Messi does not need anyone to defend him, much less to explain or justify his achievements … Leo’s brilliance is not given to him by seven or 20 Ballon d’Or.
Almost 15 years of sustained greatness based on a football that sometimes does not reach adjectives, summarize the value of a period player. Tomorrow we will talk nostalgically about ‘la epoch of Messi ‘.
Toni Kroos, Iker Casillas and even Alan Pulido, yes, Alan Pulido, among other characters, showed their fury because the Argentine obtained the recognition given by the magazine France Football, and they described it as “unfair, undeserved or not very credible ”.
Not to mention the social networks in which it was considered as “Stole“,”present”Or it was even stated that Messi signed with Paris Saint-Germain because in his contract they guaranteed that they would give him the Ballon d’Or.
As a simple reminder, it is worth saying that 180 journalists from around the world vote and choose the winner of this precious and sometimes controversial award.
And the criteria there are three to designate the winner: individual and collective actions, class of the footballer (Fair Play included) and his sports career.
– Journalists choose five of the 30 candidates to win the prize.
– Each journalist distributes 16 points, which are divided into six for what they consider should be the first place, four for the second, three for the third, two for the fourth and one for the fifth.
– The sum of the points received per player is made and the player with the most votes wins. This is how the positions.
And beyond the fact that there is a real perception that it is a prize subjective in which journalists’ preferences come into play, there are criteria that are taken into account when voting.
Level of play demonstrated during the season, goals scored, assists, titles obtained at club and national level and the weight that the nominees had to win them, in addition to the image.
Having clarified the above, it is up to laughable the statement that Leo did not deserve the Ballon d’Or. He scored more than 40 goals, scored his eighth Pichichi in LaLiga (fifth in a row), led the field of assists, maintained a superlative level in the poorest Barcelona in many decades , he won the Copa del Rey being a figure in the Final, he won the Copa América in which he was Mvp and top scorer … Nothing more than add.
Whether Robert Lewandowski or even Karim Benzema deserved it, who in one of his best – or best – seasons with Real Madrid, was outnumbered by Messi, is a matter of perception and therefore subjective; however, claiming that it was a present it’s little more than nonsense.
What is striking are the envies that Leo generates, when beyond enjoying this distinction, not even close is one of his priorities, because he got tired of repeating that his greatest dream was achieved with Argentina by winning the Copa América, so the much questioned and controversial Ballon d’Or is simply the Cherry on the cake.
With what Messi represents for football, and after hearing the words of Pele or Guardiola, to name just two voices for others authorizedIt never ceases to surprise and even surprise the inability of many to recognize and enjoy a guy who makes millions and millions of soccer fans happy.
So yeah, just like Leo’s dad wrote: “Blah blah blah … carry on“…
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Opinion: Messi is more than gold … “Blah, blah, blah … continue”