They're not voting for their friends per se, but yeah it's a popularity contest. I guess it's nice for the player but... It needs to stop really

I like how this implies that journalists aren't people

@Lion yeah but if the general population voted we know Messi and Ronaldo would still get a large proportion of votes due to fan following

@Lion People with "neutral eyes" don't exist. Everyone has consious and unconscious biases

I"be always referred to it as the "Balloon Bore' because it's boring. It's rigged, and for over a decade was swapped between Messi and Ronaldo . It became the 'Messi-Ronaldo' appreciation society award. The self congratulatory nature of it during the 2010's was nauseous and unedifying to see. It's ripe for a total overhaul and never again must two players (however good they are) utterly dominate an award. No one else got a look in between 2010 2019. This shows how rigged it all was during these years.

Or now, Joe Bidome giving himself his award

true lol

george mendez has sold him

Could be China as well

The Saudis dismembered him like Khashoggi

@@icee_ae facts lad not rude stating what the Saudi royal family did to someone who spoke ill of them, obviously wouldn't want that to happen to Alfie one of the best KZfaqrs in the game

Pessi fan boys?

I remember in 2018 the Indian journalist chose to vote for varane

@@chirayuaggarwal342 the top vote was for ronaldo

Varane was a favorite and had a amazing 2018

@@erictapia1772 deluded

European journalists usually at least vote for players that should be in the top 10, but it's always funny to check the completly ridiculous votes of some African and Asian journalists

And Lionel Messi still exists

Lmao that award is just meaningless.

Eh.

Yeah, That doesn't make much sense giving it to him this early on. Especially since who knows, There may be a footballer in a couple decades that is better then All of the Current and Previous Players up to now.

@@bussytron Not to mention a guy playing right now, a little guy named Leo Messi. If Ronaldo kept playing until 2026 and led Portugal to back to back World Cup titles, then he might slide past Messi.

2012 was one the most corrupted year of person award history

would have won it if he hovered on the pitch instead of running.

He did

@@iTzAlwxyss no he didnt

The fact that Messi and Modric win the Ballon d or in 2010 and 2018 is still a joke to me

Casuals lol

@Niranjan Rajesh I’ve never cared about them. Football is a team sport but the Americanisation of our sport means that we have to worship individuals. Someone like N’golo Kante is never really going to win awards but he’s central to team performance.

@@kiriakoz didn’t Kante win the PFA player of the year in 2017? Not that it is definitive.

@Niranjan Rajesh he should’ve won more. He won a title at Leicester and then to prove it’s no fluke, he did it again at Chelsea.

@Niranjan Rajesh you got that from ''casuals lol''. I'm not responsible for what you understand but what I wrote and yes it's still a farce. They can legit give away a trophy for the best player with solid criterias but that won't get any views only hardcore football fans would support so yeah, CASUALS.

FACTS

It’s a joke. He made messi look Sunday league at best...

@@gregparsley9343 so shit he was awesome

Legends like who?? :D

@@NiSiochainGanSaoirse exactly. he lacked skills to the extreme that he became an icon🤣

😆

It really did thats hilarious

So did messi

@@lol010 not exactly, Messi went to the mls not just for money , he went fir his family to enjoy the lifestyle their and to (not official) own a mls club once he retires, we can tell he doesn’t care about money as he rejected billion offer deals from Al Hilal. Whilst Ronaldo went for the money. Ronaldo also may have went to help grow the league but main reason was money.

@@slim.sh4dy He didnt get an offer from an mls club. Btw he also went there for the "lifestyle" where he can enjoy his life with his family

No mendes owns it He gives the award to his players every year

Why are even taking it seriously?

@@christianopulinaldo8319 who is mendes

@@johnaajohni2129 Jorge Mendes Cristiano Ronaldo's agent

@@spleenetideal2662 nahhh like who is jorge mendes??

I would have passed out

@@siyagcinwamatsenjwa5309 *died

Needed new kidneys

It's easy going for the first 15 or so minutes, but from then on your insides will be systematically murdered by shot abuse.

Why exactly?

@@jcxkzhgco3050 Jorge Mendes.

He shouldn't win but boi

This confirms there is 0 bias towards the voter’s compatriots in the Balon Dor

@@gustavosalvini1827 this also confirms even national teams manager had 0 football knowledge and wasting his vote for someone who obviously doesn't deserve it

@@gustavosalvini1827 seeing as exactly zero (0) Englishmen we’re on the Ballon D’Or shortlist in 2014, I’m afraid this isn’t definitive proof, or even a shred of evidence.

True football hipsters watch Brazilian 3rd tier player of the month awards tho

@@savidcaralho Brazil? Eww so overrated. Real football îs in Tuvalu's local play offs

@@Numorfutinca nu-uh, real hipsters see the 4th division of Micronesia play-offs

@@acceleratorpt4262 you all are just wanna be hipsters lol *Can't believe none of you have watched the sugondese 3rd division kickoffs*

@@MHF786 HA! Jokes on you! I watch those EVERY year. However, I do not understand how people don't watch them as it is presented by the greatest presenter EVER: Joe.

Modric 2018. I still dont understand how he finished 5th while having more goals than the top 3 combined and nearly as many assists as the top 3.

Messi won in 2019 and 2021 even though Barca didn't win the CL in either of those years

​@@BIadeloresBest individual season Ronaldo for example won in 2016 and 2017 because of his CL campaign and not his whole year

​@@isntmypfpbeautiful5350 he had a good year too

you have watchmojo for that :v

@@acceleratorpt4262 nah fuck that, I want someone better.

7 last Eurovision winners: which clubs do they support?

@@sagbon98 I actually know the answer to at least one of those winners

@@supersueca1 the Portuguese from 2017?

Except that one year when everybody actually voted with common sense which ended up with Parasite taking home four Oscars

​@@romiarkan450 that was once in wat 20 years

It's just a word bruh. Used in some dialects of English. Doesn't mean it's wrong. It's literally the same thing as football. Want me to define synonyms? synonym /ˈsɪnənɪm/ Learn to pronounce noun a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language, for example shut is a synonym of close. "“the East” was a synonym for the Soviet empire"

@@3dsaulgoodman43 dude, it's just a joke, relax

@@3dsaulgoodman43 r/whooooosh

@@3dsaulgoodman43 that triggered someone who couldn't get the joke

@@3dsaulgoodman43 you need to relax bro. @Anshuman Konar was highlighting the fact that the majority of the world refer to the sport as football, but he was joking, chill out.

Lethal Bizzle - Arsenal Enrique Iglesias - Real Madrid Lilly Allen - Fulham Kasabian - Leicester

Ed Sheeran Possibly?

Mia Khalifa - West Ham

Delia Smith- Norwich.

@@LuciusGeronimo Enrique Iglesias' father Julio Iglesias was a professional goalie for Real Madrid Castilla before he became a singer himself. The music and the love for Football runs deep in the Iglesias family. Bruce Dickinson - West Ham Dave Grohl - West Ham Robert Plant - Wolverhampton Wanderers Ozzy Osbourne - Aston Villa Rod Stewart - Celtic Snoop Dogg - Ajax Amsterdam Adele - Tottenham

ronaldo and his pr merchants made people think only champions league is relevant

After 2022 one even more

@@swidr5626 benz deserved it

@@victordurand3000 I mean other positions more, and the fact it didn’t include the whole year too

the Leicester side that lost would also be a good one... some premier champions?

All back at their parent clubs

God, can you be more specific?

@@martinzingor7940 wdym?

@@glennaldosf that’ll be a good one.

Ballon dor is usually given to the player who deserves it the most.

Only 2010 2013 2003 2000 ballondor is given to wrong person. I think

@@sjpmagar5800 also 2006

@@sjpmagar5800 and 2019,2018

And 2021 and 2020 when it was just randomly skipped

Because those two were the most deserving?

Oh it’s happened so many times if you look closely. Iniesta in 2010

@@jerrycloward7570 also Ribery dont forget

@@keni8435 besides his club treble, ribery is the beast at that time. Uefa player of the year

Time to body this low IQ take. Messi stats: (2010) Matches: 64 Goals: 60 Assists: 17 *He scored a goal every 89 minutes.* *He contributed a goal every 69 minutes.* Thats a goal a game. But because he didn't win Team Trophies it isn't deserved? What a shit take.

You're right, Barcelona only won four trophies in 2009-10, including La Liga with a record 99 points. And 47 goals for Messi during the season isn't that great, is it?

giroud

Did Ronny Rosenthal get a hat-trick in the premier league? I wouldn't call him the worst, but he was VERY inconsistent!

Shit idea, how do you define worst player? Any player can have e great day and score a hattrick, doesn't mean they are best or worst.

Arda Turan

Looks fresh tho

I disagree. That kind of sports cannot be evaluated through quantitative criteria like football. There is a lot of "intangible" in a skater run,therefore they have to have a panel of judges.

@@asaptenebrae2240 which is exactly why it's not sport. Sport is about tangibles.

They are forms of entertainment and since sports is also a form of entertainment they qualify in that aspect since they can't be labeled movies but I agree they should be in the sports entertainment bracket

If you would look at if from perspective of purity, football as it's played now isn't a sport either. Too much influence of the judges, not enough repercussions for the fact that breaking the rules within the sport is seen as normal and can be used for an advantage.

@@lillexus5589 same in every sport bro. My uncle was a pro rugby player before the cameras were everywhere and he always said the side of the scrum opposite the ref was the most brutal think he's ever experience. They'd smack the fuck out of each others heads every scrum, so much they had to rotate that spot. Also blood capsules, ball tampering (in cricket and NFL) people are always trying to break rules.

what do you mean you are not surprised

@@lfcglory9593 I guess they mean they think is an egotistical idiot

@@lfcglory9593 Because Ronaldo doesn't mind doing anything for cash. The only thing he hasn't done for money is stay in the top leagues as opposed to playing in Dubai or Saudi Arabia, or China but I wouldn't be surprised if he goes there in a few years when he's not good enough for the champions league anymore.

@@JD-hx7yd Cristiano should play in Turkey or Japan when he's no longer as good. He'd still be paid fairly but won't be settling for junk tier competition in a joke league in the Gulf or China.

@@realtalk6195 Guess we'll have to wait and see.

exactly, players like kante or busquets will never get the award cause they dont create highlights

@@happytimes8623 Exactly 💯

Me too.

Messi deserved it 50 50 with lewy

@@srikariyer8544 Messi certainly wasn't an unworthy choice but Lewandowski has been killing it for two years straight. I understand why Messi won and I'm not really upset by it, but it would be nice to see Lewy get some recognition, especially since Messi hasn't exactly set the world on fire since the new club season started. Note that I'm a Liverpool supporter, not a Bayern Munich fan. I guess part of it comes down to me wanting to see someone other than Messi and Ronaldo get the award some time. Those two have still been great the last few seasons but they're getting older and no longer head and shoulders above their peers like they used to be. Maybe I'm still pissed off that Virgil van Dijk didn't win it in 2019 too.😁

@@srikariyer8544 Thats an opinion I absolutely respect, but I'm gonna have to politely disagree. What makes the difference for me was Messis relatively slow start at PSG (for his standarts), while Lewy just continued where he left off after the last 2 seasons. Don't get me wrong, Messi is the greatest player of all time imo, but right now, I think Lewandowski is a bit better.

@@michiadams I agree, but voting ended at 10/24 and then, Messi iny viewpoint had the edge

That’d be amazing. Seeing some of the early South American teams pitted against the more recent clubs in the modern game would be fantastic.

Not sure there's too many fierce Antarctic derbies to be honest

I mean 3 of them (Africa, Europe, South America) are already pretty known and clear, and who cares about NA, Asia, Australia and Ofcourse Antarctica?😅

@@lior995 “No one cares about Australia” man stfu

@@thezac7777 well they don’t do they lol except for Australians of course

@@garyohara4612 Australians are all about cricket, they don't care about football much :)

I think we can stop referring to professional football as "the beautiful game" these days.

@NMA 55 NIDHIN JOBI yes

@NMA 55 NIDHIN JOBI money.

They're gonna rob him this year as well...

@@TimewastiusMaximus Kante is gonna win it.

@@samirgrg8923 yep, and for only playing well in a few games...

@@TimewastiusMaximus Meanwhile a certain player was bottling 3 important matches in the same calender year. he also got caught in an incident and calling other player derogatory term while all time diving and slapping opposing player. not forgetting that he also called a football federation as corrupt, without evidence. lack of sportmanship in general... still won Ballon d'Or.

@@PissG CR7 fan spotted 🤣. Cry is free

Cry more

Absolutely, here in Argentina Mascherano was such a hero that several people changed their social media profiles to include him

Messi deserved it in 2021 and Lewandoski in 2020?

Fucking war.. So much People died while a couple of scumbags got rich... Usa holds 50 states together we cant hold 6..😥😢

Cr7 was better than messi that year statistically. Ronaldo that year had scored 48 in 48 and if we add the assists it looks even better over gc/game was better than messi and most importantly cr7 won the UCL and also UCL golden boot. So he was daffinately better. Scoring goals in Laliga and scoring goals in UCL knock outs are not the same things.

Those 2 footballers would win either way

@@bruce2638 tbf you could argue for Messi in 2010 with either Iniesta or snejder. And Ronaldo in 2013 for Ribery. But yeah generally those two would win anyway

True Messi coming 5th in 2018 was absolutely laughable…51 goals and 26 assists in 54 games…even cr7 couldn’t reach these numbers let alone Modric..

@@vb2388 I don’t even think he was Croatia’s best player

He shouldn’t have won the ballon d’or because Ronaldo was much better that year IMO but no way in hell that he had a worse season than Mbappe Griezmann and Modric, who all had worse years compared to Messi, deserved at least a 3rd place finish, or a 2nd place finish and arguably he should’ve won it

@@bluest.9320 how was Ronaldo better

In 2018 my list 1. Hazard 2. Ronaldo 3. Messi 4. Modrix