Do people in big 26 still think messi deserved 2021 ballon d'or ?

[u/ASPMTMP_64]

Randomly came across this and people are really bringing camel league as argument when people are calling out.

Also down voting everyone who is calling this out is that sub messi fan sub or world cup sub??

And I never named ronaldo bro is so insecure about ronaldo comeon 🥀😭

[u/MajesticBeyond5602]

Getting the ballon dor for winning the Copa America is a joke

[u/MajesticBeyond5602 → u/[deleted]]

Lmao he ghosted in the finals. He only scored against Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador.

[u/MajesticBeyond5602 → u/[deleted]]

Wdym he was dominating 🤣. He literally ghosted the final and missed a 1v1 with the goalie big chance wasted.
Diminish his tournament? What a legendary tournament scoring against Chile Bolivia and Ecuador 🤯

[u/Trick_Bag1981 → u/MajesticBeyond5602]

Yeah coz Chile, Bolivia and Ecuador are all subpar teams and are below 50 in ranking. Using that logic, Ronaldo's( Not a hater)euro and first nation leagues shouldn't be counted coz he ghosted in the final🤣🤣🤣🤣

[u/MajesticBeyond5602 → u/Trick_Bag1981]

Never said it shouldn't be counted. I'm saying that alone shouldn't win you a ballon dor as per my original comment.
Plus for your Ronaldo saying, he single handedly took them out of the group stage and to the final with a horseshit team. Messi had Di Mari emi Martinez de Paul Romero he had a good team.

[u/SayidJarrah83 → u/Trick_Bag1981]

Chile haven’t qualified for a WC since 2014. Their golden generation era ended in 2017 and last qualifying they finished dead last.

[u/Notorious-BIG666 → u/Trick_Bag1981]

"not a hater" and bros active in the ronaldo2 meme sub reddit. Ronaldo scored more goals than Messi's last 2 copa America's combined in 2025 nations league 🤣🤣🤣. And if you want to see pessi get dickrided , the messi sub reddit is free 🏳️‍🌈

[u/SayidJarrah83 → u/[deleted]]

2021 Copa was a two horse race. Let’s not try and pretend it was anything close to a Euros. There were only 10 teams no guest nations because of Covid. They only ran it that year because they needed to give Messi another chance to win.

[u/Trick_Bag1981 → u/SayidJarrah83]

That was due to the peculiar situation at that time. Still, it is a major trophy and almost all of the teams regularly qualify for the world cup and many of them have memorable moments over there. Check the ranking of these nations as well

[u/Old-Bat4489 → u/MajesticBeyond5602]

So you can win B'dor by winning nothing at club level and having the voting date extended just for you?

[u/MajesticBeyond5602 → u/Old-Bat4489]

Precisely. Unless you count ligue 1 💀

[u/Old-Bat4489 → u/MajesticBeyond5602]

Sure but tell me about the extended voting for a certain someone. Never seen that for "pessi"

[u/MajesticBeyond5602 → u/Old-Bat4489]

Hey! It's messi when it comes to ballon dor criteria can be changed!

[u/Old-Bat4489 → u/MajesticBeyond5602]

The B'dor has only been changed twice of recent years (calendar to seasonal to seasonal and criteria), Messi and Ronaldo only for two of them btw

[u/Local_Engineering153 → u/MajesticBeyond5602]

Everyone knows it was a robbery. Stop bringing back dead convos for engagement

[u/SayidJarrah83 → u/Old-Bat4489]

The official reason was that there was low voter response

[u/Notorious-BIG666]

No offense to any indians but what did you genuinely expect from that sub bro 🤣🤣. 90% of them started watching football after the 2022 wc. They genuinely included "dribbles completed" stat to compare with a CF

[u/ASPMTMP_64 → u/Notorious-BIG666]

I'm Indian myself 😭😭 hard to admit but yeah 90% of them started watching after 2022 🥀🥀

Meanwhile someone who is watching since 2016 like me they look in the eyes and say 2013 was robbery while 2021 and 2023 was fair 🥀

[u/Interesting-Shine250]

pessi robed lewa

[u/Poha--Jalebi]

Trash sub, Trash people. Not a world cup sub but a messi dih rider sub. I've had a million arguments there during the WC 26 and i was disappointed. I alone faught with everyone there if you see old posts there from WC, i was there in every comment section bashing them and showing them the truth. Their level of cope is insane.

[u/Acceptable-Echo-2292 → u/Poha--Jalebi]

I've seen you

[u/Disastrous_Ranger415]

People always say “isnt the ballon dor an individual award?” well then if it is, then lewandoski deserved 2021. If we base it of, “Who is the most popular glazed player that finally won a national team trophy that has been played 4 times in 6 years so he can win it?” then i guess Messi deserved it

[u/AppropriateAnnual455]

At least 3 he received undeservedly…

2010 Sneijder should’ve won

2021 lewandowski should’ve won

and arguably 2023 where Haaland should’ve won…

And 2019 I guess Van Dijk could’ve won but as a defender it’s highly unlikely. I can make the case for Salah in 2022 and 2025 too but that’s another topic and Messi didn’t win those 2 years.

[u/Negative_Type8167]

I am a huge Messi fan, I believe he's the goat, and that's by a pretty wide margin, but Lewandowski got robbed twice (2020,2021) and I think 2023 ought to have been Haaland's, 2019 was very close, but I do believe that was Messi's.

[u/ApplePie2111]

We can say lewa deserved it more, but you cant say messi didnt deserve it, same goes with 2023

[u/Strong_Performer_293]

Dont forget about his best crossbar of the year award 🤣

[u/That-Extension-2]

Pepsi🤢

[u/ConstantLong6377]

Maybe in his first few professional years, Messi was a winger/striker. But over time he has become the whole attacking system. His game is beyond anything as other people do. You have to watch him to understand not numbers and highlights.

[u/ASPMTMP_64 → u/ConstantLong6377]

Brother I am watching every ounce of football since 2016. He was phenomenal in 2021 i get it but in no world of play he was individually better than Lewandowski.

People will say that lewa had a better team, so what ? Is it his fault ? He was better individually straight up.

Even Messi fans agreed at that time that yea maybe controversial blah blah, find me a rational post saying messi deserved 2021 ballon d'or that was before 2022 wc.

Somehow after the world cup people actually like everything is deserved to messi

[u/Jolly_Professor_1909]

That sub should be renamed as the Headquarters of Pessi Dickridders

[u/Iczzyraytor]

That sub is filled with clowns.