Can you also tell us why Adriano, Suarez and Sanchez didn't win the Ballon D'or after winning the yearly Copa?
And also being top scorers and best players

LesbianBoy:


That's how you guys create something that is false and run with it simply because una no like Ronaldo. Messi didn't win 3 trophies that year o

And who won Liga, Copa del Rey and Supercopa de Espania in that year?

OJEEMAH:
he failed in Euro and couldn't qualify Poland for the World Cup

don't you think these things count??

All his achievements is centered on Bayern....... he was unmatchable last year but unfortunately the award was cancelled

you wan compare poland to other teams in Europe, or to Argentina i SouthAmerica where Messi had the luxury of reaching 4 finals before wining, something that's almost impossible in the Euros

Yusman316:

So the same season you said he was unmatched, his achievements were not centered around Bayern Munich, right?

was there any int'l tournament last year?? this simply means they would have been judged based on league and UCL performance unlike this year that they played Euro & Copa America

charlesm91:
you wan compare poland to other teams in Europe, or to Argentina i SouthAmerica where Messi had the luxury of reaching 4 finals before wining, something that's almost impossible in the Euros

It's impossible in the Euros because the Euros does not have the GOAT playing in it, trust me.

charlesm91:
you wan compare poland to other teams in Europe, or to Argentina i SouthAmerica where Messi had the luxury of reaching 4 finals before wining, something that's almost impossible in the Euros

it wasn't Messi that cancelled 2021 Balon D'or and its not his fault Messi Lewandoski is from Poland either.

Kingcalls:
All pundits from espn to cnn to BBC to sky sports to marca to eurosports to reuter are all saying Lewandowski deserved it and not messi , as the said on BT sports, dont ever trust journalists

I just pray they pair bayern with psg in the round of 16, so that it will show how corrupt and inconsequential that fake award is ... even messi zombies know he will be disgraced by lewa again... they should make sure the person that wins copa in 2023 wins the balon dor otherwise we will revisit 2021

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?,

NORSIYK:


Can you tell me why Messi won 2010 and 2019?

Can you also tell us why Adriano, Suarez and Sanchez didn't win the Ballon D'or after winning the yearly Copa?
And also being top scorers and best players

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.

kelvyn7:
I am a Messi fan but mehnnn...this clearly should have gone to Lewan

Because Lewandowski did better than Messi in 2020 or 2021 or what?

This award is for 2021 not 2020. So can you mention reasons why lewa should win the 2021 award over Messi.

Remember they canceled 2020 award where Lewandowski did better than Messi and the award is per season not concurrent.

paulolee:
ur opinion bro...same way they are millions of opinions scatterd online why messi should win it
Lewa had a crazy 2020 season n deserve to win d ballon bt it was canceled, dis last 2021 season, his form dropped, he went Injured, PSG dumped DM out of UCL n his poland did nothing in Euros, he would av had a case assuming he won euros n messi won copa
cr7 dnt deserve to b placed ahead of kdb dt won 2 titles, best player in EPL n still dumped cr7 Portugal out of euros...how u c am?

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!

ThierryJay:


The kind of ridiculous thought process on display in this your comment is enough to conclude that most of you Pendu fans are seriously deficient in the cerebral department.

How can you ever say that Poland qualifying for Euros is bigger than Argentina winning WC. Euros that 24 teams out of less than 40 will qualify, coupled with the fact that there are only 7 national powerhouses in Europe meaning average teams like Poland have a good chance to cinch the remaining 17 slots since they'd be competing with the likes of Andorra and other CR7 favourite national meals.

Tell me what is hard in Poland qualifying for Euros biko or you just want to say anything.

if i were you, i wouldn't waste one minute trying to school a blocked head......let him lick his wound peacefully.

they wore their sentimental lens when they should have listened to us

see them crying everywhere

OfficialAPCNig:
Please Ballon D'or is based mostly on international trophies, that's why Donna won the keepers trophy.

They consider only club achievement if its not a major international tour amentt year.

France Football has said it repeatedly that ther award is not for scoring goals and again the award is based on a season not full calendar year like FIFA The Best.

So Lewan goals this season and Mendy's saves don't count. They will only count for next year.

All these information are online but CR-turned Lewan fans will just ignore them.

The person that is robbed is J5 who should have came second behind MESSI

You just shot yourself in the foot, which international trophy did Messi win for his previous Ballon D'or? If truly goals did not matter and club achievements does not either, messi should only have 1 award and CR7 one also. Una go just dey type rubbish all in the name of commenting

Yusman316:

Some wanted a particular dude to win, so they filled the online space with someone's copa america achievement. Don't forget the people that do the voting are humans like you and I, and can be persuaded by sentiments. Romario, Rivaldo, Ronaldo Da Lima, Ronaldinho and Kaka all won ballon d'or. And one thing that was never a factor in their win was copa america. But all of a sudden copa america became the biggest prize in world football just to give someone an edge over his contemporaries. Voting didn't end until October, which meant those that voted didn't put Lewandowski's performance from the start of the season to October into consideration. Meaning they already made up their minds regardless of what anyone else did, hence the sentiment part of the whole thing

Exactly plus I think there's a bias against Bundesliga even France's own Ribery was robbed in a season where he should have won hands down.

paulolee:
ur opinion bro...same way they are millions of opinions scatterd online why messi should win it
Lewa had a crazy 2020 season n deserve to win d ballon bt it was canceled, dis last 2021 season, his form dropped, he went Injured, PSG dumped DM out of UCL n his poland did nothing in Euros, he would av had a case assuming he won euros n messi won copa
cr7 dnt deserve to b placed ahead of kdb dt won 2 titles, best player in EPL n still dumped cr7 Portugal out of euros...how u c am?

for someone that already think it's FIFA that gave the award. that alone should say a lot about him. Hiding under I love Messi a lot. Other players fans dey disguise now.. lol

Numerouno94:
Nairaland pendu mods hv bn trying to agend their evil agender. Not less than 3 bitter campaign posts condemning Mess's 7th balon d'or hv graced the frontpage this morning. Pls, if ur not happy for Messi u can simply leave football for us. It's not a must to b a fan of the game, u can watch Zeeworld or mtv base.

Even the MODs are in tears

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

shegzbillionz:
wonder where people like this jump out from to spew trash from the gutter they call mouth, how the hell do you think Messi isn’t doing well at Paris? Do you watch games at all? Do you know Ballon D’or criteria, or you follow every rumors and hate posts online and come here to talk because u have a phone in your hand, I think you need to be arrested

This tells alot about your upbringing. Inability to involve in a debate or dialogue without trading insults. Please move forward you would find your kinds. Shalom