2023-10-30 19:30:07
Today, except for a capital surprise, Leo Messi will win his eighth Ballon d’Or. An award that he really does not deserve, because He has had a fairly discreet season and in the World Cup the most notable thing he did was score from the penalty kick.
However, this is what they wanted. Everything is based on the purest marketing. He is not the first to win without deserving it. Without going any further, in 2021 Robert Lewandowski had to win it and they decided to award it to the Argentine. Not to mention what happened in 2010…
????✨ Leo Messi, expected to win the Ballon d’Or 2023.
Understand all the indications are set to be confirmed but Messi will be the final winner once again.
Official decision to be unveiled Monday night in Paris.
???????? It will be Messi’s historical 8th Ballon d’Or. pic.twitter.com/v8FWZQdeaR
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) October 25, 2023
It’s sad, but that’s how football works today. His rival for more than a decade, Cristiano Ronaldo, it seems that he does not sell, or, he does not like him as well as Leo Messi does.
How many Ballon d’Ors does Cristiano Ronaldo have?
Cristiano Ronaldo has won five Ballon d’Ors. The Portuguese has won this award in 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016 y 2017. The first of them did so after winning the Champions League with Manchester United and the remaining four with the Real Madrid shirt.
If football were fair with this award, Messi and the Portuguese would have the same awards. However, for several years They have wanted to ‘fatten up’ the Argentine’s numbers, despite not having been up to par during the season.
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