onecoder:
Honestly, if I were Ronaldo. I would stop giving these things attention and focus on my game.
If no one comes close to you they won't have any other option.

if i were him.. even if the award goes to him next year, he should attend these awards anymore

Beverlyjean:


Will u still say this if Barca won the CL in 2018 and rakitic ended up winnin balon d'Or cos croatia got to the final and not Argentina ??

If Rakitic win the "World best Playmaker", I will say Yes he deserves the Ballon d'or
Also, if Rakitic win the "World cup golden ball" , I will say Yes he deserves the Ballon d'or!!!

Modric teach Ronaldo one lesson: he should go back to his Playmaking self again... "Football is not about being a mere goal scorer"..

Modric:" I dedicate this award to many great players who play away from goal who had great years in the past but could not win it, Schneider, Xavi, Iniesta etc.. This award shows that sometimes football is not all about scoring goals"

eni4real:
World Cup golden ball is the reason why Modric was better than Ronaldo in 2018!!!

Modric to Cristiano:

so what happened in 2014 when messi won world cup Golden ball and Ronaldo was given the ballon d'or.

NtoAkwaIbom:
How exactly ?
Ronaldo is good no doubt, but we all have to leave sentiments aside and agree to the fact that this year was just not his year,
Look at the statistics... Messi surpases him in all ramifications, so what then is the bases by which he would have won the Ballon d or ?

van dijk ought to be the right winner except you are saying defenders shouldnt win awards only goal scorers should...

[quote author=Americanboy35 post=84616339][/quote] mpabbe greizman others were not in top they attended this year why are u excusing a sin Messi is guilty of...

Kennedyiheme:
if i were him.. even if the award goes to him next year, he should attend these awards anymore

Rude.
Ballon d'or >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>CR7!

ecclize:

Mahrez wouldn't even make top two talk more of winning at best is 3rd position...
safe for his country's emergence as Afcon winner Aubameyang is way ahead Maharez last season...
When canavaro won the world best 2006 the only trophy he won was the world Cup and yet he was handed the trophy..

is not always about winning many trophies.
individual performance is key...
the year Bayern won treble (champions league includes) non of there player was crowned the world best...
so what are u guys saying?

mahrez won't win but he is definitely making top 3 his performance at AFCON is enough for top 3 which aubamayang abegi...

Beverlyjean:


Was modric better than CR7 individually in 2018 ?? Was any player better than CR7 individually in 2018

Modric in 2018 :

World best Playmaker award
UEFA best Midfielder award
World cup golden ball
UEFA best player award
UEFA best midfielder award
Goal 50 best player award
FIFA best player award
Ballon d'or 2018!!!!


Modric won the heart of 5 football bodies!!!


Ronaldo was not close to him in 2018!!!

Ro Aldo was a mere goal scorer, Modric was excellent in creative aspect of football and he led Croatia to an unprecedented World cup final, a step better than Davor Sucker's Croatia of 1998!!!

Devops:
When will you people get it Trophies define team performance. Awards define individual brilliance. And no player born of a woman came close to Messi last season.
Goddamit too many pseudo pundits here

so a defender who did his job but couldn't score 60 goals is worthless so much for u guys underating defenders...

olutop:

so what happened in 2014 when messi won world cup Golden ball and Ronaldo was given the ballon d'or.

Because Barcelona did not win the UCL in 2014!! Modric won the UCL in 2018 remember.. Bale fired them to the trophy....
Modric took it to another level when he win the World cup golden ball...
The only Real Madrid player to win that in this century since Zidane!!!

obembet:
Giorgio Chiellini claims Juventus teammate Cristiano Ronaldo “was robbed of the Ballon d’Or last year, as Real Madrid wanted to stop him winning.”

The trophy went to Real Madrid and Croatia midfielder Luka Modric in 2018, while this evening the winner was Barcelona star Lionel Messi.

Ronaldo skipped the ceremony for two years running after learning he would not be holding the golden globe aloft.

Asked about the decisions, Chiellini made some remarkable comments on Sky Sport Italia.

d'Or last season, when Real Madrid decided to make sure he couldn't win it and that was really weird,” said the defender.

“This season, it was more balanced. With all due respect, Modric even in his best season of his career didn't deserve it. That was a signal from Real Madrid, as they wanted to stop Ronaldo winning it.

“He won the Champions League, but by that logic, (Liverpool defender Virgil) Van Dijk should've won it this year, or last year (Antoine) Griezmann, (Paul) Pogba or (Kylian) Mbappe for doing extraordinary things at the World Cup. Modric made no sense.”

Cristiano Ronaldo won the Ballon d’Or on five occasions, while Messi now has six.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/football/lionel-messi-ballon-dor-real-madrid-stopped-cristiano-ronaldo-last-year-claims-giorgio-chiellini-6148874/lite/

Sure Perez was the one that blocked him too this year abi.. Yeye dey smell for una head

obembet:
Giorgio Chiellini claims Juventus teammate Cristiano Ronaldo “was robbed of the Ballon d’Or last year, as Real Madrid wanted to stop him winning.”

The trophy went to Real Madrid and Croatia midfielder Luka Modric in 2018, while this evening the winner was Barcelona star Lionel Messi.

Ronaldo skipped the ceremony for two years running after learning he would not be holding the golden globe aloft.

Asked about the decisions, Chiellini made some remarkable comments on Sky Sport Italia.

d'Or last season, when Real Madrid decided to make sure he couldn't win it and that was really weird,” said the defender.

“This season, it was more balanced. With all due respect, Modric even in his best season of his career didn't deserve it. That was a signal from Real Madrid, as they wanted to stop Ronaldo winning it.

“He won the Champions League, but by that logic, (Liverpool defender Virgil) Van Dijk should've won it this year, or last year (Antoine) Griezmann, (Paul) Pogba or (Kylian) Mbappe for doing extraordinary things at the World Cup. Modric made no sense.”

Cristiano Ronaldo won the Ballon d’Or on five occasions, while Messi now has six.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/football/lionel-messi-ballon-dor-real-madrid-stopped-cristiano-ronaldo-last-year-claims-giorgio-chiellini-6148874/lite/

Bro Chiellini we don't even their Balloon whatever again. Make d kip am

Beverlyjean:
No soccer player has suffered more than Ronaldo .... He has been denied multiple achievements due to the wicked people of the world... Messi fans will say he doesn't fit to lace the boots of Messi ...can u imagine how daft people are ... Ronaldo deserved 2012 balon d'Or but it was given to Messi cos he scored 90 goals even after Ronaldo wrestled la Liga away from Messi ...Messi won nothing that yr ... The following yr Ronaldo then scored 78 goals , FIFA had no choice but to give him ahead of ribery cos they knew he deserved it the previous yr ... Messi won balon d'Or in 2010 despite being knocked out 4.0 in the quarter final against Germany despite not registering a single goal in that world cup ... Sneider won CL , Copa Italia and serie A , got to the final of the WC and was also joint top scorer in the WC ... Forward to 2018 ... Ronaldo became the first man in CL history to score in 10 consecutive games , he won lots of gAnes for them and they won the CL ...he scored the finest goal last yr against juve in Turin ... But they also robbed him of that ,giving it to one normal goal Salah scored in the epl ... Modric then went ahead to win balon d'Or ahead of him despite being disgraced in the final by France ... Alot of people here said modric deserved it just because they dint want Ronaldo to overtake Messi ... Now 2019 , Messi wins it again despite Ronaldo winning more trophies for club and country ... What did Messi win that mbappe , aguero , lewandovski dint win ... Despite registering only one goal in the Copa and being knocked out ... This balon d'Or is nothing but a scam Messi is meant to hv won only 3 balon d'Or ... 2009, 2011 and 2015 ... Ronaldo 2008 , 2014, 2016, 2017 , 2018

This Messi vs Ronaldo debate sef...

In the last 10yrs, Messi competes with Ozil, Payet, KDB.. for chances creation and assists

Competes with Neymar, Hazard... for completed dribbles.

Competes with Ronaldo, Lewandowski, Aguero and Suarez... for goals.

Guess what??

He tops all the categories.

Now who has Ronaldo competed with for assists, chance creation and completed dribbles? Nobody. Only in goal scoring!

And some folks are still blind or too sentimental to acknowledge who is the better of the two.

OGHENAOGIE:
so a defender who did his job but couldn't score 60 goals is worthless so much for u guys underating defenders...

No body is underating any defender. Vigil was good no doubt. But no player came close to Messi last season on individual performance. Do you know what 5x UEFA player of the week means??
By the way no body pays to come watch a defender play

Jokerman:
No be today dem dey rob Ronaldo Na

I just discovered that even Ronaldo won just 1 Laliga forward of the year even after winning 3 pichichis and 3 European golden shoes... I mean who does that...?

In 2010/11 season

Ronaldo score 41 goals in 34 games, yet he wasn't given Laliga best forward, but he won pichichi and European boot

In 2014/15, he scored 48 goals in 35 games, yet he couldn't win Laliga forward of the year, but won European golden boot and UEFA forward of the year

Robbery everywhere

This Messi vs Ronaldo debate sef...

In the last 10yrs, Messi competes with Ozil, Payet, KDB.. for chances creation and assists

Competes with Neymar, Hazard... for completed dribbles.

Competes with Ronaldo, Lewandowski, Aguero and Suarez... for goals.

Guess what??

He tops all the categories.

Now who has Ronaldo competed with for assists, chance creation and completed dribbles? Nobody. Only in goal scoring!

And some folks are still blind or too sentimental to acknowledge who is the better of the two.

Switpal:
This Messi vs Ronaldo debate sef...

In the last 10yrs, Messi competes with Ozil, Payet, KDB.. for chances creation and assists

Competes with Neymar, Hazard... for completed dribbles.

Competes with Ronaldo, Lewandowski, Aguero and Suarez... for goals.

Guess what??

He tops all the categories.

Now who has Ronaldo competed with for assists, chance creation and completed dribbles? Nobody. Only in goal scoring!

And some folks are still blind or too sentimental to acknowledge who is the better of the two.

With current players,

Tell me any player

Who has more assists than Ronaldo
More freekicks than Ronaldo
Has more headed goals
More skillful than Ronaldo

eni4real:
"I can see that some people from Barcelona are not here" — CR7

Oh you remember Abi

eni4real:
Lesson: Don't be a mere goal scorer!!!

Assist, create chances, add flair, be a super forward and not merely a high-budget Harry Kane

So why did he win European forward of the year these years if he was a mere goal scorer??

Devops:
Mumu the person that won the awards those years can you list their laliga stats? Or you Ronaldo fans are cursed with mental reta*dation or what??

I told you that Ronaldo was the highest goal scorer those years

eni4real:
World cup golden ball is the reason why Modric was better than Ronaldo in 2018!!!

Lol.

Rubbish.

In 2010, Diego Forlan won the golden ball at the World Cup. Messi won the Balond’or.

In 2014, Messi won the World Cup golden ball, Ronaldo won the Balon d’or.

The awards are an election and there is no criteria. When will you people realize this?

Eligible voters vote based on their opinion. For example, Mikel voted for Messi for 5 straight years regardless of performance.

einsteine:



Lol.

Rubbish.

In 2010, Diego Forlan won the golden ball at the World Cup. Messi won the Balond’or.

In 2014, Messi won the World Cup golden ball, Ronaldo won the Balon d’or.

The awards are an election and there is no criteria. When will you people realize this?

Eligible voters vote based on their opinion. For example, Mikel voted for Messi for 5 straight years regardless of performance.

Because Barcelona did not win the UCL in 2014!! Modric win the UCL in 2018 remember.. Bale fired then to the trophy....
Modric took it to another level when he win the World cup golden ball...
The only Real Madrid player to win that in this century since Zidane!!!

Jokerman:


So why did he win European forward of the year these years if he was a mere goal scorer??

We all know that he always bring his A game to the UCL even if he is just above average in the league.. or recently when he is rested in the League
He assist more in the UCL...

He is a player that focus on using the UCL as a short-cut to winning the Ballon d'or!!!

It always worked for him until Modric happened!!!

Ronaldo will never forget Modric for that..

Modric tampered with Cristiano's tested and trusted method of winning the Ballon d'or!!!

World cup golden ball is the reason why Modric was better than Ronaldo in 2018!!!!

CHOPUP411:
Whatever u say,we have only one GOAT Ronaldo

If Messi want to be GOAT let him try another club and shine there

Pele,the Great One..

Played for only one major club,Santos FC,throughout his illustrious career..

Messi doesn't have to go ANYWHERE to prove ANYTHING..

Nonsense Why Didnt U Talk Wen He Was At Madrid

Wait let me get this straight.
Van Dijk won UCL in 2019, deserved to win Ballon d'Or according to Chiellini
Modric won UCL and World Cup golden ball last year but didn't deserve to win. Stop sucking on Ronaldo's cork

eni4real:

Because Barcelona did not win the UCL in 2014!! Modric win the UCL in 2018 remember.. Bale fired then to the trophy....
Modric took it to another level when he win the World cup golden ball...
The only Real Madrid player to win that in this century since Zidane!!!

Again, this is just rubbish.

There is no criteria, so you can stop shifting goal post. Sneijder won a treble including the UCL plus top scorer at a World Cup where he reached final yet Messi whose team was eliminated 0-4 by Germany won it, so just stop all that talk about UCL.

The awards are based on voting and voters based on who they like or who the media or authorities convince or cajole them to vote in a particular year.

There are people who voted Riyad Mahrez, does that mean Mahrez is the best.

Point is, it is an election and like in any election, the best candidate may or may not win.

Ronaldo fans luv lamenting. The book of lamentation no even lament lyk dis.
Oya make una go collect d award frm Messi give Ronaldo make we rest abeg. Una no dey tire self?.. Ronaldo doesn't even knw u guyz.

CHOPUP411:
Whatever u say,we have only one GOAT Ronaldo

If Messi want to be GOAT let him try another club and shine there

This is becoming a clinche.

itsme01:




Bitter People


the bitterness clouding Ronaldo, his family and freinds shows who he really is...

haba let Messi be na, everytime rigged , stolen and wailing like PDP

Nomination is based on your perfomance but Wining is based on votes of Professionals, if Ronaldo and his people keep rubishing peoples decission soon nobody would vote for him and he wouldnt even come 3rd

..

Wen Ronaldo won d award in a stretch no one complained of fifa nd uefa bn biased. Buh wen Modric nd Messi win dem dey complain say fifa nd uefa re corrupt.

Beverlyjean:
No soccer player has suffered more than Ronaldo .... He has been denied multiple achievements due to the wicked people of the world... Messi fans will say he doesn't fit to lace the boots of Messi ...can u imagine how daft people are ... Ronaldo deserved 2012 balon d'Or but it was given to Messi cos he scored 90 goals even after Ronaldo wrestled la Liga away from Messi ...Messi won nothing that yr ... The following yr Ronaldo then scored 78 goals , FIFA had no choice but to give him ahead of ribery cos they knew he deserved it the previous yr ... Messi won balon d'Or in 2010 despite being knocked out 4.0 in the quarter final against Germany despite not registering a single goal in that world cup ... Sneider won CL , Copa Italia and serie A , got to the final of the WC and was also joint top scorer in the WC ... Forward to 2018 ... Ronaldo became the first man in CL history to score in 10 consecutive games , he won lots of gAnes for them and they won the CL ...he scored the finest goal last yr against juve in Turin ... But they also robbed him of that ,giving it to one normal goal Salah scored in the epl ... Modric then went ahead to win balon d'Or ahead of him despite being disgraced in the final by France ... Alot of people here said modric deserved it just because they dint want Ronaldo to overtake Messi ... Now 2019 , Messi wins it again despite Ronaldo winning more trophies for club and country ... What did Messi win that mbappe , aguero , lewandovski dint win ... Despite registering only one goal in the Copa and being knocked out ... This balon d'Or is nothing but a scam Messi is meant to hv won only 3 balon d'Or ... 2009, 2011 and 2015 ... Ronaldo 2008 , 2014, 2016, 2017 , 2018

Chai!!. See hatred. God hv mercy on Nigerians cos we re a set of bitter ppl.

Numerouno94:

Chai!!. See hatred. God hv mercy on Nigerians cos we re a set of bitter ppl.

How is this hatred ...that's y people like u cant grow ....is there anything there that's not facts ... Hatred is cheating someone off what he deserves and people like u will support it

blowjohn:




He has a point.
Messi lost 3 trophies last season.
That's a lot!

Messi lost or Barca lost?
Or Argentina lost?
How people seem to think trophies are won by individuals still baffles me