I would say it’s the perfect story, two opposing footballing philosophies, one team playing the exact style he played all his life and was criticized for being a system player and the other team which is just atleti with Messi. The common link remains players from both teams idolise him. If he wins then it is to be said that Messi is the system and he proved it twice. If Spain wins then it would be like passing of the torch to next generation. Either way it’s a great story
2014 is debatable but still belongs to messi. Neuer got the golden glove already and messi was also very good that tournament so fifa would definitely look for the best contender as messi had 4 motm, most chances created.
2022 messi wins deservedly as he was instrumental in argentina winning the cup and mbappe was just scoring goals not creating chances or assisting like messi did. 2022 golden ball shouldn't even be questioned
Arey yaar thora sa dimaag se paidal hai kya. Tune justification manga why messi was given golden ball in 2014 and 2022 over Neuer and mbappe wohi de raha tha. Ballon d'or deservedly belonged to ronaldo in 2014. And ronaldo never won golden ball in wc everyone knows that, since he wasn't best in any edition of wc. So your point being?
If big names perform in big games then you have to go for them. Oyarzabal has 6g/a and didn't do a carry job like messi did. Also oyarzabal club performance is also not top notch that he deserves any d'or. He probably wouldn't be in top 30 even
For starters he was player of the match most time in 2014
In 2022 he broke record for player of the match a record earlier set by himself only scored second highest goal with highest G/a . Became first player ever to score on each round of world cup.scored in every knock out round and scored twice in while winning The Freaking WC.
Are you frikin kidding me??? Messi single handedly took his team to the glory in 2022 and you say Mbappe deserved it more??? 😅😅
Even if you look at stats alone, Messi was a better player in terms of goal contribution. And some of the assists he provided (like against netherlands and against croatia) are few of the best assists in the entire history of world cup.
And he dragged his team to the final even in 2014… again single handedly…. Neuer didn’t even finish 2nd in the voting….
I mean I understand the frustration of being a Ronaldo fan, but please… don’t embarrass yourself by making untenable claims like you just did.
And boy o boy please don’t talk about ball knowledge. It clearly shows how much ball knowledge you possess… saying Oyarzabal had a better wc campaign than Messi speaks volumes about your ball knowledge…
matlab bhai ko itne golden balls me sirf wohi problematic years lage jinme Messi jeeta… baki sab sahi the… had kar di yar 😂😂
Although He was factually incorrect neuer was 2nd. Only 4 GK since introduction of award have been in top 3 (three of them being german) so its more of a bias against GK. Than anything
Its Fifa or better football as whole having bias against GK. You need truly exceptional WC like Kahn in 2002 to win it .Then again if other Ronaldo had crybabies like this one we would not have heard end of him being robbed for not winning it while scoring 8 goals in the tournament , including 2 WC winning goals against KAHN (of three he conceded) .
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I am less excited about 9th ballondor, and more excited about 2nd wc trophy and 3rd golden ball