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Ballon d'Or 2023 | Messi wins for 8th time
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They are wrong, yes. Not because Messi is a bad player but because he didn't do anything out of the ordinary in 2023. This is the most obvious thing ever.
What a shame. I'd be sorry if I were Messi.
Haaland its not better than Messi nor Mbappé. Footballers know this.
They're all morons yes.
The day someone argued haaland being better than Messi the game is gone
As bizarre as I personally find it given it’s irrelevant of his World Cup win, the fact it’s voted by the players makes me happy.
Means the bitter ones can’t cry stating it’s corrupt again.
Means the bitter ones can’t cry stating it’s corrupt again.
Deserved for Messi. Going to enjoy the haters cry some more.
How he changed inter Miami from worst placed team has been incredible.
How he changed inter Miami from worst placed team has been incredible.
Yeah, I love how he took them all the way from 29th to 27th. Great stuff.
Confirms the Balon D'Or as an irrelevance and Cristiano as the GOAT if anything
It’s so frustrating to see prizes which carry so much reputation to be popularity contests. Both Ronaldo and Messi could cut their amount of individual awards in half had they been awarded based on merit and not popularity.
Messi winning this is an absolute joke. And I think he’s the greatest player of all time, but he should not have won any individual award since 2019.
Messi winning this is an absolute joke. And I think he’s the greatest player of all time, but he should not have won any individual award since 2019.
Mostly Ronaldo fans in pain.. They began to harass Modric and Valverde on social media for voting for Messi as Real players
All these top players such as Modric, Kane, Mbappe, Lewa and tons of others who voted for Messi know one-dimensional players like Haaland are nothing compared to players like Messi, Maradona etc. regardless of how many tap-ins they score.
Even the Portugal coach put Messi above Haaland not to mention managers from Brazil, Italy etc. choosing him as no.1.
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This is actually quite funny. For all their titles, nobody cares about City. I’m Canadian and I see very few City fans. I see some on social media but they’re the kind who’ll cheer city and post “hala Madrid” later that afternoon.
Not really no relevance
Career achievement award
Laughable
Great thing that Messi won.
Maybe now, finally people will stop taking these awards seriously and realise that it's a big fat joke.
Ofcourse, the blind fanboys won't see this.
These awards have been an absolute joke for years now.
Maybe now, finally people will stop taking these awards seriously and realise that it's a big fat joke.
Ofcourse, the blind fanboys won't see this.
These awards have been an absolute joke for years now.
Blind Messi Fanboy List
Kylian Mbappé
Mohamed Salah
Harry Kane
Luka Modric
Neymar
Federico Valverde
Robert Lewandowski
Virgil Van Dijk
Romelu Lukaku
Andy Robertson
Jan Oblak
Gianluigi Donnarumma
Falcao
Granit Xhaka
Brazil NT coach
Italy NT coach
Portugal NT coach etc.
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Yep, you're right. The award has now been rendered completely irrelevant. It's cheapened the glory of any legitimate winners there may have been in the past. At least we know CR7 is the GOAT now though
Looks like the media voted Haaland and the players voted Messi.
Missed one, added for you.
Basically a lifetime achievement award for Messi. Will actually be exciting to see who wins it from now on now that the two greatest players of the modern era are semi-retired.
Messi won this based on what? What were his accomplishments this year?
Graduated from the Burger King drive-thru.
Yep, you're right. The award has now been rendered completely irrelevant. It's cheapened the glory of any legitimate winners there may have been in the past. At least we know CR7 is the GOAT now though
I hope this coping mechanism works out for you.
Period ends on August 20, 2023 for FIFA Best
Ligue 1 most assists
most MOTM in Europe
highest per game rating in Europe
2nd most assists in Europe
2nd most big chance creation in Europe
2nd most successful dribbles in Europe
won the worst MLS team by far their one & only title in their history in 2 months
come back when Haaland the tap-in merchant learns to dribble or create something out of nothing "just once", or takes Norway to 24-team Euros, he has 10-15 something years to learn the basics
There's a reason why top players such as Kane, Mbappe, Modric, Salah, Van Dijk. Mbappe, Neymar etc. voted for Messi.. Even Haaland's teammates Gundogan, Odegaard and others like Casemiro put Messi as no.2 in the voting.
Unfortunately this is said every time, but a couple of years later people forget how ridiculous or controversial an award was, and what people will just remember is who won it.
just think back to 2013, regardless of who you think should win, FIFA actually REOPENED the voting because they did not like the results they had. Can you believe that? Ribéry and his entourage were rightfully fuming. But now 11 years later few people remember or care.
That year was a disgrace, many other years have been a disgrace. The entire award is a disgrace and should just disappear from the game.
Imagine being upset on a United forum that the city 115 charges tap in merchant didn't win.
CR fans in the mud.
Is sending a bunch of really bunch of really weird Ronaldo fans loopy considered an achievement?
It does seem like a really weird outcome though unless the voting somehow stretches back to before the World Cup. Anyway players voted for him so who knows….
Really odd one as it's really hard to argue how Messi deserves it. One thing it tells us though is despite living in this age of stats and the balance heavily tilted towards function and efficiency, it's nice to see that the footballers themselves are still left a bit cold by it all. Haaland is a machine but he just lacks in the area that a lot of footballers and footballing people have always valued and from the looks of it, continue to value.
Period ends on August 20, 2023 for FIFA Best
Ligue 1 most assists
most MOTM in Europe
highest per game rating in Europe
2nd most assists in Europe
2nd most big chance creation in Europe
2nd most successful dribbles in Europe
won the worst MLS team by far their one & only title in their history in 2 months
come back when Haaland the tap-in merchant learns to dribble or create something out of nothing "just once", or takes Norway to 24-team Euros, he has 10-15 something years to learn the basics
There's a reason why top players such as Kane, Mbappe, Modric, Salah, Van Dijk. Mbappe, Neymar etc. voted for Messi.. Even Haaland's teammates Gundogan, Odegaard and others like Casemiro put Messi as no.2 in the voting.
Bro is doing tricks on it
They must have been confused due to the changes in Ballon Dor criteria which changed it from calender year to last season. Footballers aren't exactly smart.
Messi is the goat, but this is just stupid.
The last 3 Ballon d'Ors are as valuable as Caf lifetime achievement.
So, you wanted a Liverpool and a City player to win it? Hilarious.
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So you are saying Karim didn't deserve his?
(While I am under the impression you don'ts think Messi deserved any Ballon Dor).