The Controversial Ballon d’Or Decision: Cristiano Ronaldo’s Response and the Debate over Lionel Messi’s 8th Golden Ball

The biggest rival of this year’s Ballon d’Or winner, who has 5 of these prestigious awards, did not make it into the 30 nominated footballers this year. Cristiano Ronaldo watched the gala evening from Saudi Arabia and did not spare his reaction after Lionel Messi’s victory.

AS journalist Tomás Roncero published a video in which he criticizes the decision to award the Ballon d’Or to Lionel Messi, saying that he should only have 5 and not 8. Cristiano Ronaldo responded to his statement with laughing emoticons and his comment got up to 124 within 9 hours – a thousand likes.

“What we already knew happened, Lionel Messi won the Ballon d’Or. An award would be fine, but in this case it was a gift. He is a great football player, but he has been resting in Miami for several months.

He had some great performances at the World Cup, but it’s been 12 months since then and I don’t even really remember what happened in Qatar. That was in 2022 and it’s already November 2023. He deserves 5 Golden Balls, but 8? In 2010, Xavi or Iniesta should have won it. Lionel Messi did not score in South Africa, did not play in the Champions League final and was knocked out by Mourinho’s Inter.

news-item-description">Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi won the Ballon d’Or by France Football magazine on Monday. In December, the national team captain led his team to the first World Cup title since 1986, the time of the legendary Diego Maradona. Last season, he also won a second league title with his former club Paris Saint-Germain. The star Messi won the Ballon d’Or for the eighth time, bettering his own record.

Robert Lewandowski won the Golden Boot and all possible titles with Bayern, Erling Haaland broke the all-time record and won everything possible with Manchester City. Rodri also won the League of Nations with Spain. These are real shooters. The time has come to tell the truth. Lionel Messi deserves only 5 golden balls, he got 3 for free.

Leo, hats off to you for what you’ve done in football. The kind of rivalry you had with Cristiano Ronaldo has never been here. However, you certainly don’t deserve 8 Golden Balls, even though it’s a number I like a lot. I remember that night in Lisbon when you conceded 8 goals to Bayern. What a beautiful day! Congratulations Leo, congratulations champion,” said journalist Tomás Roncero.

2023-11-02 15:30:00
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