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The Greatest Footballer Of The 21st Century Has Been Voted(pic) by Natural441(m): 11:46am On Jun 02, 2020 |
The Greatest Footballer Of The 21st Century Has Been Voted. In a vote of the greatest football player of the 21st Century, Barcelona's Lionel Messi came out as the winner of the title as he was voted the greatest player admisr other prominent contenders like Cristiano Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, De Lima Ronaldo and others excluding the likes of Pele, Johan Cruyff and Diego Maradona from the list of contenders. The Barcelona forward started the new decade with a record-breaking sixth Balon d'or trophy, which is so far, since the history of modern football, the highest won by any footballer and he is widely accepted as one of the greatest athletes since the turn of the millennium. One very prominent contender and former La Liga star/rival of Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo was got the highest votes to beat all the other star players he was paired with to reach the finals with Leo who in turn did the same. We didn't expect less as the Messi vs Ronaldo debate has a lot of time raised serious arguments and squabble on social media on who is the G.O.A.T for the past 15 years, when they both came to limelight in the world of football. But the intensity of the debate on who is better between Messi and Ronaldo declined due to the suspension of La Liga and Serie A , and now seems like a better time to see who the fans really take to be the post - 2000 greatest. It was a battle of legends as the 21st century greatest players were voted to contest and the voting was organized in the UCL tournament format and it allowed fans to voteon head-to-head match-ups between 16 players until they got to the Grand finale. There were some perplexing situation as Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Samuel Eto'o didn't get to the quarter finals despite winning their round of 16 votes, perhaps they were eliminated based on marginal votes. Another surprising thing was that of the French legend, Zinedine Zidane, who didn't make it to the quarter finals when footballers like Rooney, Neymar and Puyol did, who maybe considered inferior to him despite their own achievements. Nevertheless, fans voted for who they believe is the best among all combinations and below is a cut and dried results of the last eight (Round of till the Grand finale. Quarter - Finals: Cristiano Ronaldo - 71%. Andrés Iniesta - 29%. ................................................................... Ronaldinho - 50% (marginally more votes). Wayne Rooney - 50%. ,............................................................... Lionel Messi - 87%. Neymar Jr - 13%. ............................................................ De Lima Ronaldo Nazàrio - 80%. Carles Puyol - 20%. Semi - finals. Lionel Messi - 70%. De Lima Ronaldo Nazàrio - 30%. ...................................................... Cristiano Ronaldo - 55%. Ronaldinho - 45%. Final. Lionel Messi - 56%. Cristiano Ronaldo - 44%. Messi came out on top with a comfortable enough difference as he was 12% higher than Cristiano in total of the 100 mark. Do you have any opposing views on the results? Who would you have voted for, if you given the opportunity to vote amongst all the players that were paired up against each other?
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Re: The Greatest Footballer Of The 21st Century Has Been Voted(pic) by Nbote(m): 11:47am On Jun 02, 2020 |
Watch fanboys com and tell U FIFA and UEFA rigged it... Sabi is very clear for all to know 1 Like |
Re: The Greatest Footballer Of The 21st Century Has Been Voted(pic) by ghettokid1(m): 11:53am On Jun 02, 2020 |
Messi is Football & Football is Messi. 1 Like
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Re: The Greatest Footballer Of The 21st Century Has Been Voted(pic) by Olarewaju89: 11:53am On Jun 02, 2020 |
I knew it before. Congrats Leo man
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Re: The Greatest Footballer Of The 21st Century Has Been Voted(pic) by ghettokid1(m): 11:58am On Jun 02, 2020 |
Nbote:Let me observe them from here
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Re: The Greatest Footballer Of The 21st Century Has Been Voted(pic) by Olarewaju89: 11:58am On Jun 02, 2020 |
The king of the jungle himself
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Re: The Greatest Footballer Of The 21st Century Has Been Voted(pic) by Officialgarri: 11:58am On Jun 02, 2020 |
I don't know why this should be news. I mean, if it's not Messi the only GOAT, then who else will win? 1 Like |
Re: The Greatest Footballer Of The 21st Century Has Been Voted(pic) by ghettokid1(m): 12:00pm On Jun 02, 2020 |
Officialgarri:
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Re: The Greatest Footballer Of The 21st Century Has Been Voted(pic) by Enoch07: 12:00pm On Jun 02, 2020 |
we hear |
Re: The Greatest Footballer Of The 21st Century Has Been Voted(pic) by ghettokid1(m): 12:03pm On Jun 02, 2020 |
Emeijeh, Fergie001 & some group of people must be in pains |
Re: The Greatest Footballer Of The 21st Century Has Been Voted(pic) by ghettokid1(m): 12:22pm On Jun 02, 2020 |
Enoch07:Somebody is in pains
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Re: The Greatest Footballer Of The 21st Century Has Been Voted(pic) by Natural441(m): 1:49pm On Jun 02, 2020 |
Lalasticala front page. |
Re: The Greatest Footballer Of The 21st Century Has Been Voted(pic) by Nobody: 4:58pm On Jun 02, 2020 |
....... and not PENALDO |
Re: The Greatest Footballer Of The 21st Century Has Been Voted(pic) by ThierryJay: 5:19pm On Jun 02, 2020 |
Nothing surprising here. Undoubtedly the greatest of the 21st century. For the overall greatest position, his main contenders are only Maradona, Pele and Ronaldo Da Lima. |
Re: The Greatest Footballer Of The 21st Century Has Been Voted(pic) by Icezikagu(m): 7:08pm On Jun 02, 2020 |
Is not only Messi, they will soon c Messing... RONALDO all d way |
Re: The Greatest Footballer Of The 21st Century Has Been Voted(pic) by Nobody: 8:10pm On Jun 02, 2020 |
Top 3 players of the 21st century. 1. Lionel Messi 2. Injured Lionel Messi. 3. C. Ronaldo 2 Likes |
Re: The Greatest Footballer Of The 21st Century Has Been Voted(pic) by chiboy1116: 12:49am On Jun 03, 2020 |
Water is wet |
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