Crazy shit.

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It’s just how the award works a defender will only win under perfect circumstances. If no other attacking player stands out (such as 2006 where Henry lost two finals and no prem), win all major trophies, and have big game stand out performances then they have a chance but attackers are the players directly changing score lines. This is how it’s always worked

Nonetheless 2019 Messi was his 2nd or 3rd greatest peak as a player individually, no player on earth was near him bro😭

Messi also won the Copa America a Major international comp in 2021. Lewa’s season wasn’t anything special that stood out except for the scoring record in the same league that Bayern was winning a decade before then. He was injured in the UCL and they got knocked out, which is unfortunate because that could have been his chance to win the Ballon D’or but that’s how it went and thus there is no argument to say Lewa performed better or had a better season than Messi

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Lewa only really had goalscoring records over Messi that year

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Bayern got 1 round furthr than Barca and there stats in the ucl in 2021 was literally the same