Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Who should win this year’s Ballon d’Or?

Cristiano Ronaldo

According to Jose Mourinho, Cristiano Ronaldo deserves this year’s Ballon d’Or.

The Portuguese international bagged 46 goals and 12 assists in 38 league games for Los Blancos in 2011-12, and added 10 goals and three assists in 10 UEFA Champions League appearances.

More importantly, Ronaldo was the best player on the best La Liga team of all-time.

In 2011-12, Real Madrid became the only club in the history of the Spanish Primera to tally 100 points in a single season.

Los Blancos also set the record for most away points in a season (50), most points in the second half of a season (53) and most league goals scored in a season.

In short, Ronaldo fully deserves to win this year’s Ballon d’Or.

With that said, some may argue that Lionel Messi, who scored 50 goals in La Liga this season, deserves to win football’s most prestigious individual award yet again.

Jose Mourinho begs to differ.

“Cristiano has to be the Ballon d’Or winner, not because he was the top scorer, which he already was last season, but because his goals won the league,” the Real Madrid boss told SIC.

“Messi scored 50 goals that have not been worth anything, just as Cristiano scored 42 last season that were not worth anything.

“Cristiano has not been able to win the top scorer award and I think that should now be offset by the Ballon d’Or.”

‘Second-tier Candidates’

Robin van Persie: The Dutch striker enjoyed his best season in professional football in 2011-12, tallying 38 goals and 10 assists for club and country. In addition, he led Arsenal to a third-place finish after a dismal start to the campaign. Had Arsenal won the English Premier League, Van Persie may have been “right there” with Ronaldo and Messi, but that was never really going to happen.

Mario Gomez: Gomez was on cracking form for Bayern Munich all season long. He finished 2011-12 with 48 goals and five assists for club and county, including 12 Champions League strikes. Even if Bayern Munich win the UCL, Gomez will probably not win the award even though he may deserve it.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic: Quietly, but surely, Ibra put together a sensational campaign with AC Milan. Although Zlatan failed to win the league title for the first time since the 2003-04 season, he still managed to seal a second place finish for the Rossoneri. Oh and by the way, he registered 28 goals and six assists in 32 Serie A appearances.

All things considered, Cristiano Ronaldo should win this year’s Ballon d’Or despite Real Madrid’s failure to win the Champions League. It’s as simple as that to be honest.

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Shawn Etemadi


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  • Date

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    All these jokers arguing. If you’ve read that RVP is in the running (back when he was red hot at Arsenal) and the date, this is old news. However, the next award will probably go to Messi since no one is really firing at the moment but Messi has the edge with Barca playing really well.

  • Richmond stages

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    The only player who breaks all futball records.#MESSI LIONEL

  • Brighton Mashiri

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    CR7 is the best player ever. He deserves to win the ballon dor

  • Jonathan Gaya

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    Let us be candid there is no current player of the world to be compared MESSI so he deserve it.

  • jeremiah sumari

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    ronaldo always remain the best player over messi.

  • Menelisi Zvimba

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    lionel messi deserve the ballon dor

  • chilllexJNNande

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    according to ma personal point of view C7 deserves that award but i can`t argue to different opinion

  • Ohis

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    Their is no need for u all to argue becus CR7 is the best and he deserve the ballon dor

  • Najah Jo

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    Let’s stop confusing ourselves . Saying messi can he be compare to Ronaldo , crn is the best and he deserves it

  • Daniel

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    I think is messi becourse he won champions league ,champion spain and coup of spain and 2place in euro one year if you like c7 dont compare with messi

  • fred mmei

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    messi messi messi is always the man,ask seek from the legents and they’ll share the same views ishare here .

  • Stealas

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    Ronaldo is and will always be the best player in our era. Messi is to leave Bacer and win the champions league with another club. CR7 has done with The two best clubs in the world even GOD support MAN U n REAL MADRID and endorses Ronaldo to win the BALLON DOR

  • Mayor

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    I dnt no why people confuse their self.We talk about one achievement and people are talking about their entied life performers.Ronaldo can be scoring and he team can loss trophy,in football creativity matters,be creative,dribling and scoring goals.Three in one that is who messi are,while ronaldo is one in one.So i urge you people to keep sentiment aside look into what i say and you will see eliment of truth. Thank you all and GOD bless.

  • johnson

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    Pls lets stop arguing, we all knw that C Boy is the best & he deserved it again. If C Boy does not win, that means FIFA are now Nigeria PDP.

  • Terence Smith Nkundimana

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    Leo Messi is the Best player in this world,He is performance than Cristiano,so Messi Deserve Ballon d’Or

  • adewale

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    Wonder shall never end,Messi remains the best,the best answer to the definition of football is MESSI.ronaldo goes with Nymar

  • bakare opeyemi

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    Lionel messi deserve the 2015 ballon’d or,not because of distingushing,but he gives his best of all moment. Messi is born talented,but ronaldo is working to be great. Leo messi commitment has shown the world he really deserve it(2014/2015) great era.

  • yusif soba

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    Cf7 is the best and he deserve the award

  • patndedzu

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    messi is the best last won,the laliga,copa d’rel,and champions league, what did ronaldo did last season. messi even helps his team (agentina to reach final in the copa america yet ronald is crambling to qualify for the euros with his portugal.messi the best and will remain

  • joe

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    I don’t know why people argue and argue as if they don’t know that Messi is the best of all and He deserves the Ballon

  • bockcliff

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    Christiano Ronaldo is the best player in the whole word and he deserve to win the ball on d’ or.

  • Taha faiz(Bawa)

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    Messi deserves the ball on d’ ore because of his performance,age,searched and broke all time records in football ,history

  • horllarmie

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    Ronaldo is the best player that I have ever seen because he was the first player who figure out the ballon’or in two different league and he. Was also the first player that scre all team in a league in a season both his team also wich is madrid so he deserve the award

  • Asante Maxwell

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    Messi is the best player I have ever seen.cr7 only scores but Messi dribbles,give assist,create chances and scores as well.cr7 cannot compere himself to the football Messiah Lionel Messi.Thank you

  • vitalis

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    C.R .7 Deserves this award this year he is the best player ever

  • Johnson Emmanuel

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    Hey guys! what’s all dis argument for, look at all d football tactics of Ronaldo n Messi, I think Lionel Messi deserve d ballon d’great(World Best)…

  • MOHAMMED

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    CR7 deserved it

  • STANKYARMY

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    Lionel MESSI deserve this year ballon d’or because he’s the best, he’s brilliant, and professional player.

  • DAVID RICHARD

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    MANUEL NUER

  • Patrick

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    Ah is it all about goals we want player who is very brilliant when on pitch not the one who will only run for goals abeg Messi is far better than CR7.

  • Smart

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    Cr deserves de awrd messi is 2 pompus,

  • vince

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    Messi is d winner ,we dnt need any comment again

  • adeniyi

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    cr7 derves it y bcs in 2010 messi did’nt win any major trophy plus includng w/cup dey did nt even get 2 semi yet he won it n d criterial dey gv was highest goal scorer dia 4 y nt cr7

  • troy

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    Cr7 is good but Messi is brilliant,the magician deserves to win

  • lubega rogers

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    CR7 will n alwaz be da best ov all…he deserves this years baloon d’or

  • freeman

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    Lionel Messi all d way, he don’t just deserve it ballon d’or is his right bcos he is d best and better player in d world.

  • LISOK

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    messi again contributed alot to see barcelona winning lucratively all trophes; league cup, ucl and copa d’el ray

  • LISOK

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    messi without doubts for the ballon D’or; he is very loyal to his opponents and not selfish to crate chances to his fellow players

  • Eric B Ben

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    Cr7 this yrs ballon d he is complete to win

  • Kilishi

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    We shldn’t b bias,lets b realistic ds year Baloon D’ or is 4 messi.

  • Samuel Varnie

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    CR7 THE MOST DESERVED EVER

  • Olawale

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    Ronaldo is good but messi is better.thank you

  • locus

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    But I tink buffon also deserve dis year award bcus they all realy try.we av pirlo,xavi,iniesta,nuuer ,even b4 choosen ronaldo nd messi they suppose to be given all dis….pls nd pls tell FIFA nd UEFA to stop spoiling football for we fan by choosing better people nd giv dem der deserve honour nd stop denying dem der right

  • locus

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    Cr7 also deserv it bcus messi didn’t do anytin 4 2010 b4 they gave it to too

  • jathro

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    MESSI really needs the world best this time around

  • Ifeanyi Nworie

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    Messi deserve it. He is the world best player.

  • dennis

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    Ronaldo

  • Info Bola Terengkap

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    Messi will win this time

  • cyrus

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    messi is the best

  • Britt collie

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    Messi deserve the world best.to that of CR7.

  • wf lastborn

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    Messi deserve the balloon d’or this year.

  • kumah Andrews

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    it is for the incomparable one, MESSI!!!!

  • kim chandarith

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    messi winnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn it

  • leo messi should win baloon d'or

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    leo messi will win baloon d’or

  • Adetunji of god

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    CR7 IS BETTER

  • daffetz

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    top 3 for me should be MSN, and the winner should be messi.

  • Joseph Ojo

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    Mourinho is just talking trash because ronaldo is portugese . Messi has the ability to influence all the games that he plays unlike ronaldo

  • Joseph Ojo

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    Everyone knows it that messi deserves ballon dor more than any footballer not even ronaldo

  • Abass B

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    leo messi deserve the baloon d or

  • Olumbi Richard

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    Nationality shouldnot make us subjective jose its 4 Messi p’se!

  • Kabelo Kabeka

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    I’m a real madrid fan but onestly without any doubt…lionel messi deserves all this awards guys!!!

  • Zulkiflu

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    Messi is the best player in the world

  • Zin'o

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    Cr7 is a good player no doubt abt dat, but Lionel M10 is better

  • Kelvin da great

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    messi played finals like:uefa,copa,laliga,world cup including chile vs argentina

  • Hakeem Dotz

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    Ronaldo or neymar
    NOT Messi

  • Hakeem Dotz

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    CR7 DESERVES ITTT….

  • Hakeem Dotz

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    RONALDO DESERVES BALLON D R

  • alex knoebel

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    ronaldo does not deserve it bc its not all about goals it should be messi or neuer

  • MOSES Y. PAYE

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    CR.7, deserves the title of ballon d’or

  • Adebayo

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    The words best is for ronado nt for messi

  • allen

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    Messi really deserves the title ballon di or 2015

  • Daniel

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    ALTHOUGH MESSI IS BETTER, RONALDO SHOULD WIN THIS WITHOUT A DOUBT. HE HAD MORE GOALS AND PLAYED LESS GAMES THAN HE DID.

  • Dashingstan

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    shut ur mouth jose mourinho

  • amindehnkafu

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    in how messi deserve this year world best he is ready to figth this and have a title this season again

  • Emric Lansana Kamara

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    Messi deserves this year world best. He has the power and skills to possess another title this season.

  • mam

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    no matter what people use to say even if we are cr7 fans but but the truth will remain messi deserve it this year

  • MATTHEW B SAYGBAY

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    NOW;THIS YEAR BALLON D`OR HAD ALREADY BEEN PRESENTED TO THE ALL TIME OWNER.IN CASE YOU DIDN`T KNOW IS THE KING OF ALL TIME[MESSI ANDRES LIONEL]EVEN THOUGH I SAY A GREAT THANK TO CR7 FOR KEEPING IT FOR FATHER MESSI THIS IS THE TIME TO GIVE IT BACK MY FRIEND CONGRATULATION.

  • KHALIL AKA INIESTA

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    MESSI IS THE BEST THERE EVER WAS,AND I THINK HE RELY DESEARVES CAUSE IT IS NOT JUST A MATTER OF GOALS BUT WHAT HE DOES BECAUSE I DONT KNOW ABOPUT BUT FOR ME MESSI IS THE MOST UNSELFISH PLAYER

  • Lio

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    Messi deserves the ballon dor by all means possible

  • Carinton

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    I think Ronaldo deserves the price cus looking at the both teams the quality of players differ with barca obviously the best but Ronaldo has all the work on him in Real so i think he deserves it

  • dayo

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    Rinaldo deserves it

  • diamond says

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    really cr7 top messi this year with five goal so he deserves the ballon d!or 2015

  • Moe

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    Arjen Robben deserves it because of his value to Bayern without him they are not not nearly as big of a threat.

  • Tinah

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    It goes to messi as he is the king and the leader of football

  • Godfrey

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    Mess is the king of football he deserve it

  • Godfrey

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    Messi will take it why not

  • Ansee

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    Messi diserve the ballon de or, becouse messi dont play only for goals he share with friends when messi saw that goals is too hard for him, he start doing assist and also hurt ball if u watch champions league final u will see how he walk the second goal which was give by suarez

  • Ansee

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    Messi diserve the ballon de or, becouse messi dont play only for goals he share with friends when messi saw that goals is too hard for him, he start doing assist and also hurt ball if u watch champions league u will how he walk the second goal which was give by suarez

  • Ansee

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    Messi diserve the ballon de or becouse messi dont play only for goals he share with friends when messi saw that goals is to him he start doing assist and also hurt ball if u watch champions league u will how he walk the second goal which was give by suarez

  • Brad

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    as annoying as it is seeing that people are still commenting here, I have to stop by and express my amusement at the above comments. Nice one, clement, you really made me laugh there!

  • clement

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    Asamoah Gyan will win it.

  • clement

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    Messi is surely to be the second and Asamoah Gyan will be the first.

  • sanju

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    CR7 is the one of the most greatest player in the world, but this ballon d’or is waiting only for MESSI and messi will be win the prize. just wait and see…….

  • ALEX PAUL

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    MESSI IS THE BEST NOW AND FOR EVER

  • Tesfaye Tilahun

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    If what their respective clubs have achieved and what a soccer as an art is expected to deliver to the world, no doubt Messi is by far better than Cristiano. still if the value of goals scored is taken into account, Messi surpasses Ronaldo at a very far range. if valuing team members and helping colleagues counts , no words can explain that Messi is better. if football is merely scoring finished goals with no respect to friends, this time I admit Ronald is better.

  • Morera

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    Hi,what has CR7 done this season that he deserve to have the d’or 2015?nothing.I say Messi deserve the d’or 2015 with no doubt.For he is the best and will be the best as of now.

  • rajendra khadka

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    messi win it

  • rajendra khadka

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    messi win ballon d’or 2015

  • Asuquo Duke

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    Itz all about Messi,as far as 2014-2015 season is concerned,Ronaldo has undoubtedly scored more la liga goals than messi,but Messi has won virtually everything Ronaldo has played in this year,itz not all about fanatism,but being Analytical,Messi,as far as am concerned is the key behind the success @ camp nou dis year,especially taking a very critical look @ de game against Bayern Munchen,d@ goal was a cracker,till today Boateng has not yet realised de formula messi used to throw him to the ground,the Almighty Bayern were kicked out single-handedly by One man-Messi,his magical moves against Athletic Bilbao earned Barcelona their third major Trophies,Manymore things I’d like to say,but,itz needless because the truth has already being let-out-of-the-bag,Cr7 tried and won it @ last minutes last year,even he himself knows that as far as this year is concerned itz Leo-best all the way,infact what has he won,apart from the pichichi award,hmm i think we all now know,the truth
    Leo-Best all the way!!!
    Blues for Life

  • Ibrahim

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    I think……………messi worth it ,he has been performing better in all competition. now let’s luk into his recent matches is not struggling on hw to score alone BT made some superb assists…….he worth it I think…….. but c.Ronald if he did not score in a match he won’t response positively and very rude…….. futbol is just for fun I think dat must not happen….. messi world best greatest player ever

  • Theo Kanmoh

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    ohhhh OMG the Best is always talk about, but what’s about the rest who make the work okk NO PROBLEM I PREFER CHRISTIANO RONALDO FOR D BEST N BALON
    D’OR

  • olami

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    Cr7 is d best

  • sunusi haruna usman

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    messi is deserve ballon d’or

  • Ismail sani

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    Critiano Ronaldo is deserve ballon d’or

  • sirkay walex

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    critiano ronaldo kudos to u cr7 deserve it not messi

  • femstra

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    CR7 is d1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111

  • Brad

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    good grief, people are still commenting on this one? let it go people. . .

  • Kasi

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    Messi deserve this balon dor than ronaldo, he is the best and the greatest soccer player in dis generation even this season

  • Minista Gabriel Ponchwat

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    CR7 deserved it.

  • Kingsley

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    Messi for the Ballon d’

  • Rakib Islam

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    CR7 really deserve ballon d’or 14/15 <3

  • Adane Melese

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    His performance, technical and precision skills, personality as social being and overall respect enable Messi to win the Baloon d’Or

  • Pure24

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    Hold on now… wait, wait, wait just a sec. How come this is about the “best” player? Has Ballon d’Or lost its original idea. I thought this was all for PLAYER OF THE YEAR – there is no such thing as best player because that means we would have to look at a lot of criteria (e.g, has Messi EVER saved a penalty? Has Ronaldo?)… seriously, to be THE BEST, you’d have to outdo everybody in every field, and goalkeepers therefore deserve just as much of a chance. Then there’s non-European players, some faring so well, way better than ANY player in Europe.

    So back to topic; isn’t the award for the best PERFORMING ‘player’ (not team, not most trophy-achieved player)???

  • boboskeng

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    messi is the best footballer in the world. the reason why they should give c.r7 is bcz he socer alot of goals in the league and bcz messi was on a bad injure. c.r7 booooooooooooooooooooo

  • arnora

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    messi is undoubtful king of football wish he wins again,i wnt stop voting fr u king messi

  • clement

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    Messi is the greatest among the two. He deserves it, God bless you Messi.

  • Farah

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    lokendra
    P.S learn grammar first maybe?

  • mokili giova

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    Messi’s’the best no one like him,always the best ,even he have CR enjoying is because messi have a problem now bt messi is the best

  • lokendra

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    messi is the best then ronaldo

  • halefom

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    RONALDO ENJOYS IT.

  • halefom

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    THE BEST RONALDO DESERVES IT

  • patrick

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    Ronaldo deserve it why since 2011 it was always Messi Messi, CR7 is the best

  • Rasczerck Sheu

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    Cristiano Ronaldo deserve this year ballon d’or, because he justify his self among other players.

  • Ibrahim Ateequ

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    C. Ronaldo deserved the ballon d’or because, he is the best among the rest.

  • Caleb

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    Surely will won

  • I think c Ronaldo deserve it bcox he win the crowd..wit those of his super strike.

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    Next level

  • Brad

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    ^Pretty creative, but it’s so obvious that one person made all 3 of those comments.

  • Gerd muller

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    Messi deserves it!

  • lionel messi

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    Thats four in a row nice sorry crybaby ronaldo please be bit humble and accept your defeat from now, maybe I’ll vote for you next time

  • Cristiano ronaldo

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    Bwaa haaa haaa I’m crying so much if I dont win ballon dor I should retire

  • Ghosh

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    Rafa el don’t you know ballon dor is an individual award , it has got hardly much to do with the team winning trophies.

  • Ghosh

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    TOM stop daydreaming

  • Ghosh

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    Mr THE TRUTH I forgot, how come messi equalled the record of most international goals in a calendar year without xavi,iniesta,etc.

  • Ghosh

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    Hey Mr THE TRUTH. Let me tell you something Ronald’s has ozil, di Maria, alonso sometimes modification and kaka. Why didn’t other barca players like Ibrahimovich or deco etc get so much fame???

  • Ghosh

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    Tesarem hailu doesn’t seem to realise the truth!

  • Ghosh

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    Pring John please learn English properly. Prasad don’t speak rubbish.

  • Ghosh

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    Here is why messi deserved to win. 1. He scored more goals and assisted more(last year they were tied on goals and messi had more assists) 2. Messi broke an individual record which stood for many decades. 3. It is based on a calendar year performance, so messi played well for whole year and ronaldo played well for half a year and played average after that(same reason why sneijder wasnt given it in2010) if it was season wise well, ronaldo would have won by a mile. Hope you understand what I’m saying.

  • prasad

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    rooney is the best allround player

  • richmond anum

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    messi is the best

  • mustafa

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    the 2nd and 4th should gave to another person for 2nd Snider or Ineista and 4th Ronaldo

    the should change the voter because some countries just like him for scoring and the dont see the ligue and result,performance,wining and reaching with club and national team

    if not , we should wait for other golden balls for messi until he retire.

  • sainey sanneh

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    Guys Messi won the baloon d’or 3 times in a row so what would stop him from winning another….4 what i am thinking messi is the best

  • tesarem hailu

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    i think all the above posts are mad in fact RONALDO IS THE BEST SO HE WIN THE BALLON DOR AWARRD……. !!!

  • Mardon

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    Congratulations! Messi officially ends this debate by claiming 4th time in a row thus being 1st ever! Congratulations to all the fans supporting the true legend!

  • yosy kin Ethiopia

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    guys lets write the truth what our mind tell us.
    messi is the special one may be a man from another planet. i can’t compare messi with anyone on earth.
    We all are lucky to see him.
    “God Bless L. Messi’s Legs”

  • douglas

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    messi is the best player on the earth so far nobody can be compare to him.

  • Pete Higgins

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    Ronaldo is faster stronger better with his head scores from all places and with both feet, he also does this with no xavi iniesta! Look at the past years la Liga team of the year and its same old Barcelona no debate Barcelona are the best but messi isn’t proven in any other league and as for country “yawn”. Ronaldo is by far the better player no jst by attributes, but because he is proven in most leagues! Ronaldo plays on the wing and scores incredibly!

  • nelvis noel

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    Messi d messiah of football deserve to win it over and over again

  • Nesreddin Esmael

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    I hope every footballers were best players but some one should win to desrve the ballondor if zt is true? The ever best footballer who could won soccer audiances confidence,who could make lasting difference in difficulties,who have talent,knock the hearts of soccer audiances,laid finger prints on soccer & who have an answer for supporters will be the right candidate stand up on this,Every ones heart knows z Guy.who Grow up in Camp of lamacia for sure Ask Ronaldo by himself that will be Leonel Andrias Messi.

  • TOM

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    hey hey CRISTIANO RONALDO has won the Bollon D’or award 2012. An obvious news.wow.

  • chondaen

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    for me definitely, ronaldo was,is and will b the best for all time. as he has shown the world that he is the best in every aspect of team game s well s individual game. so really sorry this time messi… it is the time forn ronaldo.yap

  • me

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    Messi had 91 goals 34 assists for both club and country while Ronaldo had 61 goals 12 assists for both club and country. Messi won best player in laliga and higest scorer in UCL & laliga. In euro, iniesta won the best player while torres won the golden boot. Cr7 didn’t even win any major award in 2012. Messi truely deserves the ballon d’or

  • cristiano ronaldo

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    ohhhhw,i dnt feel sarow if i didnt win the ballondor because being second in the world is also one of the things that make me happy.messi is a good player i agree with that!

  • ewane modeste

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    todays nite will tell us who de best on de planet for de moment

  • Yemite

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    I U PEOPLE WE SEE GOOD THING AND U WE CALLED IT BAD. I wonder y all is debating who is the best. 25yrs old that break the record of 40yrs. Only that is enough to will the ballon

  • jobayer hossain

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    messi should win the balon d’or.coz he is the best player in the world.he is a highest goals scorer in a year.and he always well played…

  • chalee

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    messi is the best now and for ever ever 100 times more better tha cr7

  • pring john

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    Ronaldo is deserve to win the best player in the world. his playing is best both legs and head. he can play somewhere in the world like mancher ,porto, real madrid and International team , he always find scores all time.for messi he is better too. But he can play only with Barcelona.for other clubs I think he can. and for his kick only short side.for Ronaldo both sides and the strongest. I think Ronaldo is deserve.

  • fisi

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    On january 7 2013 Cristiano will be Decleard the best player in the Planet

  • CoLay CoLe

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    I think Kilian should win it for he / she’s rational & sagacity explanations towards
    Judgement of what the actual representation of what the award actually means…!
    Yes, in this particular regard, this award is of an individual achievement, not team!

    It should go to La Pulga – That wonder kid Lio Messi…!

  • jose marinho

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    messi is super human so this time also he gona win. he is much more thn cr7.

  • Khesraw Sarwari

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    Ronaldo Ronaldo Ronaldo Is Will Be The Winner 100% BE Sure All Of You!

  • katleho biggy

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    Guys Messi won the baloon d’or 3 times in a row so what would stop him from winning another…………but without Xavi and Iniesta….Messi wouldn’t have won the baloon d’or………….C.Ronaldo deserves the baloon d’or because he scores goals from out of nohere and L.Messi scores obvious goals in the box so yeah………..

  • THE TRUTH

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    Let’s face it….without Xavi and Iniesta Messi would not get close to half the goals Ronaldo scores.

    Messi+Xavi+Iniesta>Ronaldo
    Ronaldo>Messi

  • michal72

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    @kilian u ve just mssd out ua point…probably ova writtng….?der z only 1 plyr hu’s surpass messi’s shadw n det z only cr7…..!!n bdwy i dnt thnk messi z far bettr den ronaldo..i assured det messi wil lose his wrld best plyr crown if he apart 4rm barca…coz his speciality z to plyng wid barca’s teammates……n ronaldo’has evrythng he can ply wid any team newhre around d wrld……ronaldo truely deservd dis year’s ballon.dor

  • KILIAN

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    i don’t understand why people should debate on issues like this. it is obvious that this is an individual award not a team’s award. if we are looking at what a player won, we could as well say that Alonso is a better player than Iniesta because he won la liga and Euros while Iniesta had only the Euros. i think the ballon d’or has not got to do with the number of trophies, it has to do with individual award. Ronaldo won La Liga but his performance couldn’t be compared to that of Leo Messi. i believe if the ballon d’or is really what it is claimed to be, Messi deserves it without any further analyses

  • Jumacris ramsey

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    For me mess is more than the best player and ronaldo has fail to drop him.co MESS IS SUPORSED TO GET THAT d’Or.

  • rafa-el

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    Well Messi may have performed better as an individual, but it didnt show on his team. I believe the accolade ought to be given to a player who performed as an individual and worked in a team resulting to the team’s collective victory. So for me the battle is strictly between C. Ronaldo and Andres Iniesta

  • fanaikyratovonarinirina@yahoo.fr

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    i like was c.ronaldo

  • Incarsus

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    for me, Messi should win the Ballon d’Or, he performed better than Cristiano Ronaldo, and Messi showed more improvement through the years than Ronaldo. Messi’s goal is increasing through the years while Ronaldo is just, you know, the usual stuff, lower than Messi. Though Real Madrid won the La Liga, it’s not the big factor on winning this award,it’s more on individual performances and by scoring 91 goals in a calendar year it’s equal to Ronaldo’s awards in 2012. So Messi should win the award.

  • James Bonds

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    All the way, Gaynaldo praising his usual runners up position as the case of Liga player of the season

  • James Bonds

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    Really Tom and Jerry (The above post)

  • kaleelcbk

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    messi why win the ballon d’or because messi in Barcelona easy to goal score fuck messi go to another club you lose scorin

  • Kolez p.h son

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    Mad man totally knw dat messi is the best who else can score 91goals in a year

  • LIONEL MESSI

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    FOR ME RONALDO IS THE BEST N BETTER THAN ME. HE IS SIMPLY EXRRAORDINARY . I LOVE RONALDO!!! AND PLZZZZ DONT COMPARE ME AGAIN WITH CRISTIANO RONALDO.

  • TOM

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    i really feel sorry cut for all u messi fans…COZ RONALDO HAS PROVEN HIMSELF the “BEST” INDIVIDUAL AS WELL AS TEAM PLAYER. NO DOUBT HE IS THE BEST AT THE MOMENT

  • Vishal Kisto

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    It’s not only about how many clubs and Ligue you have played. Ballon d’or is about the performance of a player’s individual performance, collective performance both for club and country during the year. If it was in which club and championship he has played during his career as a player, then it’s Ibramohvic. If it is country measures, it is about Pirlo, Iniesta, Casillas, Xavi and Alonso followed by Messi, Ronaldo and Ibramohvic. If it is club, then it is Messi, Pirlo, Casillas, Ronaldo, Alonso, Xavi RVP, Falcao and and probably Iniesta(because he missed so many games at the start of the 2011/12 season). Then, if considering overall individual performance, then there one winner (not debatable), Messi clearly with 91 goals and 34 assists for club and country is very far away from 61 goals and 12 assists to that of Ronaldo. One important thing to consider about Falcao and RVP goals contribution, they were far more important than those of Messi and Ronaldo for their respective clubs. In the overall best performers during year 2012, they were as follows: Pirlo, Messi, Iniesta, Casillas, Xavi, Alonso, RVP and Ronaldo respectively. Overall accolades, Messi was best Liga player, in which Ronaldo was third. European golden boot, Champions league leading Goalscorer, in which again Ronaldo was third. Iniesta won the European best player especially for his performance in Euro 2012. While Torres has won the golden shoe ahead of Ronaldo in Euro 2012. The most amazing thing in 2012 is that Torres won the Euro 2012, the Champions League, the FA Cup and the golden shoe for the European championship and his goal that eliminated Barcelona in the semi final while Messi and Ronaldo failed to score and send their team to the Final of CL. If Torres performed at his best level, this would have gave him the edge of Messi for Ballon D ‘or but at the end it is Messi grabbing the Ballon d’or

  • Mumu

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    Sachin Tendulkar 😀

  • Parag

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    One and only The King Leo

  • chris tyko

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    ah… brad dont be an idiot pele hasnt scored 90+ in a calander year

  • chris tyko

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    usually all ronaldo fans are either women,gay or idiots and messi fans are intelligent so there for messi should win

  • omonigho austine

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    if messi want to prove himself as the best let him leave barca becos wen ronaldo win d world best in he leave 4 and still prove as d best so ronaldo deserve d best

  • Pago

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    I think it’s CR . You have to prove you can play in other clubs and with different players. Messi has not done that.

  • derrick

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    its tym for ronaldo

  • Brad

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    where’s the facts? and remember, records are made to be broken, so the record breaking moments aren’t as much help as silverware, especially international level.

  • Julius

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    How can you compare a messless Messi and Ronaldo in this year’s ballon-dor.

    Mourinho has to support Ronaldo this time because Ronaldo accused Real Madrid Mgt of not supporting his candidature in European Best Footballer award which Iniesta won.

    Lionel Messi is unarguably the candidate for this year’s ballon dor award.

  • rowland

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    Without question messi is d best ever. Messi all d way. Without him Ω̴̩̩̩̥o football

  • Brad

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    I’m sorry but Messi is only the best player in the world RIGHT NOW. Get your facts straight, John. Best EVER player is Pele.

  • john essandoh baidoo

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    leo messi is best ever player in the world & he is going to win this year best player award ones again

  • Khair fortune

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    guys plz do not abuse murinho bcz each person in the world knows that murinho is the best coach in the world. he won different trophies in different countries with different club, such as chelsea, inter milan, real madrid so then what he said is right. coming on Ballon d ‘or,,, so we know that ronaldo deserve to win it becoz last season he won the la liga title from barca and then copa del ray as well from barca. so then we go for the goals scored by messi, the goals doesnt mean anything that messi score in year more 84, so now ronaldo scored less goals but really important once.

  • Frederic

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    people all over the world just think twice don’t be like coach for real madrid he wish something he can not happen he talk about winning la liga. if so is not to chose in la liga only! check 1
    bundasliga2english premier league olso ther are champion …….
    My self i can say that the winner is MESSI.

  • abr

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    ronaldo is the best b/se ronaldo survive in all environments and situations even not found in his club like iniesta and xavi but he does!!

  • Brad

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    And Barca dominates everything because of Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Valdes (sic), Puyol, and co.

    If it has to go to a Barca player, it should be Iniesta. He is more integral to Barca than a certain number 10.

  • cr7

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    Messi may be best player.but not this 2011-12.this year is ronaldo’s.la liga.euro12. Messi 90 goals is in the season2012-13.u idiots messi fan are illiterate.why didn’t Ronaldo win in 2010-11 when he was top scorer with only copa del rey.

  • Gloria

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    Ronaldo should not win becos he scored goals that won la liga. I mean what of drogba, aguero and rvp? U make noise about messi proving himself in another team? Cr7 moved to manu and then real madrid. Tell me why he wont perform well. He could have gone to stoke city and then mallorca. Let me see what he will do there. Messi has nothing to prove. That he has xavi and iniesta? Are u aware that of his 90 goals this yr the duo of xavi and iniesta only assisted 10? Whats wrong with u guys? Stop analysing soccer in d air. As for me, ballon d’or should go to iniesta or messi. Ronaldo does not deserve it. Real madrid won la liga cos of higuain, benzema, de maria and cr7.

  • Doni

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    Too many subjective comments here. If we speak based on data and statistic than no one can beat Messi this year. How many players can score 90 goals in a year? I can only think of one man, that’s Messi. Not to mention how many assists he made. Last season he give Barca a trophy (Copa del Rey), La Liga top scorer, CL top scorer. This season he take Barca lead the La Liga by 9 points above Atletico and 13 points above Madrid. Correct me if I’m wrong.

  • Great Pepe

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    messi no go fit play any other club incase u no know bcos him na barca pikin and no get long troat 4 money like ronald. if ronaldo like make he go psg\ juventus\ or warri wolfs messi stil day there

  • Ghani Rasmussen

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    Ronado can beat lio messi because the goals of ronaldo was efficient for him team.

  • Spartanvincent

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    Who in dis planet can do d tins dat leo do wen his wit d ball,he deserves dis evry season. His simply d best in d world.

  • oybek

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    Hello, everyone. I can’t believe you are still debating on this topic. Even Mourinho, albeit sarcastically, admitted that Leo should win this accolade. Seriously, look at what he is doing out there and how he keeps improving day-by-day and match-by-match. I do believe that CR7 had a fantastic season but I fear that his recent instable form and his team’s unlikely performance this season may cast doubt on his being selected. Theoritically though, Ballon d’Or nominees should be assessed against their performance over the previous season which spanned Aug2011 thru May2012, where CR7 does have a slight advantage!

  • Timo

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    Cristiano deserve the Ballon d’Or due to his performance at Real madrid because atleast he improved than we he was in Man United. Ronaldo deserve that respect! for he is Awesome.

  • Cortez

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    Im not fan of real madrid even barca.. or Messi, inesta n c.ronaldo.. but who is deserve Ballon D’Or this year 2012.. is…. LIONEL MESSI! please Check the Individual Achievement! Not Team Achievement! if u say CR deserve.. u blind! u choose bcoz CR is your favorite player only..not his individual achievemnt.. so plz ok..

  • Holardiplenty

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    if the winner is to be judge by their performance i think Ronaldo deserve to win the 2012 Fifa Ballon d’Or ,because Ronaldo has better achievement that Lionel Messi and Andres Iniesta…….he won La liga with his 46 goals and another Spanish cup,he also lead his national team to reach EURO2012 semi-finals which they lost on penalties,Iniesta has won what he deserve already,so the best player should not be judge by likeness….but by their achievements…..

  • rick

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    leo is not better than ronalsdo …. ronaldo is the complete player

  • rick

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    ronaldo is gonna win it this year

  • Brad

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    Tari, it’d be a good idea for him to do so, though, to actually prove himself. He’s always dominant at Barca, and he’s beginning to hit his stride this past year with Argentina. But let’s see Messi do these things more often, without the likes of Xavi and Iniesta to supply him with the opportunities.

  • Tari thomas

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    U guyz re mentionin abt ronaldo playin in different teams in different countries, dat messi shuld go out 4rm barca 2 shw is worth, if i may ask wer do u rilli want messi 2 play again is der any team beta dan barca dat messi shuld sign 4, wel u guyz re jus bunch of idiot 4 saying all dis tinx.

  • olushola simeon

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    what do u xpect from mourinho?
    even blindman knows that messi is the BEST and the best should go to the BEST……….

  • gafar qudus

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    Ronaldo deserve the award of the year

  • AHTSHAM ZAHEER

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    Surely Lionel Andres Messi deserves the 4th consecutive FIFA Balon d’Or due to his consistency, team play and utmost effectiveness. If Balon d’Or is an individual award, it has to go to non other than Messi. Messi already have a record breaking season:
    1- 50 goals in a single season of La Liga.
    2- 73 goals for Barcelona in all competitions of a single season.
    3- Most goals in a single edition of UEFA Champions League.
    4- Most goals in a single match of UEFA Champions League (5).
    5- Most goals in a calender year for his club and country (already 86).
    With all these all time records broken in one year, if Messi does not deserve the FIFA Player of the year, then who else?
    5-

  • Rajan

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    There is no doubt Messi is the best. Ronaldo is only a striker and there are players like Van Persie who can match his skills, while Messi is an all round player, a striker, feeder and a play maker. No question about that. He is half the strength of the Barcelona team. He deserves the top spot

  • Eduado

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    My dear Ronaldo is d best he has prov both country nd club,he tak his country to Eruo2012 semi final nd also his club 2win la liga after years,he prove himself by playin purtogal,England and is now in Spain to compite wit messi to tel d world that he can in any country or club,messi should go out 4rm baca nd prove himself Ronaldo the winner

  • Ricardo

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    Yes, it will be fair if RONALDO win Ballon d’Or. He has show peak soccer skill playing in 3 countries, Portugal, England and now in Spain. Messi only good in Barca with Xavi and Iniesta. Without Xavi or Iniesta, Messi will suffer.

  • ercm17

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    cr7 is the best he is going to win the ballon de oro he is better then messi and falcao real madrid

  • IMMS

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    messi is the best.messi is the best no matter what

  • mou you better close your mouth bcause messi is the best and nobody can compare with him ok

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    Mou you better close your mouth bcause messi is the best among the bests

  • mike

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    y is mourinho crying foul when it comes to the truth even ronaldo knows messi is better than him if we talk of trophy then the award should go to iker but it is an individual award thats were messi the record breaker comes top and for ibrahimovic he should stop bein jealous of messi

  • ezekia oxade chamblane

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    the winner of this issue is lionel messi no coment about this am gona wait march 2013

  • Breezy

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    Mourinho can neve bacK Messi or Iniesta coz thoz are his nightmares! How cn such a highly proffesional coach say Ronaldos goals won the league therefore he shud be given the Ballon D’or award! When even Drogbas goals that won the UCL title cnt evn make him a nominee!! Wht abt Sergio Aguero’s goals 4 EPL!

  • jerry

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    ronaldo is truly the best. what else does the world want to see do. he has survived playing in 3 countries, Portugal, england and now in spain. he joins a team when they are struggling and help turn them into champions in Portugal with sporting lisbon, in england with man united and now with real madrid in spain. what else is there for ronaldo to prove. what team can messi survive in if he leaves barca today?

  • jerry

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    obviously ronaldo. since his move to spain he has been a complete team player. yes he struggled a lot from the start of his career in spain. but his performance last season was owesome beyond compare as he finally silenced over 90,000 fans inside the camp nou with his goal that helped to beat barcelona 2-1 and finally win the la liga after 4 years for real madrid.

  • philip john

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    Even a blind man knows that Lionel Messi is well ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo in the race for the Ballon d’or sentiment apart. At the moment, messi is the best footballer around.

  • me

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    Morinho said ronaldo’s goals won the league so he deserve the ballon dor? What about drogba’s goals that won the UCL, aguero’s goals that won the EPL. And so on… Its so sad for a good coach to analyze football as mourihno did. This shows that he doesn’t understand football analysis. The simple truth is that messi or iniesta desere the award.

  • Erick Edger

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    On my perspective LEO is going to be the winner of the FOURTH year consecutive of the BALLON D’OR he shows his efforts on assisting the team as well as scoring important goal. He ca be judged while he has his fourth prices on his way PROUD TO HAVE SUCH KIND OF PLAYER IN THIS CONTEMPORARY WORLD

  • Erick Edger

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    GO LEO GO EVEN PELE IF PELE HATES U COZ OF UR RECORD BREAKING. GO LEO GO

  • ozbertinho yakuza

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    iniesta beat these two guys as best player in europe but what is this nonsense that ronaldo or messi are the best?

  • charles

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    all madrid fans were went you when they gave messi the best player in the league despite he did not win the tittle

  • Brad

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    All time? That’s bull, you took it too far Elizabeth M.

    For starters, how many World Cup winner’s medals does Messi have?

    I know for a fact the true, all time greatest: PELE, has 3 medals.

  • Elizabeth M

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    Have never seen a player like Messi,he is the greatest of all time,he is the winner

  • enjamam cu

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    Messi

  • enjamam cu

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    None but L.Messi

  • Abdul Shakur Abubakar

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    Some people are saying that leo is incomplete becoz he cant use his head, is that true? They are saying this becoz he will win the ballon D’or

  • Poth Madit

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    Leo Messi is a different class from anyone at the moment. He makes and scores goals weak-in weak-out and this is what makes a player gr8. He should comfortable win it.

  • magai jessy

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    well a lot has been said,everybody is entitled to his opinion, but lets rather keep sentiment aside and call a spade a spade, cr7 is a talented and a very good player but messi is the best, for now he simply has no equal.anything short of this is a manoeuvre and an unscrupulous attempt to deny the poor child(messi) of his hard earned glory.

  • clinsman

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    christiano is gud bt messi is best eve in history of football and if u ask me i will said dat messi is d world best play of d year.. is obvious dat messi is d best………………….

  • nsajigwa mwasokwa

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    Christiano is a good player out of talent and hard work, Messi is a product of Pure genius…
    Had there been no Messi around, christiano should have won, just like had there been no Ronardinho that year, Tiery Henry should have won…

  • sallu

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    obviously messi…. all others are hell pussys worth….

  • lumuna mbwambu

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    i think messi shold take it nt just because i don’t like ronaldo messi has broken countless records won more laliga cups than any player in madrid although last season he did not make it and the team came second place,i think messi is good in everything dribbling,he got speed,he shares the ball,listens to the coach and he is a team player but ronaldo tries stuipd things and stiupd ways to score goals and ends up complaning about injuries and he is always faking messi is a very strong player he can paly all 39 matches without the banch and plays to his fullest and messi with pep are unstopable

  • Coco master

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    Anyone can deserve it,like Mata & Torres(uefa,fa,euro,world cup)Iker cassilas,Xabi Alonso(world cup,euro,la liga),Iniesta&Xavi(world cup,euro,copa del lay),Didier Drogba(Afcon,Uefa,fa)Neymar(top scorer,brazilian league),Cristiano Ronaldo(La liga) but Lionel Messi has broken the football records that weren’t thank that there is someone who can do the same,to break a Pele record who is among the two fathers of football your honour must be more the ballon d’or!all deserves but Messi is the best of the best football player in the World!

  • babs beejay

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    Every body know that CR7 is the only player that can play in any club in the world so in this case CHRISTIANO RONALDO deserve it than any player in the world is a multipulpose player it can play any wing on the field.RONALDO 100% loaded

  • jemigbeyifestus

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    Real madrid board im using dis oportunity 2 inform jose mou dat cr7 kill 60% game of real madrid , if d oportunit givin 2 cr7 is givin 2 benzema i bet u benzema wil perform beter.

  • jemigbeyifestus

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    Messiless messi is head of d house why cr7 is tail of house ok ,messi is d owner of d award cr7 ur pride wil nt take u 2 anywhere

  • nell nelson

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    i believe cr7 has some unique characteristics ahead of leo,ie shot,use of both foot,aeria,long range strike,individual stylish skills.with this,i think cr7 must win the balon dor

  • caron

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    God made THE KING OF THE WORLD IN SOCCER SIR CRISTIANO RONALDO TO SHOW THE MIDGET HOW IT IS DONE HOW TO PLAY AND HOW TO BE HONEST AND TO BE A DIRTY PLAYER FAKE AND CANNOT PLAY ON HIS OWN NEEDS HELP FROM THE OTHERS NOT FAIR FOR THE OTHER PLAYERS THAT HE PLAYS WITH.

  • caron

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    The midget is a loser and gay

  • caron

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    The other one is fake and not very inteligent ugly and not a complete player. Cr7 is THE ABSOLUTE PLAYER THERE IS NO ONE ELSE WHO CAN PLAY THE WAY HE DOES. Cr7 is THE KING OF EUROPE. NO one in this world likes him accept the press who are being paid by barca to make the midget look good. Have you people noticed how the press never ever say anything negative about him!!!!!!! It is very evil they will pick on Cr7 for everything he does right or wrong they twist it just to make the world gainst him. Well, they havent succeded yet because the world still love him and prefer him to the other.Th midget is not for real

  • caron

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    Cr7 is THEEEEEEEEEE KING OF TH WORLD NOT THE OTHER ONE FAKE…CR7 IS A COMPLETE PLAYER THE OTHER CANNOT PLAY ON HIS OWN.IF CR7 DOESNT GET THEN THE WORLD BOYCOTT RM AND NOT WATCH IT SOMETHING IS VERY WRONG .THE OTHER …..IS NOT FOR REAL

  • Amaka

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    THE MESSILESS ONE DESERVES IT….MOU WILL ALWAYS BE A BAAAAAAAAD LOOSER

  • EL EUGENE LUTANGU

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    MESSI SHULD RETAIN HIS TITLE BECAUSE OF THE GOALS HE SCORED AND THE BALLO ITSELF ITS AN INDIVIDUAL PRICE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL GOALS.THEY LOST THE LEAGUE BUT HE WON THE MOST GOALZ.PEOPLE THIS IS A STRIKER TROPHY NOT A TEAM TROPHY.HALLAH

  • ikechukwu iwuchukwu

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    messi is the best.messi win

  • Arrey Raph

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    i think both players are heavenly gifted however, i really likes ronaldo’s football skills just like ronaldinho, ronaldo makes football more lively. i strongly be leaf ronaldo should get it this time.

  • denao

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    i had chebbi….. i dn’t kow wat he say in his coment
    i think he dn’t knw how to chose gut player …i want to say he is mad guys….
    n i suport cr7 ronldo

  • 2sine

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    Messi and Ronaldo are very very talented but one of have to pick it up and I as a person is giving it out to Lionel Messi

  • sam

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    Leo Messi iz merciles when comes 2 footbal, cr7 should be busy taking some notes frm Messi fo him 2 be è future winner not this time. Mourinho wishes 2 be Leo’s coach thats why he iz jelous. I vote fo Messi

  • David Esienhover

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    I think Messi should win and he will win no doubt guys…

  • Best in the world

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    Messi,falcao,iniesta.all of them suck give it to CR7
    CR7 is the best player in the world and sho get the B D Or

  • Kanjibai##teamcristiano

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    I think CR7 deserves this year Ballon d’Or because he had a fantastic season, winning one of the best league title in the World but also steering his national team in Euro 2012 and YES to me he is a complete football player i.e he can shoot with both legs, dribbling skills and for the record he is one of the fastest player in the pitch.

  • Eromosele

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    All hail king of football leo messi. He deserve it & he is going to win it the 4th time in a row.

  • Eazyboyy

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    Am a Madrid die hard fan. No matter the hatred most of u have for us,it’s Madrid forever. Putting sentiment aside CR7 is a player whom shoulders almost all the club responsibilities but in terms of play making,I will go for Messi. I think he (Messi) deserve the top prize too.

  • Baraka msombai ssack

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    We know that Messi is a best prayer than cr7,so messi will win Ballon d’or.i would like 2 inform everyone that MESSI will win the Fifa Ballon d’or.

  • Chebbi

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    Cr7 never makes any diffrnce in the game.he allways try to score only.he never passes in dpost.becoz he never wanna others to score. but evryone know that messi allways comes with dffrnt game.and also scores and assists.then thr will be no justice if cr7 gets ballo…
    Cr7 only know to make fancy dribbles…
    If u r a true fan of football u just watch messis videos in youtube.
    We cant compare messi to anyone.
    I dnt know why c.ronaldo is now 2nd.iniesta plays better than cr7.
    Benzema plays better than cr7.
    If benzema gets 90 min on the pitch like cr7 he wil score more thn him.

  • Champional

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    Ronaldo should get it, because he is competing with a magician and the fight is indeed competitive and above all one can learn winning technics from him

  • DAVID

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    Cristiano Ronaldo is my man. i think he should win cos he has been imprssive through out this season

  • chuks

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    LONG LIVE KING MESSI

  • Pema Dorjee

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    Messi should win this years ballon d’or coz he is a great player given by God..In every matches he used to score a goal for his country and club..he is super…..God Bless Messi..i like him so much…….

  • Gift shimishi

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    I give my vote 2 leo mess bcoz he deserve it 4 da fourth time.mess dose not need cr7 shots to compete.leo is talented but cr7 need hard trianing to reach leo level

  • Isah

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    I say Ronaldo because he is a player that can play in any club in the world not like messi that can not play any club after barca but he is a player

  • Taplus

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    Messi is d best player to win d ballor d

  • F.joshua Joe

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    Messi will set the greatest records in football history, because he will win the ballon D O award 12. If U ask CR7 now he will tell U that this award belong to PAPA MESSI

  • lionel messi

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    i deserve to win it

  • john dias

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    lionel Messi should win the ballon D O award he is complete player than ronaldo

  • nurul

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    i dont believe in Morinho because last yaer he said CR7 was hieght scorer .. so he sould get it…… but now he saya that cr7 won la liga so he should get it .. ha ha ha ha ha fuck him……. man city., juventus,, dotmundo also won their title.. there coachs dont claim balon d or….. chelsea won UCL… but D Motteo does not claim it for Drogba…..

  • norman

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    remember…..not every single year or ten years or fifty-years and more periode a big name player in history could set many new record like messi did last year.

  • ISRAEL

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    LION DE MESSI, should win this year’s Ballon d’O award. he deserve it. he is a complete player,not selfish, not full of pride,he is entertaining and magical with the ball.

  • Footpath

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    Everybody should know that Leo Messi is a number 1 player in football world.In his long carrier he gets various kinds of award.ballon d’or one of them that, he got last three times.this season Leo messi playing his best of his Carrier.He getting goal in club and country every match.And a HOT news that Leo messi going to breaking Brazilian star pele’s record “max goals 75 in one season”.So Ballon D’or, thats 1ly for Leo Messi………

  • Hjitkk

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    CR7 is a game changer, and he can adapt in any team in this world, bt Leo Messi don’t want 2 leave Barca. coz he knows dat after leaving 4m Barca his carreer will be finished. So, think who is better between CR7 n messi.
    CR7 is the right person to get this BALLON D’OR AWARD 12.

  • jangchup

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    i think christiano ronaldo should get the balloo.de. award because in most of the competition his playing skills and how to play the football and not only play for football but also he make all the people who see the match more attractive and people are more like to see the football and also for roanldo…..he also makes the remarkable goals in the champions league and laliga…..

  • Hjitkk

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    Cloud, U point is so good n i think CR7 deserves the ballon d’or award. and without barca leo messi is USELESS.

  • transfer haberleri

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    messi is better than ronaldo and he deserved that !

  • cloud

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    .. sorry for the error, i forgot to put the word MILLION after the 30. 30 million euros.

  • cloud

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    .. welcome back too mardon. Well, i didn’t say that Messi will go to PSG. My whole point is Messi leaving Barca altogether, a different set of team-mates and let’s see if he can adjust that well like Ronaldo did at Real.

    .. as for Ronaldo going for the money – if he wants the money he would have been in russian team Anzhi right now with 30 euros a year, but he didn’t go there now did he ??

    .. as for Ronaldo wanting attention ?? He doesn’t need to do anything fancy to get attention, he is even trying to shield himself from all the press and take the attention off him so that he can have a normal life.

  • Lawson D Law

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    Messi is more dan CR.

  • Mardon

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    Cloud, that’s solely your interpretation. Now here is mine: Messi thinks PSG is a team envisaged by the temporary hobbies of big pockets and lacking the so-called club philosophy and history. Only players solely motivated by financial interests would accept their offers. I would be hardly surprised if your icon joined them sometime soon. You would call this ” he is after challenge while to me he has always been after money and attention”

    Barca is the best team in the world now and is bound to be one in years to come with their unmatched youth school and unique football phiosophy. Only a fool or someone greedy would leave them for some fledgling PSG.

  • cloud

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    .. messi is the best, ronaldo is the best, could you one liner people give at least the reason to why you say so ??

    .. i came back to this discussion coz i read an article:: https://www.soccernews.com/messi-rules-out-move-to-france/105906/

    .. messi said this “””” “Paris Saint-Germain’s project tempting? No, no! I have the best team-mates in the world at Barcelona. We fight for trophies every season,” Messi was quoted as saying by France Football. “””””

    .. he is afraid to leave Barca coz he knows that he can’t do well without his team-mates Xavi and Andres. he is a sissy boy.

    .. compare that to Ronaldo, even if he was the Gem of United, he still wanted to leave and joined Madrid coz he is confident of his own ability that no matter who his team-mates are, he can still make a difference. And we all see how good he’s doing now with Madrid.

  • doga

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    messi should win the award

  • >Derst Deam

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    CR7 is a good player not best player u people have to understand that, Messi is the best ever he deservs wold best even 100% more than CR7. people that have eyes knows the best is only the blind ones sees CR7 as thier best player

  • >Derst Deam

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    People that have eyes knows the bst, cr7 is a good player not best play. Messi have all the qualities to win wold best 20 times bcos he is the best

  • TTL(oyekunle wasiu oluwasanjo)

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    If we want to determine who deserve this year Barlon D OR btw messi and ronaldo . this is a clear something that messi deserves it.base on the tittle, messi won more than ronaldo. ronaldon won just laliga while messi won 2(world clud cup and kings cup).base on personal achievement, nothing to discuss on this because messi won everything. highest goal scorer in laliga, champion’s league as well as all time highest goal scorer.MY PEOPLE LET US SAY THE REALITY BY GIVEN THE HONOR TO WHOM DESERVE IT.MESSI IS THE BEST AND EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS EXCEPT OF……………..

  • Luz SyChalwe

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    Lets swap these two players, Messi to Madrid and Ronaldo to Barcelona, then you’ll have your answers. Ronaldo is a complete player and can fit in any team. He really fights for the ball I watch him make those tedious runs for the ball, of which Xavi and Iniesta just know where to set the ball and Messi will come walking. But in the end both are great players but I like how Ronaldo as staid from the time of Ronaldinho, Kaka, and Messi… To put an end to this lets give it to Iker Casillas

  • norman

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    the fact is, Every year in the best competition in europe, there is so many ggod player won the league title but they’r not won ballon d’ or. ronaldo won la liga title wth RM, the only reason for him to winning ballon D’or….. but who like messi . He set a new world record of scoring over 70 goals in a single season. and almost broke pele’s goal record, broke uefa CL goal record. and many more record… not every year or every ten or fifty year periode or more… the football player might set like messi does… messi is the football history…. in he did last year… he must win ballon D’or…

  • Tari

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    I always read abt dat if messi wants 2 b a legend or d best dat he shuld win world cup witt his country and not 2 b d best in barca. I want 2 ask wat has ronaldo carried wit portugal. Beside wat careless xcuse dat he took is country 2 seminal of europe, is dat an xcuse y he shuld win d balon d’or shame 2 u all ronaldo. Messi we all gat ur back u deserve it.

  • Tari

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    I c no reason y d name of ronaldo shuld b mentiond. All diz stupid fans of arrogant ronaldo and sentimental coach like mourinho, i tell u, u knw notin cos ronaldo has playd notin. Messi all d way.

  • Brad

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    ^#Yet another arrogant Messi fan# smh

    Ronaldo has stopped flopping considerably, you’ll notice.

  • husky

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    Leo shud b da best playa,cos he has broken so many records lyk being the1st player to score 5 goals in champions league and that,CR7 wuld never be able to do.

  • Dread

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    the self proclaimed special one is a dreamer. Messi is a team footballer in a league better than the selfish speed merchant cristiano. cristiano might get it when the Magical Leo is retired. his award should be that of a cry baby as he is always on the turf complaining when dispossessed of the ball. you will cry again cause its Leo’s.

  • raskelly prince.

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    hei who told u ronalo is arrogant?it is b’coz of his freshness,he is older than messi but still fresh and dat is de reason why u say he is arrogant but he be fresh guy and he deserves this year’s ballon dor for so many reasons and after all,he is better dan messi .NO RONALDO,NO FOOTBALL,CR7 ALL THE WAY.

  • M&M

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    If you compare BARCA and RM as a whole, rating the players for both team you could probably say RM will come on TOP. BUt which team plays the BEST you have to give it to BARCA. Balon D oro is individuality accomplishment. Not only for the team you’re playing, but overall. I personally believe Messi is probably going to win again. He has broken records and probably will continue to break more records by the time they announce the winner.

  • Brad

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    Breaking records are nice, leo messi, but if you’re gonna do it, make sure you help your team get silverware while you do it. Otherwise it’s just another little tidbit that’s nice to know about.

  • leo messi

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    the only reason for ronaldo winning the ballon d’or is “ronaldo won la liga” when madrid won la liga not ronaldo. This means that the best player from the most successful team which was didier drogba. But messi has to win it!!

  • Heskey

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    I don’t know why everbody in Barcelona selling brand ‘messi’. Just look at ronaldo he’s fighting the battle all along all these years.
    I guess ballon d’or is about playing well and making the difference in football,however not in who sells himself or someone how well.
    Messi and Barcelona ought to prove they played well.

  • Manzo

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    Yes,there is a rumour messi is best in the world. I say, only in Barcelona…there also he needs dry cell (xavi and iniesta). It’s really sad he plays for argentina.

  • Kenyir

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    Barcelona was there even without messi… But ronaldo made the difference with madrid,last season… I don’t know who’s the best? Still i consider ronaldo should win the award, this time. Not because he deserves it,instead he earned it. Although both are record-breaker, individually. Last season ronaldo broke record by scoring highest number goals in Laliga, but this year messi breaks ronaldo’s record. Who knows?? ronaldo might break messi’s,this season.

  • Samuel

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    Leo is the best,he is creative,he can dribble,he scores,nw added a new technics of freekicks..,c7 is jst support by d best coach.

  • Denen

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    He set a new world record of scoring over 70 goals in a single season. He set another world record for scoring 15 goals in UEFA Champions league. Messi, Messi, Messi.. he deserves it.

  • saran

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    messi is phenomenal in terms of individual footballer as well as team mate.

  • Brad

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    Looks like Don has taken on a new name. ^^^^

    Disgraceful.

  • leo

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    cr7 deserve it..

  • leo

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    yes…..@ahmed i ve seen many legends hu were nt able 2 win wrld cup….1)zinedane zidane2)raul gonjalez3)luis figo….!!k so did leo meSSi win d wc?….@ahmed…atleast cr7 led der team 2 semifinal in euro12….!!messi z just a crap..his goals machine wz activate wen he z in barca….excpt barca he z useless…got it….

  • kakashi

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    hey….@Dearboy” r u illitrate…huh?..first of ol u shld ve 2 learn eglsh……..dnt mind k… i dnt undrstnd wat ve u writtn hee…hee!!…afta den u may join d arguemnts…poor boy”

  • ANGELO

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    CR7 IS THE BEST ALL ROUND FOOTBALLER WITH MAN U WITH REAL MADRID WITH THE NATIONAL TEAM. MESSI PLAYS WELL WITH BARCA THATS ABOUT.IT ? CR7 THE BEST WITH BALOON DOR OR WITHOUT IT,.

  • Dearboy

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    Robot V/S Phenomenal.
    Ronaldo is equal to ego and he will only be backed by such fools like Morinho. Madrid is not playing well now, both the manager and the protege are not happy, Morinho shows that he apple polishes a stupid self centered egoist like Ronaldo, anyone who scores for Madrid. We see a normal celebration, sometimes not even the emotion, Ronaldo scores the guy has to buy a new suit. To me Messi is the best and if he does not win it is because he lacks the arrogance of CR7. Morihno should consult Ronaldo’ Portugal teammates to find out how popular he is in Portugal.
    I rest my case

  • kakashi

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    same old driblng 4rm messi…new2 tricks n skills 4rm ronaldo….!!wow just luvd it.

  • Ahmed

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    @ leo, have ever seen a legend without world cup? Is like u are a baby in the world of football

  • mohamed kallon

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    messi is better than the past players and the present players.even cr knows that messi is better than him,is either messi wins ballon’or or i will never watch football again.ronaldo your time is over so go take care of your kids,fuck u ronaldo and madrid as a team.messi just play the best u can cause u are the man born to be the greatest of all time.

  • michael heaven

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    christaiano ronaldo is far better than messi. he deserves to win this years balon do’r. it’s obvious and there shouldn’t be any argument about this. cr7 is the best player in the world.

  • abu audu

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    messi deserve it bcs play soccer and that is what they call sport manship messi is not talking on pich when u
    hite him but cr7 when u come to pumpos u will see cr7 dear so i am a marid fans i says the true messi deserve it pls .great player in world messi

  • Timothy

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    Messi deserves it all……some people say messi should try another team and see but the fact remains that u cant be in d best team and opt for a lower team.Barca is rated one of the best team becos it has d best players such as messi.Messi is a calm,tactical team player and i cant resist his style play.He’s a sensational team player……He deserves it the fourth time.CR7 is good but messi is my best!

  • Luemer Nnah

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    Fifa shud stop playing games wit ballon d’or, wat is so special about messi, it has bin luck all d way. Remove barca watelse is left 4 Messi. Why qualify him even to win it last 2Years.

  • pure24

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    @Jack Contribution towards team success is one of the criteria for world player of the year… Means your performance actually did something.
    Scored a goal with his hands? so he deserves to win Ballon d’Or…
    And in which universe did Messi make a run against a WHOLE team?

  • pure24

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    People, CR7 keeps showing remarkable performances in Spain – I knw El Clasicos dnt prove who’s worthy, but six consecutive El Clasicos? Never before…
    Also, contributing to a team’s premier league success, leading Portugal to third on the world rankings. Even Messi hasn’t done the things Ronaldo showed. Sure, five goals in ONE GAME, leading the La Liga top goal scorer sheet by FOUR GOALS – with nothing to show 4… Does that really min u deserve to be player of the YEAR?

  • Jack

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    Just look this way, all Argentina votes for Messi, and half Portugal too, just go to Portuguese football forums and see the battle between Portuguese’s about who is the best, i vote for Messi, is more complete, is the only one to score a goal even with hands, Ronaldo is not capable of make a run against a whole team like Maradona, Messi did it. if you take hes super strong kick, Ronaldo is a Di Maria.

  • Jack

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    Ballon d’Or goes to the best player, not team, yes Madrid won La Liga, but it was a team work, Messi did the best season ever, in history, that’s a fact, better than Pele or Maradona ever played, best scorer in La Liga and Champions League, second place in assists won by Ozil. 4 Years in Real, CR won only 1 Liga, 1 cup and 1 Supercup, and 1 golden shoe and Messi won 16 prizes. Ronaldo is great player, but is not Real best ever, Messi is the one to become the best ever of the world. Legend.

  • leo

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    yes he shld hv wn this year….rm’talisman cr7 he is undoubtly mch much bettr den leo……i agree villa u hd a very gud point messi was plyng barca at the age of 8 or 9 compare 2 entry of cr7 ix madrid unbelievble truely unbelievble….in a vry sort of time in madrid…he blast evry1…….

  • villa

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    ronaldo should win ballon’dor dis year…….!!!!to b honest messi z nthng expct barcelona….he may hero in barca bt excpt barca tell me guys wat hd been he achieved yet…..i agree he’s got many silverwre in barca…..oviously y dnt others acheive 2 for a while he ve been plyng in same team mre den 15yrs….its so easy ply wid lads hus plyng wid ther childhood time…..luk cr7 he’s a truely unbelievle his entry z wz awesme in laliga even though he might changes d club bt his passion futbal waz nt change he scores mre goal den lionel messi……n he adapt very quickly to spanish plyng stlye….suppose cr7 hv been plyng fo madrid since he wz child…like messi…..ohh for god shake”none can comparable 2 cr7……..he z juz complete plyer……!!messi z just a crap…ass hole!!

  • peter

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    ronaldo deserves it… he achievd alot wit madrid combined wit his effort wit portugal in europe 2012… he won laliga n scored 66 goals last season.. Wat more do u want?

  • pee

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    are u prople campainin for ronaldo or wat ………messi all de way

  • ebenezer

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    leo messi desreve it at all cost. NO MESSI NO BALLON D’OR!!!!!!

  • pure24

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    At Rajin, th@ was such a racist comment!!! I’m so offended… Need I remind u th@ Ronaldo is the only player to have scored in six successive El Clasico’s – and none of them were free kicks!
    And anyway, so w@ if Pele is black? Hope you die of cancer!

  • AKLILU

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    RONALDO IS BETTER THAN MESSI . SO BOLLANDOR IS BELONG-ES TO THE RIGHT PERSON RONALDO.THANKS

  • Aklilu

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    ronaldo is better than messi so the Ballondor is belonges to Ronaldo

  • rajin

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    ronaldo every clasico he has to fall just to get a free kick but he still cant get that right messi should win it again because u cant compare him to messi.messi is the best ever way beter then that black cake pele ronaldo can compare himself to flcao or xavi end of story.

  • sumit sunar

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    torres,ronaldo

  • sumit sunar

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    i am sure that ronaldo or fernando torres will win.

  • ssebuliba paddy

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    To me i think and am so sure that christiano Ronaldo had a better season compared to messi ang Iniesta.Ronaldo single handedly led madrid to la liga victory last season and he scored the most crucial goals which most of us saw.To me Ronaldo deserves it.

  • andy vans

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    i think messi is the best player the world has ever had. So he deserves it again

  • success mhoswa

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    ronaldo deserve to win this time cr7 is better than messi

  • Brad

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    Need silverware to back the record breaking up. Otherwise, the challenge for the award is not bulletproof. The records only make it robust, and the Supercoppa only more so. Get La Liga/CL/both, then it’s bulletproof.

  • Anu

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    Messi deserves it…
    He was the top scorer in La Liga(50), UCL for the 4th consecutive year(14), and Europe(73)….
    And All of them are current records….
    How could we demand more from a player…
    moreover this award is for a player, not for team, so consider performance first…..

  • ameh

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    Messi or Ronaldo are all good players but if i were to give the award or ballon d, i will allow messi to change club to determine if he can really perform well because i have seen Ronaldo moving to about 3 clubs and he is performing very well or adapt easily.

  • Pure24

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    At Tayo Jay, I also think Messi has the edge over CR7, bt which ‘more official trophies’ did Messi win over CR7 in the 2011/2012 season?
    @Emeka… Th@s rily putting personal opinion over the actual happenings. Honestly, I wud rather Casillas wins it, bt do not just ignore CR7’s outstanding performances last, AND this, season

  • emeka

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    guess what guys: cr7 doesnt even get short-listed in d final 3. it’s leo, iniesta & iker period. with cr7 coming a close 4th. leo, cos of his individual brilliance, equalling & breaking of age-old records in the season under consideration. his(&iniesta’s) loss of d liga to cr7&iker’s real, is off-set by d winning of d copa del rey; supercopa d’espania & europe; d club world cup; & a superior head-2-head against iker & cr7’s real. cr7 only comes 4th cos of his individual skills. any cr7 claims to d award cos of la liga win is crass cos d argument can be made that d liga bbva is not as strong as say d epl in terms of spread of strength in d top tier; else top players in each club that won d league in each of d top leagues can also lay claim to d balon d’or. UCL affords us a platform 2 compare across leagues. here, cr7,leo,iniesta&iker finished at d same level but leo had an edge having scored d highest goals with his team playing beautifully(we must always honour beautiful attacking football over negative, defense-minded football when it comes to awards of this nature & that’s why d UCL winner, chelsea goes off d radar. bayern is reckoned with but there was no really outstanding player, comparatively). in d euros, iniesta & iker’s spain beat cr7 hands down. infact cr7’s portugal qualified thru d back down even if they finally got to the semi’s. messi’s albiceleste still top d 2014 qualifying group. In the final analysis,for me really, the choice is between iniesta & leo but ill say it’s leo 1st, iniesta then iker. daring to put iker before cr7 &/or pushing 4 a salary raise has led to the cr7 nebulous sadness. why tell us you’re sad if you won’t tell us why. soccernews, please pay me for this analysis else i’ll let it be known that i’m sad even writing this!!!

  • Brad

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    It would be close, too close to call, really. I’m not going to even bother predicting the outcome. I was surprised this past season as I predicted Barca (and Messi) would win against Madrid (and Ronaldo). In a case of Argentina vs. Portugal, the only surprise would be if the final score is 0-0.

  • cloud

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    @ chris white; we are seeing that scenario already; with Ronaldo on Portugal and Messi on Argentina.

  • Eesuola Babatunde Adeoluwa

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    Ronaldo deserves Ballon ‘d

  • chris white

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    could there be a football match btwn R madrid and Baca. Let messi play for madrid and CR 7 for Baca, lets see who is better under every circumstance.

  • chris white

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    Ronlado should win it not bcs messi won three times already, but bcs CR7 deserves it. Played better thank messi, last leason beten him in allmost every meeting – last and this season. Let truth be told.

  • NATHANIEL SAMSON

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    BECAUSE MESSI IS A FANASTIC PLAYER

  • NATHANIEL SAMSON

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    I’M SURE LIONEL MESSI REALLY DESERVE THE BALLOON D

  • Brad

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    You’re right Tejas, but the problem is this: Where’s the silverware? Messi only helped Barca get the Supercoppa. They didn’t win the CL, or the La Liga.

  • EDI-MIKE

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    Good &fine..when talkñ abt c-boy &LEO messi 4dis year’s ballon d’or. bt if its judged by individual statistics per season den Leo-messi dservs it (77goals,joint highest goal scorer in ucL with 14 goals,5goals in a single uefa match&14 hatrick in a single season).if by UEFA competition xavi Henandez dservs it folowing his record breakñ pass in d euro ‘012 & 4 wining d trophy.if by wining league,den evry good player dat won His league deservs it not only cr-7.

  • Tejas

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    Ronaldo helped Madrid with the title agreed . But if it was not 4 messing , Baca could have lost by 20-30 pts to Madrid. Besides that 73 goals takes some doing. 5 goals in a match , just brilliant. Messi should win the player of the year

  • Tayo Jay

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    It’s very funny sometimes how humans think!

    Messi is definitely not as great as Pele, but I think he has an edge over C. Ronaldo. As I have said before, CR7 may have won La Liga, but Messi was a better goalscorer in all competitions, won more official trophies and broke more important records in the 2011/12 season. Having said that, I think Iniesta may settle this unending dispute for the time being!
    If Iniesta is shortlisted in the final three and goes on to win it, then the Messi-CR7 rivalry may be resolved at least for now. Each would not be happy if the other wins it; Iniesta should and justifiably so!

  • indra r

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    Messi still the best for this planet

  • Hamson D Madridista

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    Well, messi is a great player, but CR7 did a great job this with winning La liga, spanish supercup scoring winning goals 4 Real, This time RONALDO deserve BALLON D’OR

  • faruk hasan

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    Messi will win Balon d’or again….and for the 04 times…

  • ndeh rene

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    i think messi is going to win again, he is still to good for ronaldo

  • ampong

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    l think messi is the best ever playe in this planet and he deserv every thing in foot ball

  • Pure24

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    Hmmm… You know, I’ve never thought of it that way Dobrev. We’ve all got our favorites; and we’ve all got our reasons for the player we side with, but Ballon d’Or does not mean ‘Messi or Ronaldo’! Or personal feelings stop us from really seeing the light in others – and from being honest enough to realize and be persuaded. Indeed, there are exceptional performances from other players – from the goal stoppers to the pure poachers

  • Dobrev

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    Nor Ronaldo or Messi win Ballon d’Or because of what they do on the pitch… Surely it has some effect, but it’s mainly because of their names.. Messi is Messi and Ronaldo is Ronaldo… Someone just thinks that they must be nominated every year, or the award won’t have any “prestige”. In terms of skills and what they’ve done on the pitch, this year’s and next year’s winner should be Radamel Falcao, for he’s done so much for Atletico with his tallent. But I’m sure he’ll never win it unless either Ronaldo or Messi retires… And I don’t think it’ll happen soon… Though Ronaldo will soon be thirty and it shows up a bit.

  • Tebrick

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    Ronaldo deserves it,messi is not worth for the award this year…if messi is given the award then i’ll know that there was cheating

  • Aisanho rex

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    messi is fantastic, but has not don’t enough this season as compared to to Ronaldo. Ronaldo should be given this trophy he deserves it. no politics should be involved.

  • san

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    i think inesta wii win,,,,

  • san

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    inesta….will win 100’%

  • Abraham C. Kandakai

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    messi is all a fans need to celebrate not about just the goal he score ok. it about how he go about managing his performance in the game, the love of soccer is to accept what the game is to offer not about you winner it all. if you have watch the europe 2012 award you will see it all. the game is not only on the pitch. ronaldo should learn to be graetful of others. good things comes slowly ok .he a great player but selfish.

  • Pure24

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    Just to correct (ever noticed how people love to work on the mistakes of others): I meant …record, and the fastest one hundred goals in the entire La Liga history.
    At Brad, I cannot even begin to imagine how Messi is even eight kilometers (or is it five miles? Depends on where you stay) close to Pele… And some people say he is better!

  • Prince pikhel

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    Ronaldo deservs to win ballon d’or..He is magical player & has maximum numbers of fans..I don’t think messi deserves ballon d’or….Ronaldo made great victories in Euro 2012 also..so ronaldo is great than Messi..

  • Brad

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    Certainly not level with, or better than, Pele.

  • Pure24

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    I think Messi is absolutely magnificent. To be honest, I prefer Ronaldo anyway. But true brilliance must be appreciated. Messi is loads of quality better than Ronaldo in certain, not ALL, areas. And overall Messi has my vote for the best player of his decade, generation even. Ever? That’s pushing it!!!
    But, and please before you argue take time to consider this, Messi is not so much better than Ronaldo – for example given the option between two Ronaldo’s and one Messi, no honest person would choose Messi. Two Ronaldo’s would totally destroy Messi! My point is, Messi is not so far better than Ronaldo to be twice the player Ronaldo is. And he is human. He is not perfect, nobody is. And before you slit my throat, Ballon d’Or is not about who is better, its about who deserves to be the player of the year. Ronaldo is way better in terms of raw skill… Messi just has a better way of refining and displaying it on the field.
    Messi fans have to take a step back and judge impartially. They thought Messi PERFORMED better when Ronaldo scored more goals than Messi, broke the La Liga single season goals record, and the fastest one hundred goals in a single season record, and they still think he has performed better now. They think Messi has PERFORMED better than Pele ever did.
    Think outside the box, and then you’ll realize that Messi is great, a legend. But not as good as you think

  • sudharma

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    CR 7 WILL SURELY WIN

  • Badhon

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    Of course Messi. Aftar watching what he has done in previous games, it must be Messi. Even the phenomenon Ronaldo has praised him. Messi’s performance shows everything. He can score goals, make other score, he can change the games condition. Aftar watchin his international performance, nobody can say him crap. He is still improving day by day. So he deserves ballon d’or.

  • Kaling pertin

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    Messi wil win it again

  • Luis

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    Fuck Messi. Ronaldo is better and will always be better. This article says it all. Messi fantastic? Only with Barcelona because with Argentina his crap. Don’t let tv shows fool.

  • Deven

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    Messi deserves it.

  • big joe

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    barcelona coach should be worn to not to come and spoiled the grate team Pep Guadiola builded before he left with the wrong sellections he has been doing.

  • big joe

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    Lionel messi deserve the ballon d’or because he is fantastic.

  • Lesley Ruzvidzo

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    i think LIONel messi should be the one to grace it no one lyk messi

  • Brad

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    A little subjective towards the end there, Umar, but very good facts to prove your point.

    For the sake of football’s well being, one player can’t win it every year.

  • Marius

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    Messi didn’t score a single goal in both the last world cup and copa america, and in the latter he was up against the might of Bolivia and Mexico’s u23 b team, this award is a popularity contest for strikers, the fact that Messi has more awards in his career than someone like Baresi or Cafu, is probably the reason why sooner or later football will be a sport played in an handful of countries (and mostly with a ball in your hands and shoulder pads).

  • Umar Najim

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    First of all, i will start frm records. In d history of football CR7 was d ONLY player to score against each team in a league, he help his club (madrid) to set a record of goals, he help his club to won d league with 100 points dat no club has done b4, he went to euro and droped in semi. About assist as a player both of them has two legs (CR7 & messi) but one leg of messi is iniesta and the other one is xavi without them he IS nothing or can HE go to any club and succed the way he is doing at barca. Unlike ronaldo dat used tO shoot frm any angle and he belive on his own dat IS why he liv man u for real madrid. Finally ladies and gentle men, in the history of football nobody have won world best footballer of the year without winning your league or champions league. Am 100% sure that RONALDO WILL WIN THE AWARD, BCOS HE IS THE god OF SOCCER. HALLA MADRID (07068483628)

  • washed

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    only messi should & must win ballon d or for the sake of football wwell being

  • Saint j

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    Cristiano Ronaldo is d better player, come 2 tink of it, messi hav xavi nd iniesta playin wit him in d same club dis ar d best mid-fider’s in d world. If Ronaldo hav does dude wit him in madrid he wil score 100 goals in a single season. messi can nt do without xavi nd iniesta

  • messi should win he was better. he does everything better than not just ronaldo but everyone else.

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    messi should win he was better. he does everything

  • Juned

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    I think cr7 deserves it…..
    For sure
    His performance is really very Gud

  • Brad

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    Well, here I have nothing else to say. The matter’s been closed, Iniesta won it if I remember right. Anything after this is worthless “what if?” scenarios if I do remember right.

  • russ ru

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    my good friends don cloud and brad! Long time old chums. Without doubt messi is the best offensive player without doubt. Ronaldo did win a trophy but if truth be told i’m more convinced that iker cassilas deserves this award as e days go by. As captain of both spain and madrid i believe he has been instrumental to both in their pursuit of silverware. Back to back euros and a world cup sandwiched in between! Messi and ronaldo can duel next time. Give this year’s award to a true legend Cassilas

  • Don

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    Hey Mardon, praise me for such a big paragraph for you & mighty Messi, and i surely don’t get paid for. you should at least appreciate this as i helped u get relaxed for a day or two from the clutches of Brad & Cloud. As commenting and proving Messi against Brad and Cloud might have came up for u as Pain in the A** for sure, i know it..

    Brd & Cld i was no where but sat back and was reading & enjoying your so-called expertise and debates wid that Mrdn guy. Never forget that Eye in the Sky always watches you both, and that is non other than Don’s eye. Now you guys should i think change the topic of CR7 and should concentrate on the rest of the football world, which also is. And also ultimately giving rest to Mrdn & that he can at least sleep for some needed hours….

    I think owners of this site much concentrate on both of yours paragraphs and start paying you if they are not, coz sometimes i think this site would break down without your comments, and fifa should i think decide for the best players award reading comments on this site, coz even CR7 or Messi might not be worrying for their selections as I, Brad, Cloud & now a days Mardon also are worried of…..

    But still lot lot of love from Don to all the people who have stressed their fingers on key boards in order to prove their favorites, i can only say take care of you and may god bless us all.

    Hey but that doesn’t means its a white flag btwn, coz winner is only & only Messi, remember that for sure……. HO HO HO HO HO HO!!!

  • sid07

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    it should be CR7 surely without any doubts.
    He is a great performer on big ocations ,he had scored against barca on last 5 matche unlike messi who had scored just twice and that too through panelty

  • cloud

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    .. thanks for the ice breaker don. hahaha. that made me laugh so hard. hahaha

  • ike

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    ronaldo has no size therefore these tym around he takes it with de world best big ups to him

  • ike

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    ron all de way

  • bitko

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    Ballon d’Or is about a player, not about a team. I believe CR7 should win it, not because he scored less goals than Messi, but because he helped his team to win the La Liga, and he did that with more assists than Messi. So Messi might have scored more goals than CR7, but CR7 made more assists.

  • Brad

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    hmph, I wondered where he got off to. . . haha

  • Don

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    Hey guyz stop stop stop! I m back and my special hello to my buddy Mardon. second but first thing from where do this another Don came from, and praising junk like CR7 by my name, hmm! I sure do believe its non sense from Cloud or Brad, and if not than here u red girly don, its always about ‘Black’ and its me. Hey still brad and Cloud busy proving CR7 better then mighty Messi, i m sure they have some private battle going on….
    Mardon if u’ll keep convincing this two rats they’ll never believe you and in fact they didn’t want to. These guys are like dogs tails, ‘u keep’em in pipe for years and when u pull out, that again goes round and round and round’. By the way papa’s back cloudy and brady, the so-called CR7 advertisers, i know responding to you gives you importance and level up as u both don’t have any.
    Mardon let me tell you these brats are always wanting to keep the lines of Messi’s achievements behind any comparable player to him and always in try to upgrade CR7, i don’t know whether they are paid. But lets talk some facts why no body talks for spanish performance in olympics where the spainiards looked so ordinary without messi, hardly finding nets and successes. Ok! leave it they’ll never say why CR7 didn’t won the best european award where as they’ll keep comparing messi with his own team mates, so that you or me never focus on biggest flop, CR7. I openly say no iniesta or Xavi is even nearer to Messi’s standards and especially no CR7 who actually copied name of the legend Ronaldo(Brazil) but remember stupids no name makes or produces legends unless its destiny and the world knows, it lies beneath the foots of Messi. speaking of 70 goals doesn’t matter to u, u surely are some cricket fans who think scores are made in running between wickets and legacy of scoring in football and numbers like 70 are of none worthy to you, it simply makes me laugh when u include silverware. U hammer heads this is in fact an individual performer award which proves a player superior(Messi) and inferior(CR7), and put any present silverware up in your A**. And Sameera u might be loving CR7 for his looks but bebe come lez hook up, i can make experiences much much wilder, believe me!
    In short Ladies and Gentlemen, the award for Ballon D’or goes to the all time footballer, the history of soccer has ever seen, hold your breath its none other than mighty mighty Mr. Leonel Messi.
    james pidd, justme, oybek, messi10, bizzy, rocco, blaugrana, danny all my buddies, my warm hello to you and don’t worry at all as we are definitely winning on this and this pimps will always cry as this is also a destiny… HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA…….

  • cloud

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    mardon, here’s proof of your selective reading, the statement i’m trying to remind you of is this:::

    “both Iniesta and Xavi were sensational in Barca and was even more with their country. But they give it to Messi instead, stupid injustice.”

    .. i clearly stated there that either Iniesta nor Xavi deserved it better. now that Iniesta has one the Euro Player of the Year, things have finally gone their ( spaniards ) way. And that is proof enough that the 70 goals of Messi don’t mean anything. I’m glad that they gave Iniesta the individual award that he deserves. He was robbed last 2010 WC.

  • Oybek

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    I remember this website posting an article titled something like ” how the heck did Chelsea become UCL champions?”. I think now is the most fitting time to ask this question.

    Let me congratulate all the people in favor of the position that it was sheer luck that made Chelsea quasi champions as the game itself has proven us right when Chelsea was trashed by At Madrid. The game also suggested that Chelsea always needs a double-decker bus not to get humiliated and they are not meant at least to try the so-called “offensive football”.

  • Anjanesh Vatsa

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    CR7 must win it !!!!!!!!!

  • Mardon

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    Cloud,

    That’s what you said in the comment you are referring to “aside side from Ronaldo, Casillas should win this award to give recognition to Spain’s Three-Peat.”

    U never mentioned UEFA award in there,and you specifically mentioned RM players as your favorites. Seeing that Spain’s success in EURO 2012 has a lot to do with Inesta’s being selected for this award, why do you think your Cassilias or CR7, both of whom had won La Liga and participated in EUROs, have not won it?

    You are blaming me for being selective in my readings, but why would you say Inesta beat Messi in landing this award given that your very hero was there too? Thats also being selective!

    This selection is testament to the possibility of Messi’s winning Ballon d’Or in that it is more about individual performance rather than club trophies that really matter in determining who was the best. For instance, Torres was a top scorer at Euros, landed CL and Kings Cup or something as a part of Chelsea but was not even shortlisted for this award as he failed to demonstrate consistent performance throughout the season. Pirlo has also enjoyed a great season as a part of both Juventus and Italy but he wasn’t shortlisted either. So trophies by nature being the results of combined efforts of all players and sometimes the results of sheer luck ( Chelsea ( humiliated by Falcao yesterday) are not the passport for Ballon d’Or. All I am saying is you better not keep your hopes that high for your CR7 for Ballon d’Or!

  • messi d10s

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    Messi will win ones again! Mou just runs his mouth like always ! Messi is a better player.christiano is good but he lives in the shadow of Lionel Andres messi ! Like the best player in euro it will never go to Christiano! Haha I love the look on his face .you will see messi come out with ballon d’or and Christiano bitch again.messi the greatest player to play the game ! Viva Leo messi!

  • Brad

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    I’m beginning to think it doesn’t matter cloud, he has eyes, I’m sure, but he fails to use them.

  • cloud

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    ..mardon, ur prejudice and ignorance has no bounds. It’s obvious that all you do is SELECTIVE READING, reading only those that appeals to you.

    .. kindly read my statement above, dated august 27, time and time again me and Brad has voiced out that Xavi nor Iniesta deserved this stupid award more than anyone else.

  • Mardon

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    So was ur pseudo-hero!

  • cloud

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    .. james, you’re way behind the news. No matter how many goals Messi scored but he was beaten by Iniesta for the UEFA PLAYER OF THE YEAR award.

    Read it here:: https://www.soccernews.com/iniesta-wins-uefa-best-player-award/101597/

  • justme

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    MESSI is the best by far and last year broke some amazing records. Cristiano is the most overrated player in history. Also Pirlo had a great year, Iniesta, Dogba, Casillas. I think the 3 finalist should be Messi, Iniesta and Pirlo or Casillas.

  • James Pidd

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    Come on! This is not even debatable. Lionel Messi not only set new standards for goals in La Liga he also set a record for total goals in world football. To top it off he also scored the most goals in UEFA Champions League competitions. Moreover, Messi led his national team in goals. Tellingly, last year Mourhino thought CR7 should win because he set, at that time, a new La Liga scoring record.

  • Brad

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    maybe they opened their eyes and noticed that they shoulda gave him his due credit 2 years ago as well, and are trying to make up for it.

  • cloud

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    .. exciting news: Iniesta just have been named UEFA PLAYER OF THE YEAR. At last those blind fools have opened their eyes and gave credit to Iniesta.

  • don

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    go cr7 dis year u truely deservd for ballon’dor…!!bdwy cr7 he z nt a arogant guy!!!people whu jealouse hm dey thnk…he z d mst arrogant guy bt he becme mature a lot day by day…

  • danny

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    messi is the best and will win once more

  • Brad

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    And only 2, if I remember right, at the World Cup. Either 1 or 2, but no more.

  • cloud

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    .. Fabio Cannavaro won it being a Central Defender. And Iker was sensational both for Madrid and Spain. In the Euros he only had one goal allowed inside the net.

  • Brad

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    Casillas is on that list, and high up too. But I wonder if they’ll even consider a keeper. ..

  • cloud

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    .. but i’m sure the Spanish players are scratching their heads to why none of them have yet to win the Ballon D’Or.

    .. in 2010, as Brad has recalled, Iniesta nor Xavi deserved it much much more than Messi. It was an historic FIRST World Cup win for Spain, both Iniesta and Xavi were sensational in Barca and was even more with their country. But they give it to Messi instead, stupid injustice.

    .. and now, with Spain making another historic feat with the only team to win back to back Euros and a World Cup. Aside from Ronaldo, Casillas should win this award to give recognition to Spain’s Three-Peat.

  • rocco

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    …eithr its messis or casilas in ma view, bt i think judges ll choose MESSI….

  • sameera

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    its the cristiano ronaldo sure receiving the award

  • bizzy

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    No matter how much u guys argue..The result will be d same.CR7 fans wants him to win on d other hand Messi fans think he should win..soo what am trying to say is all the CR7 fans don’t push too hard if u don’t wanna end up crying coz The ballon-dor is going to none other then MESSI umm agiain..soo F U C K -OFF LOOSERS

  • Brad

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    Mardon, convenient of you to say “the past 10 years”. Maybe, but he’s still not performed in a tournament while wearing a certain blue and white striped jersey as he does for Barca. Meanwhile, Ronaldo managed to turn what was originally a bad performance at the Euros this summer into a vital one for his country.

    by the way, I’ve given credit to Messi, be it here, or on another article, I’ve done it! He truly is the best player in the world right now, but that doesn’t necessarily mean he deserves the Ballon D’or this year! Had he won La Liga, or the CL for that matter, go ahead and give it to him. But he didn’t. That’s why I believe it should go to Ronaldo this time around.

    Besides, don’t you think it gets old when the same guy wins a personal honor year after year after year. . .? Especially when one of them (2010) probably was questionably awarded to him (still think that should’ve gone to Iniesta or Xavi).

  • Mardon

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    Dude,
    i meant CR7 pseudo hero. See above hero is singular. While i never asked for it, u did spend time on ur last comment, so what is the use of ur last sentence?

  • cloud

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    mardon
    .. of course Jose can declare himself to be THE ONLY ONE, what’s wrong with that ?? Truth of the matter is, he is the only coach to have won in four different countries. Who else have done that ??

    .. by the way, you didn’t catch my sarcasm when i said that Jose doesn’t know what he’s doing.

    .. sorry but you’re a disgrace to football fans everywhere saying that r9 and zidane are pseudo heroes. you’re not worth my time..

  • Mardon

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    could, Messi IS being compared to true legends like Pele and Maradona, which I think prompted Pele to disgrace himself by constantly saying he is or Neymar is better than Messi.For what it is worth, Messi deserves credit for that, which I think your pseudo hero CR7 and Zidane and Ronaldo haven’t.

    I know why CR7 has more goals than Benzema and Gonzo. CR7 being Mr Mou’s compatriot and favorite has more games than them: more games more goals.

    Again, messi’s breaking the record of four decades along with three trophies may not be enough to claim Ballon d’Or but trying to nullify it by lost La Liga, which could be explained by anything but Messi’s underperformance at Barca (50 goals) is not giving the due credit!

  • Mardon

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    By the way, Mr Mou has recently declared that he prefers to be called ” the only one” to ” the special one”. He IS a disgrace to football, cloud.

  • cloud

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    mardon, you’re living in an illusion. you’re the one who’s belittling the great players. Messi would be so little if he is to be compared to Zidane, Pele, Ronaldo R9.. you’re just a member of the messi band wagon, such a pity.

    .. i’m not discounting the achievements of Messi, i give credit to where credit is due. But this year, I can’t see messi winning it.

    .. 70 goals !! hurray !! a new record !! but what did he win from it ?? Copa Del Rey ?? Spanish Super Cup ?? Club World Cup ?? Those are LESSER TOURNAMENTS. Copa Del Rey are played by teams within La Liga, Spanish Super Cup a one-off two leg tie and CWC, no need to mention coz how can a J-League nor brazilian team compare to a La Liga team ??

    .. yeah, Ronaldo only has La Liga to brag about, but it has 38 games on it. you have to be consistent to win it and besides, he’s a WINGER not a STRIKER, how could he have more goals than the strikers Benz and Gonzo ??

  • Mardon

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    Pure24, when some truth is inconvenient for you, that doesn’t mean you should try to silence people by saying ” just stop’. That’s not a normal channel of communication. Oh, I almost forgot. You support the most arrogant people from Portugal, then why wouldn’t you?

    CR7 must be lucky to have supports like you who embellish his mediocre performance to the heavens. Wasn’t the same guy a big flop in some games in EUROs? Wasn’t he too coward to take the first or second penalty against Spain?
    Will you please stop saying his goals against Czech and the Netherlands ( true flop of EURO2012) are important? JUST STOP!

  • Mardon

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    Why are these people here talking about the past and prehistoric players to belittle Messi? Last time I checked this article is about Ballon d’Or for 2011/2012 season?

    Cloud, for crying outloud, forget about CR7 and RM for a second to get rid of the “cloud” blurring your vision- 70+ goals are important because it is a new record in FOOTBALL not Media or RM Ball?

    Brad, it is ok if you prefer silverware to records. Messi has a bunch of both silverware and records unmatched by the players on the pitch over the last ten at least! 15 trophies as a part of Barca, 2 as a part of Argentine, 3 Ballon d’Or. He is the only football player to have been covered in TIME magazine!

    I am not saying Messi should win this year’s Ballon d’Or; let anyone the worthiest win it but trying to belittle Messi’s most successful season by biased opinions only because you support RM or whatever club and only because you admire CR7 is highly intolerable. Learn to give credit where credit is due!

    Messi has yet to leave Barva and become a flop at some other championship. Until this day comes, your dire prediction of his potential inability to fit in or keep the same level is not even worth paying attention to!

  • Pure24

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    Will people please stop saying Copa Del Ray + CWC + Spanish Super Cup COMBINED are greater than La Liga? Just stop.
    Messi has some beautiful football. Nobody disputes that. Messi may gro to be the best there is in football, thats the future – we do not know.
    Now about a quick random history lesson – Ronaldo has a Puskas award, Messi has none. Messi has three Ballon d’Or’s, Ronaldo has one. 2010/2011 season saw Ronaldo with NINE more goals than Messi, but Ballon d’Or went to Messi!
    I don’t know how FOUR more goals can guarantee you a winner… Of course there are more tournaments than just La Liga.
    Now this is not the past, so as of this year 2012 – Ronaldo has La Liga while Messi only has Copa Del Rey…
    About the internationals then. While its true that there was no Copa America this year (not my fault by the way), we still have to consider the internationals… Three friendly goals Vs. three continental championship goals – come on, this is not even a contest. Ronaldo’s effort has led Portugal to be 5th, to spaces higher than Argentina. You want facts, there are the facts!
    My opinion then; Ronaldo has the completeness of a soccer winger (though admittedly, he is a terrible defender). he crosses, he finishes, he shoots from distance, he has Messi’s lane changes, step overs, dribbling e.t.c
    And this year (not last year or 2011/2012. No, THIS YEAR), he has made the most contribution to club and country – Thanks Brad for pointing that out

  • cloud

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    .. funny how you talk Blaugrana, yes, Pep won 14 trophies, but are they completely clean ?? The Champions League games of barca against Chelsea, Milan, Arsenal and Madrid, are they all clean ??

    .. and yes mourinho is a disgrace to football, he only won in the top three leagues in the world, England, Italy and Spain. of course he doesn’t know what he’s doing.

  • Blaugrana

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    Once again the most disgraceful manager in football runs off at the mouth. The man who can only win one title per year for 2 years while his counterpart at Barca wins 14.
    CR7 is a good player but is always overshadowed by Messi because Messi is that much better. Messi broker how many scoring records last season including one that had stood since 1969, and CR7 did what……37% of his goals from the spot.
    Sorry Mou back to the institution you and CR7 will win nothing this year, and maybe Madrid will finally see you for what you truely are…….. a fraud.

  • Brad

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    Sure is. To be frank, some of these people probably don’t even have a memory, just a bunch of band-wagoners for the most part.

  • cloud

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    .. sorry Brad for not mentioning Pele, no need to mention him anymore coz he’s on the very top in the football world.

    .. I mentioned Zidane coz he’s the latest of them gods of football, coz many people here are only focused on the NOW and are low on football memory. If you know what i mean, hehe.

    .. if Messi wins this year then football won’t be a team sport anymore, it would an individual sport, coz praising a man who’s only have an individual record but no IMPORTANT trophy to back him is purely an act of greed.

  • Brad

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    exactly, but just so you know, cloud, you forgot to mention Pele along with Zidane!!!

    In sports, there are pioneers. Then, there are record-breakers. Then, there are the people who don’t necessarily break records or start something new, but are fantastic at what they do and win the things that are most important, which is silverware.

    Pele and Zidane fit all three of these categories. Messi fits record breaker. Ronaldo fits the last category. If I had to go for just one or the other, I’d go for silverware. Records are meant to be broken, but when it comes to winning stuff, do new records really matter? Not really, they’re just nice trivia compared to having you and your team’s name on a trophy.

  • cloud

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    reading comments about Messi being the best player EVER is completely insane. These people clearly haven’t seen Zidane in his Prime.

    Messi: success only in Barca.

    How can a player who’s only good in ONE TEAM be considered to be the best ever ??

    Back to the arguement, we should only focus on the previous season and the first half of this year.

    Messi bagged 70 goals which is astonishing and he won Copa Del Rey and other minor trophies.

    Ronaldo bagged 50+ goals won La Liga and got to the Semis in Euros.

    If we are to consider stats, Messi will win, but then again, how can 70 goals be important when he has only won the Copa Del Rey ?? I’m not discrediting the Kings Cup but isn’t La Liga more important ??

    And why are people making a big deal with Messi’s 50 goals to Ronaldo’s 46 ?? That’s just a 4 goal difference but Ronaldo has the La Liga Crown.

    Biggest point to Ronaldo would be his Euro heroics, everyone was saying that Ronaldo is crap playing for his country, but he proved them all wrong.

  • misko

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    Messi is the best player EVER to play game of football, in my entire life I never saw anyone who can be compared to this little guy, not Pele, not Maradona and sertanly not Cristiano Ronaldo. I can only hope that he will not be injured because he and Barca redefined the game of football to the point that you can compare it to poetry and I just want to enjoy watching that for years and years to come.

  • Faisal Islam

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    Frankly CR7 will win the award..
    May be messi breaks many record but he also brakes his fan’s heart (when missed the penalty against Chelsea)…. lol.

  • Earl

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    Micheal green , messi tries to stay on his feet more than CR7, but to say he never falls is ludacris what have u been watching.

  • michael greene

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    Of course Barca’s amazing success is due to their team work and not to any indiividual…..but that is exactly why Messi is truly one of the greatest players of all time. Its not as simple as scoring goals. If it were, Messi is the winner already. But it is his contribution on the field and his understanding and capacity to combine with the great players around him and vision of the game which makes him such a unique player to watch and enjoy. Plus, he never falls !!!

  • Oybek

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    Pure 24,

    While your arrogance toward my ideas is uncalled for (your bringing English test and reluctance to elaborate on your position Barca vs. Messi), another FACT remains- the very player you are trying to slight has bagged three Ballon d’Ors so far and enjoyed unmatched individual performance last season. So be it- he cannot perform outside Barca. Nevertheless, he is still considered the best by the people who know more about football – much more than you and me. Alternatively, CR7 who is constantly being promoted to be “more complete” player having the same level of performance in different settings has yet to claim his second Ballon d’Or and help his RM at least reach CL finals.

    I do understand why you won’t comment on Copa Del Rey- it wasn’t won by RM. Realistically, though, Barca won this accolade defeating all time La Liga leaders such as RM, Valencia and Atletic Bilbao.

    I never said Messi had more successful season at La Liga and CL. In response to your claim that four more goals by Messi does not make much difference for Ballon d;Or, I had meant that Messi’s combined goal toll ( La Liga, Copa Del Rey and CL) was much more than that of CR7.

  • Oybek

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    Brad,

    I didn’t take it for an insult; just couldn’t ascertain what you meant or re your last comment what I had missed.

  • Earl

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    messi10 has played great footy so has CR7. Messi won the award 3 times in a row. CR7 always closely followed. Messi only played for Barca will he do the same elsewhere. CR7 proved in both league & last season he really upped his game & scored in important games eg. vs barca (which counted against him prev BallDOR) He is a fighter might not b as gifted as Mess10 but fully deserves the award this time round all on merit. Messi is great but cannot b compared to pele ,maradona not yet anyway. He has to perform at the greatest level World cup even once to be a legend same applies to CR7.

  • Brad

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    I didn’t mean it as an insult. I just thought that you might have missed something. That’s all.

  • mgogo

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    messi

  • Oybek

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    Brad,

    “I thought you just didn’t think of something in a particular way. Understandable if that’s the case.”

    I am not sure what you are hinting at by the above comment. Can you expand on that?

  • Ray

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    Messi can just dribble and shoot Ronaldo is the complete package though. besides it is just Xavi and Iniesta that make him look good

  • humbe

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    Do dat domotion quest wateva I think cr7 did it in 2007-08 season with a diffrnt team in man utd so u cn c dat its not a matter of di maria o ozil

  • sagar silwal

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    the argentinian gaint (messi)is the symbol of champion n he will be ballon d or champion for 4th time
    any doubt mr..ronaldo,torres

  • sagar silwal

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    messi should be the ballon d or champion because he is the young pele……and that ronaldo sucks

  • sagar

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    messi should be ballon d or …can other players can dribble than him and that ronaldo sucks

  • Brad

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    Your welcome Pure.

    Oybek, I don’t want to sound like I’m always against everything you say (believe it, I’m not) but this time I thought you just didn’t think of something in a particular way. Understandable if that’s the case.

  • Ray

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    you are the biggest moron on earth if you think messi is better than Ronaldo, all messi can do is dribble and shoot

  • Pure24

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    Oybek
    Mate, this is not an English test. The fact that you noticed I said will, and not can means you knew what I meant.
    Then you say Ozil provided 4 Ronaldo; I think the same can be said for Messi… Check out how many goals Barca players other than Messi scored in La Liga. This shows that while being the primary target-man, he was also the only target-man (He even played as center-forward most season). But compared to Madrid, Ronaldo did his work even when players like Benzema were the target-men.
    You say Messi had more La Liga success than Ronaldo, then why doesn’t he have the medal to show for it?
    About the CL then. Messi was total crap in the semi-finals against Chelsea, but Ronaldo bagged goals (and scored a penalty, although our dear boy hit the cross bar). I CAN not even comment on Copa Del Rey!
    Finally, and I repeat: the FACT remains Messi cannot perform outside this Barca side, but this Barca side can perform pretty well without him (Spain won the WC). Thanks Brad for clearing it up on what I meant on this point

  • Brad

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    What Pure24 meant is that a whole lot of the Spanish national team players are signed with Barca (He has a bit of a point; Villa, Puyol, Xavi, Iniesta, etc.). Yeah, I know it’s not really a “whole lot” but still quite a few. Look at the WC Final for one, Fabregas and Iniesta combined in OT to give Spain the WC.
    Messi has the misfortune to not have teammates of the same caliber/chemistry level/both with Argentina as he does at Barca. Nonetheless, it is Barca’s Spanish players, and not Messi, the golden boy, who have a WC championship medal to their name.

    I hate how people love to only talk about the good of Messi’s performances at Barca. It’s like in gridiron football, only reversed: people only talk about the bad of Tim Tebow. You do have to take into account the short-comings, not just the successes (in Tebow’s case, vice versa). And for Messi, even with those hat tricks over the summer, that means not rising to expectations while with El Albiceleste. (I will say that the hat trick against Brazil is fairly big bonus points in Messi’s favor to me.)

  • Oybek

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    @pure24
    I would like to address some hollow parts in your arguments.
    You argue “I don’t think four more goals make for the player of the year.”
    Why do you think the selection panel should focus solely on La Liga to determine who led the most outstanding performance throughout the season? How about CL, Copa Del Rey and International games? It is altogether fitting to reason that in recognition of these tournaments Messi enjoys a greater margin.
    You say “the fact remains Messi cannot perform outside this Barca side, but this Barca side can perform pretty well without him (Spain won the WC)”
    Spain National is not Barca and their success does not necessarily make Messi any weak. In fact, Barca (not Spain) CANNOT perform pretty well without Messi as evidenced by their hosting Sporting Gijon at the absence of Messi, where Inesta, who by the way is the backbone of Spain NT, admitted how hard it was for them to play without him.
    You pretend to stress “And I will not even state who’s contribution has had the most impact.”
    Well, you would sound more objective if you said “I CAN not even state whose contribution has had the most impact”
    If you are referring to CR7’s goals against Athletic Madrid and Barca by the end of La Liga, RM would have still been leading without these goals by a point margin. Why would you pay so much “homage” to a single goal to Barca which CR7 merely finished thanks to a brilliant pass by Ozil, who has not gotten even the slightest recognition for that, by the way? Let me guess because there aren’t many such deeds by your hero.
    Finally, you state “Therefore, its Ronaldo against the greatest team so far – the team to beat, and beat them he did…”
    Barca and RM met six times last season, out of which Barca won three classicos as opposed to one by RM, the rest having ended in draws. Could one be more desperate to claim CR7 “beat” Barca seeing these stats?

  • tayo

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    hey….!!@koyolyn plz dnt yet cmpre messi wid pele r8 nw…hu knws ol barca fans ashamed of ua cmments r8 nw…..!!coz dey knw hw difficlt z it…..!!like olmst impssble fo messi….!!itz really funny 2 say diz bt its true….pele hv olready won 2 world cups….!!messi excpt barca nthng……!itz so early to cmpre wid pele dude….!!u need sme vry strng points 2 cmpre wid pele….!!atleast won copa america den i wld say he z dne smetng special.,.!!bt copa america would nt b in hs destiny…..!luk cr7 atleast he hd prvd hmslf he has a gutts 2 cmpete wid cmpion in euro 2012…!he led his team into semi final n cmpre 2 messi in copa america dets really gud enough…..fo cr7 coz messi neva gnna win d wrld cup….!!its so hard to say det messi z ntng outside barcalona bt its true detz y he did nt mke any huge impact in outside barca in der 5 years international carrier….so far!!n i dnt thnk messi wld do det…in future he z just a club hero…

  • leo

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    yes….@pure u hv a fair points i do really appriciate det….

  • Pure24

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    To be honest, I don’t think goals make player of the year. But then again, player of the year is not necessarily best player ever – that’s one for another argument. Still, goals are an important factor.
    I don’t think four more goals make for the player of the year. Just think, would there be a ‘season’ without the league. Nope, the rest of the tournaments are just a 100m dash. The league is a real marathon, a real long-standing test of stamina and a test of performance throughout the year (of which Messi/Ronaldo were both magnificent) and the best tournament to judge Ballon d’Or from. And I will not even state who’s contribution has had the most impact.
    After all, the fact remains Messi cannot perform outside this Barca side, but this Barca side can perform pretty well without him (Spain won the WC). Therefore, its Ronaldo against the greatest team so far – the team to beat, and beat them he did… Well, we can all agree that its been awhile (sort of) since Messi did that

  • Raul

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    ” Koyolyn says:
    August 8, 2012 at 12:00 pm

    Yeah.. No 1 disgrees abt cr7 being a great player.. He real is.. No dought abt tht.. Cr7 and leo10 debate is ovr.. The only debate tht dsturbs our mind is between leo and pele.. I never heard cr7 get compered to these real legends ( pele or maradona) so pls guys.. Stop nonsense arguments.. Abt who is the best btn cr7 n messi.. Coz messi znt cr7 level.. He z in pele n maradonas level.. Al in al.. The best wl win.. ” Holy hell was that hard to read, Ronaldo isnt being compared with maradona or pele, because they know if Pele and Maradona played the game as it is now, they wouldnt have a chance on him. Messi on the other hand, they would stood up against in a quite close race. Ronaldo should win the Ballon, but he should of won it last 2 years too, definately last season, but barcelona as a team won everything there was to win, making it a nobrainer to give the prize to Messi. If Ronaldo didnt win, the next one on the platform should be Iniesta and then Messi. But all in all they are all amazing football players and everyone of those 3 should get the “trophy”

  • waqar10

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    FACT 1:”thts the best player in the world wdout shadow of doubt.he is notably better than c.ronaldo,and by far i hav to say ,Lionel Messi is absolutely fantastic,believe me,this guy is a genius and he can change a match all by his own” (Frank Lampard)
    FACT 2:”Messi should the b’odr,he is the best player in the world right now”(Neymar)
    All i hav to say these are the players…who realy go to the field and they know the pressure and strss out there,they know who is the best out there…so tell me guys they are wrong? are they just tryng to promt messi?
    cr7 played incridble ths season no doubt…he scored just against barca in tht match so they made through..and guys tht was a brilliant assist by ozil…one of the best assist from ozil…
    So guys just thnk about the reocrds messi broke ths year…he scored more than 70 in one season…50 in la liga…more than 10 in champion league…8 hatricks….man come on..he is the player compared wd pele and maradona..he is level is a step high than ronaldo…
    FACT 3:C.Ronaldo (Madrid): “Rivalry with Messi? He does his job at Barcelona and I do mine at Madrid. I like challenges, but not against one player.”

  • waqar10

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    @oybak u did a grt job to revealing the info about messi and such a nyc a valid argument…so i hav to say here most of the guys saying tht messi scored against weak teams…guys ths is football..out there on the field no one wants to lose…every body tries their best…and one thng more…la liga is a leauge..not a group stage tournamnt…so y cr7 surpassed messi in the battle of goals..he also played against those weak teams…????

  • messi sucks

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    @oybek….so wen messi hv scre against madrid..chelsea ac milan last year huh…..!!actualy he did score mre den 60 goals wid underdogs….!!please dnt gve such a fake facts we hd a eyes too…..!!did u forgt last seasons madrid vs barca mtch…did messi scored?npe cr7 scored…

  • NthaniRolex

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    igetwiugfudhfvkjbvh

  • Oybek

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    Pure24

    It is fun to see you contradicting yourself by stating Brazil23 sucks but they managed to score three goals against Argentine. While I see you trying to belittle Messi’s performance there, I observe how tough it is for you guys to bring valid and reasonable arguments to promote your CR7 and/or to weaken Messi’s superiority. But no matter how hard you try, you can’t reject facts as much as you can’t make them up!

  • Oybek

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    Fact 1. Messi scored well over 70 goals this season breaking the all-time record set by Cruf
    Arguments by CR7 fans: Well, most of them were scored against weak sides and didn’t really matter
    Counter Argument: Do the math and deduct the goals out of 50 that were scored against such weak teams and see if Barca would have still secured the second spot in La Liga. That’s excluding the assists he provided throughout the season.
    Fact 2. Barca won three trophies ( Spanish Super Copa, Copa Del Rey and World Club Cup)
    Arguments by CR7 fans: Well, these are not as important as La Liga
    Counter Argument: Barca won the first two trophies as a result of directly crushing RM and in both cases Messi’s performance was all decisive; in the latter Messi’s goal was match winner and the former his crucial assists paved the way for Barca
    Fact 3. Messi’s performance as a part of Argentina is off to a promising start to say the least;
    Arguments by CR7 fans: Well, friendlies are friendlies and especially Brazil side is too weak
    Counter Arguments: Football is football and there is no side entering the pitch wanting to lose. Most of the guys starring in Brazil 23 are already front-runners (Marcelo, Hulk among others). Plus matches between Brazil and Argentina have never been a joke.
    You guys couldn’t be more subjective. You say CR7 put a great performance against Czech Republic and Netherlands (the former being clear underdogs and the latter putting their worst ever performance throughout EUROs) but when it comes to Messi’s performance against Eucador and Brazil, you sing totally different tunes.
    All in all, the selection panel should know better whether individual performance or trophies matter more in choosing the deserving Ballon d’Or. In all fronts, goals, trophies and national team, Messi claims an explicit advantage. That being said, however, we are living in the age of information in which media have a lot to do with guiding mindless masses. Considering that CR7 and Mr Mou and virtually all RM and Portugal players are leading widespread campaign in favor of him, I wouldn’t be surprised if he would be selected in the end. For, he has no other advantage by far over Messi.

  • Pure24

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    To add to what Leo is trying to say, CR scored when it really mattered. Not against the to-be-relegated teams

  • leo

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    @koyoln…..i dnt think dat debate betwn cr7 n leo z ova….!!d real debte z jst hv 2 bgin btwn cr7 n leo……..i ve neva seen a plyrs like messi n cr7 snce i ve startng watchn futbal….many’s r cme n gne bt these two r really special n so plz dnt yet cmepre messi 2 pele…it does’nt mke anysense to me….!!r8 nw messi evn nt surpass d cr7 saga completly…..i do accpt det messi hv ply fantastc last year so far bt d wy cr7 hd plyd… der’s no doubt …he z nt mch behnd 4rm leo….so wen we luk upn d last year perfomnce of both plyr i thnk cr7 hv plyd mch bettr den messi… smehw he mssd top scorr bt his goal led him to tital winnr…..!!diz z a huge succss fo evry single plyr in world….!!!abve 2 bcme cmpion wat we want…huh dets a real diffrnce betwn fo messi n cr7..for ballon’dor race…so dis tme my vote goes to cr7…!!

  • Pure24

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    At Brad am from Southern Africa myself… And I never travel!!! I’m sorry 4 any wrong things you got from that; I was just trying to make a joke. Eish, its becoming harder to joke nowadays without hurting someone’s feelings – what with the being politically correct and grammatically accurate. Every time you write something you have to make sure that its not going to hurt Geeks, Atheists, minority groups, smokers (is it politically correct to say ‘smokers’?), and Penguins. And these are just a drop in the ocean (I didn’t even mention the Mexican’s – my bad, too much Top Gear UK…)

    Anyway, back to the main story at hand.. What team is number one in Spain? What is Portugal’s world ranking? How about Argentina? How many First-team Spanish players play in Barcelona (I’m saying this to capture the success of Spain – and transferring it to the success of Barcelona)?
    Once somebody gives me an answer, don’t say “I know where you are going with this.” I’m not going anywhere – this part of my comment is over. Its not a rhetorical question. So just answer without additional comments.
    We are talking player of the year as a human being (home and club). Not most entertaining ‘Barcelona’ player or hat-trick-scorer-against-the-under-23-Brazil-squad-that-sucks-like-hell-and-still-managed-to-score-three-against-Argentina!

  • Oybek

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    Pure24,

    Most sayings can be interpreted differently and most of the times they can be self-contradicting. The saying I mentioned above is aimed at discouraging too much inquisition, so I may have brought it up improperly.

  • Oybek

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    Cloud,

    This discussion is mostly about C. Ronaldo vs Messi so it is normal I should focus on the latter. If you do stick to the fact that football is a team sport, why would you among others attribute RM’s success in La Liga last season to C. Ronaldo? Despite the fact it was a collective achievement, La Liga trophy is the key if not only argument being used to promote CR7 candidacy for Ballon d’Or, isn’t it? The players like Ozel, Higuain, Benzema and Cassilias among others were equally decisive in securing La Liga, yet why aren’t they getting any recognition? CR7 was mercurial in EURO 2012 and should not deserve any recognition in Portugal’s mediocre performance there.

    Both Xavi and Inesta are unique players of this generation, but they do count on players like Messi to finish the attacks. Spain’s mostly a single goal advantage throughout EURO 2012 and World CUP 2010 can be attributed to the fact that the squad is devoid of finishers like Messi. Messi is fundamental at Barca in that almost all attacks go through him and most of the times he is the finisher if not a key distraction by attracting most defenders thereby opening space for goals. Barca hosted Sporting Gijon last season without Messi and they did have tough time adapting throughout the match.

    I do share your concerns about strikers’ getting all the credit and the player makers like Xavi, Inesta and Di Maria, Ozel going unnoticed despite their determining hard pitch- work. It has always been an epidemic among football. community, unfortunately for them.

    Messi boasts unparallelled individual performance, whereas CR7 enjoys advantage with a key trophy ( according to most people), so it is going to be a tough decision for the board to make a balanced choice between the two. To this end, I think they should hand this accolade for someone like Cassilias or Inesta among many and many others for a change.

    PS. Sorry for my failure to be concise with my comments. Just can’t help it being non-native speaker.

  • cloud

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    and oybek, you saying that football is a team sport but you only acknowledge one player – messi – is such a confusing stand.

  • cloud

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    let me quote your question oybek

    let me ask the very question you posted: “ would CR7 keep his performance level being devoid of the likes Ozel, Di Maria among others?

    my answer to that is Ronaldo’s performance in the Euros. He helped his team reach the Semis and got it to a PK ShootOut against eventual champions Spain.

    And if we’re to ask who is fundamental in Barca’s success, i would say it’s not Messi, but Xavi and Iniesta. These two proved their geniuses during the Euros that they don’t need a striker, they can make goals out of anyone, even the defender Alba scored a goal created by Xavi. It’s really a shame that these two hasn’t been recognized.

  • cr bikram magar

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    excellents goals frm cr7 vs ac milan while 000000000000 goal frm incomplete messi vs red devil ha ha ha…………………

  • david

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    messi deserves it. How many records broken in a season!!! In athletics there honour one for brking 0ne record!!!!

  • don

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    messi

  • Suomi

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    Andrea Pirlo.

  • Brad

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    Coming from the South part of the USA, that last quote by pure24 is actually insulting. But I couldn’t help but at at the salmonella!!!

  • pure24

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    At Oybek. No hard feelings man, just thought u would get a laugh out of this… Well, if you eat any grape you find without question, you may get Salmonella or E. coli!!!

    Anyway, we also have this saying in our local language which translates – the one who does not travel thinks his mother is the best cook

  • Koyolyn

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    Yeah.. No 1 disgrees abt cr7 being a great player.. He real is.. No dought abt tht.. Cr7 and leo10 debate is ovr.. The only debate tht dsturbs our mind is between leo and pele.. I never heard cr7 get compered to these real legends ( pele or maradona) so pls guys.. Stop nonsense arguments.. Abt who is the best btn cr7 n messi.. Coz messi znt cr7 level.. He z in pele n maradonas level.. Al in al.. The best wl win..

  • Brad

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    Oybek, thanks for a real argument. Of course, Messi is supposed to rely on his teammates, EVERYONE is. But the thing is, Don is just one of those people who seem to think Messi alone is the reason why Barca is so dominant. Worse still, on a different article, they like to ridicule Pele for only being so good as he was “because of his teammates.” Both of those things annoy the heck out of me.

  • Oybek

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    Brad,
    “Now, if we were to take Xavi/Iniesta/both out of the equation, then Messi will drop down a bit.
    And only Don will say otherwise.”
    Don will not be alone taking issue with your imaginary argument, Brad.
    First, football is a team sport and why would you not expect Messi to count on his teammates? To turn attacks into goals, Messi, like any striker, does need to get support from wingers and playmakers. Plus, unlike other “pure” strikers, Messi plays a crucial goal in generating, intensifying and finishing attacks as evidenced by his unmatched assists among strikers. Messi’s goal portfolio may not be as rich as those of CR7 but his multidimensional role in Barca can also make him a complete player. (CR7 (nick) and Cloud who supported the former);
    I further take issue with people lending too much weight to CR7’s being a “winger” and scoring more goals than most strikers excluding Messi. For his own reasons, Mou has always alternated strikers like Benzema and Iguauin, while CR7 has not missed a single match throughout the season. Plus, it was often the case that for the likes of Ozel and Di Maria, CR7 was a first choice to provide assists with.
    Now more about somewhat immature argument about CR7’s being more complete players because of his wide-ranging goals. I do agree that CR7 boasts a richer portfolio of goals. However, let’s consider his free-kicks, backheels and headers. Out of tens of tries, he scored a few free kicks which can be translated as “the mercy of luck” and he scored a single backheeler which he himself admitted being unexpected and headers- well I have seen better. I believe no one except those desperate CR7 fans having tough time finding valid arguments in favor of him would care about how a goal was scored so long as the numbers are the ones that matter at the end of the day. In my nation a saying has it “ just eat the grapes and ignore how they got here or from which garden they are”
    To sum up, let me ask the very question you posted: “ would CR7 keep his performance level being devoid of the likes Ozel, Di Maria among others?

  • Brad

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    “harsh truths which u may count as immanerism”

    If that last one is even a real word. . . that’s one truth right there. But what else? oh right, ZIP.

    Cloud, I’m seriously wondering if they even want him in the imaginary world he lives in, why else would he come here to the real world and act like this?

    I can already tell you other Barca fans should be ashamed of his attitude and immaturity. I know Oybek is, as he gave Don a talking to some time ago, and Oybek is the only guy Don would act something near normal to. Seems like he didn’t listen.

  • Don

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    @michal76,77,78…..,cr bik mgr….etc. etc., thanx for gud suggstns but still i’d sggst stop rubbish unlike brad & cloud or i’d b forced again to say harsh truths which u may count as immannerism, but as i’d to admit again Messi’s class is excellent & cr7 is nt even nearer to that so stopyour rap addressing cr7 as i dnt know bout you fan followings and plz stay safe from this nonsense….. better play carrom or smthng….

  • cr bikram magar

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    if messi win ballon d or i am sure that there wil b bigest strike

  • michal76

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    hey…!@don u shld hv learn sme mannr’s…,!!d way u criticize 2 other’s dets nt gud…!!dis arguments z nt bout us so please…..!!if u want 2 update sme 2 fact,reason or points bout messi n cr7….u cn go fo it…!!bt plz dnt gve such immaturity point….bout messi!!we knew det messi iz a fantastic plyr bt last yeah he may score mre goals den cr7….bt it does’nt mttr who loss dia league and ucl…!!!!!so without silvrwre ol hrd wrk goes vein..!!so cr7 deservd dis year ballon’dor

  • Don

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    Hey Cloudy, Brady babies how how how how r ya?? As still u can’t guess i don’t belong to Real world and i even don’t wanna be….. Shocked hmmm! congrats and keep it up wid your so-called real world, coz we live in Barca world and u’ll regret it one day and i m feeling having a sympathetic feeling for you brats as if suppose Messi wins this trophy weather you guys could get some heart attack or epileptic or paralytic attack or something as you brats for sure know that your Ronaldo guy is not gonna score even half of the number of goal up coming season compared to his last time figures and still if he tries for the past figure i fear as if his balls may fall out of his shorts on pitch and they might even be sent at the back of the net by messi. Pity on u morons u rather come out of virtual world and accept reality i’d rather say…. hi, hi, hi……

  • Brad

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    Brilliantly, as usual. . . still trying to work my brain around that bit, sounds like an oxymoron. Now, if we were to take Xavi/Iniesta/both out of the equation, then Messi will drop down a bit.

    And only Don will say otherwise.

  • cloud

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    @brad, in other words he would not survive in the real world. LOL

    we still have half of a season to decide the winner. Barca is without Pep, i wonder how messi would perform.

  • Clemsy

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    Ronaldo deserve dis coming player of the year

  • Brad

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    Cloud, I’m sorry but he’d probably be thrown out to, what was it, “lie with the fishes” if he came back to reality.

  • cloud

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    @cr7, i couldn’t agree more with what you said. Ronaldo is THE complete player. His goals comes from everywhere, free kicks, direct shots, headers, magic shot even. And yes, Ronaldo’s position is much harder to score goals coz he’s a WINGER. How can a winger score more goals than the strikers Benz and Gonzo ??

    Messi is a STRIKER – his job is easy, just make sure he puts the ball at the back of the net PROVIDED by Xavi and Iniesta.

    @brad, i could just imagine don with his soda-caps sucking em all up and munching his nachos playing World of WarCraft. lol

    @don, have mercy on yourself, get back to REALITY, please. There is a REAL WORLD outside of the internet.

  • CR7

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    Theres no doubt ronaldo should and will win this year award,he won la liga…But is so sad everyone says messi should or is better,first messi does 86.7% goals for the WHOLE barcelona team while not having any teamate with more than 10 goals,now comparing it to real madrid,which has 3 players with more than 25+ goals per season including ronaldo..plus CR7 should get more credit than any other player since he plays as a winger,which is a croosing position,and its harder than ST…Meaning that this proves real madrid being more offensive than barca and meaning ronaldo is better than messi…Not better enough??? well its so sad to give the award to messi,an incompleted player(cant use his head) who makes belive everyone his better,well there havent been any player on the history of football that has won the award while being incompleted,meaning to this nonsense that sergio ramos could win the award?? well CR7 can do anything,anywhere,anytime,but to all silly goals from barcelona wich gives them credit to messi since he does all goals,then thas why he wins the award?? this make nonsense, cristiano ronaldo is the best player of the world and this flee,who makes belive people his the best??? ronaldo has won already an ballon de oro and a world cup,something that makes u the greatest of all time and a legend,and something messi dosent,overall,im saying Cristiano ronaldo is the best player of the world and should win this award so he can get back on the game and prove to the messi fans boys who pretend to know football whos boss!!!! CR7 the best!!!!!!!

  • Brad

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    Funny. Now I know what political party you fall into: Liberal. Makes perfect sense, seeing as you make no sense at all, and act so intolerant, and have the guts to call me prejudicial. If you want my attitude towards you to improve, I suggest you improve your own attitude. . . basically, “Brother, let me pull the mote out of thine eye, but first, let me pluck out the beam from mine own eye.”

    It mightn’t matter that Messi won no truly major trophies this year, but adding silverware to the stats sheet really does put some gold trimming on your resume. You can break every personal stats record in the book, but you need the silverware to show just where all that effort and hard work went to. It’s not just goals scored that measure a player’s success, it’s the trophies he helps the team he plays for win are also taken into account. I can already tell, had Barca and Messi won either/both La Liga and the UCL, you wouldn’t have said jack about silverware, you’d have reveled in the Catalan side- and the Argentine superstar- victory(ies).

    And you have the temerity to call me and Cloud brats, rats, sick and prejudicial people, and all that nonsense? Despicable how your attitude and language is “mucho feo”.

  • Don

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    Hey hey hey, u wont improve, hmmm! u mean u’ll not give the trophy to Messi coz barca could win the ECC or La Liga??? listen kiddos its the trophy for the individual performer and not any club related silverware or something…. sick & prejudicial people like you are like dogs tails, ‘u keep it in a pipe for years and when u pull the pipe out it again goes round’.. so nothing can be done for brats as u… u only deserve to lie wid fishes….. WATCH YOUR BACKS! coz u said something as Homo stuff, i noticed that & i still love u both for all this.. hi hi hi. he let me tell you my sectet i’ve really got a big big fish, ‘ask my GF’, and you both gotta lie wid it some day & ‘i swear by u’…..

  • Brad

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    Cloud, I think we should just leave him in his own little world, at least the people know him there and think he’s normal.

    Don, you can break records all you want, like Messi did last year, but if you don’t win the silverware to make it count, those record breakers don’t measure up. No La Liga, No CL championship, just like cloud said.

    And calling us names and telling us to fulfill your. . . . homosexual. . . desires is not going to do a lick of good. So stop the nonsense. The real world is too dangerous for you, so you might want to go away, stay away, and go back to your own little world, off Soccernews.com, before some dude from the real world makes you go. . . “lie with the fishes.”

    I swear, 12 year olds these days. . .

  • cloud

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    don, too much VIRTUAL GAMES dude ?? You live in your own world, please come back to reality.

    if messi wins, the voting body should make a letter for the public explaining the reason why they let messi win.

    again, his 70+ goal scoring record holds no weight.
    – 50 goals in la liga: did they won la liga ? NO
    – 1st player to score 5 goals in an ECC game: did they win the ECC? NO

  • Don

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    Hey cranks ! @cloud, brad, sucker, gentle B, franknd, bright, dismas, stanley, jjjj, Tayo Jay, yemmy, gbenga shut up all u pricks and insert your fingers one in your a** and the other in mouths coz Don is back kiddos…. It’s not at all in yours(brats) hands or words to deliver that trophy in cr7’s a**!! you rats dont count in fifa! but now even a single time you praise that CR7 you guys get your a**’s kicked hard and especially Brady and Cloudy you both come in to my office as you havent told this rest about papa(Don)….. Messi of course has already won it and no body speaks for some CRRrrrrr777 or some body whom this world has not even heard of actually this guys name is also stolen one from the name of brazilian icon Ronaldo to go try making is replica and make him world famous continuing that tag of Ronaldo and while speaking about Messi…hmmmm…than listen brats Messi’s are not made they are born. Stars are not dependent on praises the world silently sees them and admires in the hears of billions not some craps like CR7,,,, Scroll messi’s records even the last years and the rest ronaldo will have to rebirth and try again and still he wont reach those touch lines. So think again and b4 any comment always think that Don might be reading it…… and get in queue to please and oblige ‘Don’ addressing the truth(Messi) and i dont want any nonsence from any one of you.. as it gets repeated then i think you may all be lying with the fishes as rest in peace as Luca Brazzi(i.e. in Godfather)…….

  • Gentle B

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    Cr7 is the man

  • Holuwatimi

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    Messi deserved the ballon d’or

  • leo

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    @tayo….did u 4gt last yea copa america….n look cr7 hw perform in euro evn though european countries mch tougher den any others continent in d world…..!!definitly cr7 bcme bettr messi dis yea….!

  • messi sucks

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    go cr7 u r da best….of all…

  • Brad

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    @Nkambo, hold on!! “Give me and I run with it” ?

    Haven’t you realized that one of Messi’s biggest traits is being the best DRIBBLER in the world? Ronaldo’s is his free kicks and penalty kicks, dribbling is a big part of it, too, yeah, but he’s no longer a ball hog like he was at Man United.

  • Franknd

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    Cr7 -man united{premier league title-champions league,wold club cup}=world best.Euro 2012{semi finalwit amazing goals}.Real Madrit{la liga title and 46amazing goal}wit dis he is stil gud(amazing)now who is talking about being d best.4 me cr7 have done wut no player can do.if messi try it he wil be lust 4 eva.so if messi is the best,leave bacellona and stil remain d best has cr7 have done.i think messi is not d best.cr7-is amazing,awsome.d best player in d world.

  • cloud

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    why would i say that messi is nothing without xavi or iniesta ??

    remember the EUROS when Spain has no true striker ?? remember that pass by xavi to a DEFENDER named Alba ?? Xavi and Iniesta made what messi is today. Too bad there’s no recognition from them.

  • bright

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    cr7,cr7,cr7 is the man!!!!!!!

  • bright

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    the only man that deserve the ballon d or is only but cr7.his the man on bode

  • cr bikram magar

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    cr7>xavi>inesta>al other>messi , messi(missing) is just a little guy who have just learn to touch thd ball. he only knows to dribil the ball that can b done by anyone. Have u ever sen scissors kick frm messi, have u ever sen any sorts of skills frm messi? I am sure that answer answer wil be no no…… So ronaldo is the best bcoz he is the best. Cr7 does extraordinary things but messi is just a ordinary and boring organ for xavi and inesta who always bore them by begging pass. cr is d best

  • Nkambo andrew

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    OHHHH Messi takes it for me because of his style of playing. Apart from “give me and i run with it” done by ronaldo, look at the dodging of all the defenders by messi

  • dismas

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    as 4mi cr7 is the best, his style is new school messi is old scul. cr7 takes risks messi doesn’t, cr7 takes freekicks perfectly, good dribbler, accurate, fast, can play 4 any club, and handsome hahaa jst kiddin. all this messi can only dream of, even neymar says cr7 is his idol.messi is only good at posessing the ball.

  • KAYGOK

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    For those that are saying that without Xavi and INIESTA Messi cannot be himself I want to use this medium to tell you that you are not a football fan you are just a mere team and player supporter. Go and check last season record. Messi was in the second place behind Ozil in the la liga assist ranking, in the Uefa champions league he was the highest goal scorer and he also made the assist ranking

  • NIGEL TABB EXETER ST PLYMOUTH

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    John Terry for the way he never gave up

  • Stanley

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    Pls this whole argument shud stop cr7 deserve world footballer of d yr

  • George Austine

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    You can agitate for CR7 for as long as you can. It’s the football heads polls that will decide, which i’m very confident will go Messi or Iniesta’s way. For me, without sentiment, I think the best deserves the Ballon’dor; and that’s the FCB LION.

  • MR.roboto

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    The FIFA Ballon d’Or is an association football award given annually to the player who is considered to have performed the best in the previous season. —excerpt from the Wikipedia page.

    I mean, from what’s been said, shouldn’t some other players also be considered in this debate? Don’t get me wrong that I’m a big fan of CR7 so if I was one of the voters, I will definitely vote for CR7 but what about Iker Casillas who won la liga and had only one goal against in EURO2012 (also won the tournament) and if people are talking by number of titles, shouldn’t F.Torres be considered too (lol)? I mean, he won golden boots in euro, won euro, and won UEFA champs league in which he made an important goal against Barca.
    So to consider who had performed “the best” in 2012 (of course it’s too early to discuss this but hey) so far, that is, if they do poll right now, I think Casillas should win it.
    Also, I think between CR7 and Leo, CR7 has upper hand at this moment because Messi has scored more but as the others say, CR7 had what people in this debate is referring “important goals”
    I mean, hat trick against lower leveled team during league OR scoring only and victorious goal in Euro2012 tournament match, I think the latter case should weigh more.

  • jjjj

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    r7,u brats

  • Pure24

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    Hmmm… Messi or Ronaldo?
    How about non… Its time we stopped watching two players and began to watch the whole team!!! Why, when is the last time anyone even watched soccer?!

  • Arif

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    If anybody knows football he or she should think in both way-scoring & play making. If we consider both of these two things then we see a picture of player. That picture is none but the picture of Messy.

  • Tayo Jay

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    @Michal….how do you know CR7 has done better in national team games? Has CR7 won any gold medal or twinning trophy in a Portuguese shirt? Messi, on the other hand, has won age-group competitions (u-20 and u-23) for Argentina. Even though both haven’t won global and continental competitions for their national teams, it is Messi who has a better record in this regard!

    And, for the love of Mike!, when people argue, learn to argue on the scope and the facts of the context…this award is for the 2011-2012 season, not what they have done in the past! Remember, any player can win the league (if he’s in the right place at the right time), but not every player can score 73 goals in official matches in one season! We won’t be seeing that again until another century passes by!

  • michal

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    d worthy of ballon’dor candidates are cr7 and arguemntly messi…..these two plyrs r undbtly wrld class….!!thanks @leo i agree with ur point messi should b imprve his perfmnce in a country mtchs…..!!bt still cr7 has bettr recrd den messi in a country mtchs….cr7 has devlpd lot mre…since he join 2 madrid…!!!cr7 dsrvd ths year ballon dor’…

  • Brad

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    Then Messi has under-performances against worthy teams, particularly in worthy situations, when it is (or, at Argentina’s case, should) be a given that he does likewise.

    I wouldn’t credit Messi there, either.

  • Oybek

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    Hi Brad,

    Re your argument ( the most over-used one ever) about CR7 successful performance with multiple clubs, let me make one clarification- these clubs are superclubs as it is and it is a given that he should perform greatly.

    Plus CR7 “match-winning” against mediocres or underdogs at Euros is offset by his under-performance against worthy teams. So I would not give credit for that.

  • fairest kilobyte

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    I have never seen a player campaign for ballon d’or whilst messi is relaxed b’cos is not ur words but ur performance mes broke 5 records both world and europe

  • Brad

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    Sorry Elvis, you didn’t give us Choice B. You said “WHO DESERVES IT (A) cr7;-> or (A) MESSI THE GREAT;-)?”

    So how can we choose B when there isn’t a B? Ha, ha. . .

    By the way, an OFFER is just an offer, it doesn’t really matter unless it falls through. Man City once offered 130+ million to AC Milan for the services of Kaka. But as it didn’t fall through, it’s a useless offer. Meanwhile, 80 million DID fall through, and is the world record for a transfer.

    You’ve got Ronaldo, who has actually played his game with multiple teams and still dominates (except at international level, but even then still shows up once in a while for major tournaments), then you’ve got Messi who dominates only at Barca and hardly lights it up for Argentina?

    It seems Ronaldo is more competent, as he has put in more results at both levels, including match-winners at the Euro this summer.

  • gbenga

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    enikan ooo laye plz why messi alwayz……plz cr7 has work more hard this season than him……let it go’s to him…..i mean cr7

  • Elvis

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    I’ve seen most ppl talkin of better dribles and freekicks whatsoever . Let me ask you a question . In a match (a) has better tactics and (b) nets 5 goals in one match , who gets credit? .in the past 4 seasons (a)has 1 league title and (b)3, who is the best? (a)can’t break the records set by(b), who is tough?. (a)’s talent is realised at an old age while (b) impressed a big club like barca at 13 after playing for only 30 minutes ,whos talented. (a) transfered for 80 million (b) gets a 335 million offer ,who is the most worthy. (a) gets most of his earnings frm hs clb ,most companies want to market their products with (b) konami pepsi etc ,whn is most valuable?. ! ! ! NEWS cristiano ronaldo (a) refused 2 gve a 10 yr old girl an autograph becoz she was wearing a barcelona jersey! ! Cruel , on the other hand messi (b) is a unicef ambassador helping even real madrid suppoters, who is humble? *WHO DERSEVES IT (A)cr7;-> or (A)MESSI THE GREAT;-)? IF YOUR ANSWER IS A SHAME ON YOU . If B NICE . Messi deserves it

  • Brad

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    Are we sure this is Leo, and not another guy called Don working under a different name? The immaturity and attitude are very, very similar.

  • yemmy

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    @ leo you are absolute right, as for me cr7 deserve it more than any player, his performance for club and country as been great. Ronaldo fetch himself more goals than messi who should share all his goal with xavi and iniesta

  • Tayo Jay

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    @Leo…So who is doing better in country matches now? Answer the question and you don’t have to call anybody names!

  • Maji Unekwu Simon

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    For me Messi deserve to win the Ballon D’oh, because he is a gifted and tallented player

  • leo

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    haa..,haa…@michal hw stupid r u….huh? did u said det ronaldo hv scre just 2 goals in a free kick…..hee…..hee u rocks plz r u blind hw many times cr7 hv scord in a free kick last yeah.,,..!!actly u dnt knw exactly…,!!so let me tel u he hv nettd 7 times in a free kick…..or messi ve nettd only 2 tmes..we ol knw diffrenc betwen cr7 n messi..both ply totaly opposide..to each othr…,.!!sme facts det messi’s neva agree that without barclona teammates….do u think det messi can able 2 compete wid cr7……??in ma opinion he cant able 2 score 30-40 in a season…his maximum goal goal was set up by xavi n iniasta…!!!he only depend wid his teammates detz y he gves so poor perfomnce in a country mtchs…

  • Brad

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    ?????

    “talented and skillful while ronaldo got just the skill.”

    Anyone else not find any sense in that?

  • kenah delano problemo

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    For me the ballon d”or this year should still be given to lionel messi for he has performed well this season more than any other player.and to add messi is talanted and skillful while ronaldo got just the skill.and the messi is the best player of his generation

  • franco11

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    raja concludedthe argument a long time ago wth stats.u rock raja a man hu reasons if nt messi truth is sm other spanish player like xavi or iniesta evn sergio ramos has a better shot than cristiano

  • Barca the best

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    Messi deserves it more than Ronaldo. We might argue all we want but it won’t change anything. History will remember Lionel Messi as the greatest play to have played the game. He broke all records in 2011/12 making it hard for future generations to come. Stop comparing Messi to other players because it’s a waste of time. He is number 1 and for the time being there is no number 2 then Ronaldo, Iniesta, Xavi and Casillas. Actually we can compare Ronaldo to Neymar….

  • luuk

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    Ronaldo deserves to win. messi is also a good player but not complete enough, he can only dribble and score

  • Michael

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    Who spoke about CR7 being good at taking freekicks? Let me ask you a question. Out of close to 60 freekicks he took last season, how many did he score? Only 2. Messi scored more. 2 out of 54+ freekicks is the worst in the whole of Europe put together. Let’s be honest and say the fact! Although, CR7 had a more spectacular season by winning the Liga, I’ll still give the Ballon d’Or to Messi. His all-round play is terrific. Plus, he didn’t have a bad season either, considering the records he broke!

  • Siva

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    Mourinho so stupid to say like that jus bcoz wanna to defend his man… Messi is the right person to be the ballon d or winner coz messi have individual skills and talent…not only that he is d 1st player to score 50 goals in a single season and also top scorer in champions league…. Mourinho is jus a jackass wic is an dumbass…

  • Mr kiss

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    Remain bless monk,u deserve ur name.CR7 Deserve 2 be awared

  • Iris

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    Cr7 deserve it

  • Monk

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    Messi is bata than CR7:YES, but CR7 deserve the ballon d’or,Y?becos he do very well more than messi during the season and odas competition.dat the answer.i wn’t lie am messi big fan,bt if u c the truth say it.

  • FARAH

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    LMAO the article already said who should win………. no opinions needed lets go Ronaldo <3

  • kiran

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    messi bcaz he p;ys like a team,on the ground he simply not only score bt also give more pass to score to other player,just watch the game of barsa their passing is so solid.

  • Martinz

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    We hav our individual opinions. But my bro Raja made ful analysis btw these 2 great footballers which we al know they are true. Then y are we here arguin? CR7 is a grt guy bt the “gods” favour messi more.

  • cr magar

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    ha ha ha………………………….i get crazy when i hear that messi should get ballon d or because ronaldo is the best in the world. Do anyone think that Messi has ability 2 hit freekicks like ronaldo?
    Do anyone think that he can show mindblowing skills like ronaldo ? He(messi) is one of the worst player that I have seen who just toches the ball towards net kindly provided by his teammates and he just laugh and thank his teammates bending his head towards them. So Ronaldo is the best and Maradona who has commented that Ronaldo that he is nowhere near messi is himself most unsuccesful coach upto this era.

  • hammer

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    jj okocha never won Africa footballer award because he scored less goal, messi scored more laliga goals, uefa champions goal, more natinal team goals and more trophies than c. ronaldo.

  • Isah A Makarfi

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    Don’t forget that cr7 broke the record that i don’t think there is anybody in this planet that can broke it netting every club in the season in all compatision in laliga,champions league,copa del ray even that can make him be the best player.

  • Abey

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    Cr7 all d way. Simply d best last season. Though messi is fantastic but cr7 was ulsome, watch him play against barca last season,and against czech & spain in euro cup. D guy deserve it dis season, atlease he had bin 2nd 4 sm yrs. He nids 2 be encourge 2 giv other players hope of winin d award.

  • jake centenho

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    its already CR7 winning the award. Individual and basic skills, he has the superiority than any attackers or any players. If only messi is playing in other clubs, playing without xavi hernandez and iniesta, youll be witnessed that he is not really the best player in the world. It could be neymar, instead of messi..
    Anyways, CR7 still deserves it.

  • Ibruks

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    .Its a pity dat many jst watch matches bt doesnt understand wat dey watch.FOOTBALL is 2 give fun nd c.Ronaldo has dat.lets talk about his amazing skils,dribbles (not jst rough dribles like dat of messi),free kicks,outside box shots,bull-like nodding e.t.c.Infact,barca is d best team in which its players are like 98%efficient… ..jst Tell messi to leave dat team 4 a while.Imaging cr7 storming england,came to spain,STORM D PLACE.BT messi,no fun,bullshits,jst running and rough dribbles,rough goals e.t.c.NOT dat of his high scores,JST LIKE 2 of his goals ar sweet bt 35 out Cr7 were good nd sweet as honey.CR7 Deserves it.,.HE IS 2 MUCH. AMAZING FOOTBALLER

  • vakas

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    messi is the best player in the world .. he is untouchable ..!! cr7 is not even close to him ..!!

    messi truely deserves to recieve ballon d’or. !

  • gorkhali

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    jai messi !

  • Nigel

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    Ronaldo shld leave soccer for born football icon like messi and go into modelling full time , ronaldo learnt football when his passion is being in front of the camera and not on the pitch but messi is a born footballer,hamburg is paying barcelona €1.2m if messi plays in their preseason match! can u imagine infact messi deserves much more than worlds best player

  • oliver

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    who wrote this? could they be more bias? didn’t even mention Messi’s 29 assists. which is more assists than any midfielder, AKA the ones who are meant to be making the assists to begin with.

  • stack

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    this year it must be ronaldo.messi failed in this years most important games,against real and in the champions league final games.messi didnt win nothing this year,nobody cares about those stupid cups that he won.goal scoring was almost even

  • nickii

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    hahaha……messiiiiiisiaaaa,,,,,,,poor…….performance and frear to play against better teamssss………but rono no fear as his style alwaysssssss……….

  • Franknd

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    Wit everybody making sugestiona bout messi(messing up)dat thoes not seem rigth,my Cr7.perfectly dserved d ballon’d’or award.he is wit d la liga tittle rigth now wit him dat alone gave him d award.he reeeeeely deserve it.

  • obaino

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    Don’t forget that the top scorer of both Liga and champions league is the first time in history 14, and 50. And the 73 goals total is still de 1st time ever, 5 goals in a champions league match is also the 1st time, people that talk about important goals Messi scores 7 goals in 4 finals to secure 4 trophies. Finally, even pele only talks about Messi chasing him as the world best ever player, he doesn’t even remember ronaldo. Messi remains the best.

  • russ ru

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    the finalists should be casillas messi and ronaldo… Its easy to be a goalscorer and grab e headlines but if u got a crap keeper you will still lose… If a keeper can keep out some of the world’s best players e.g( petr cech champions league and casillas la liga and euros) then surely he also was a match winner? Just a thought. wat do u guys say?

  • chika

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    Messi surely deserves it

  • Az

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    Can anyone ask messi to join any other club in the world and come in competition or at least on loan to proof himself as cristano Ronaldo did from M united to real where in both he proved himself.messi is been offered 325 million euro and still not ready to get transfer may be because he knows once he leaves Barcelona he is going to lose everything what he his today. On the other hand even his international career also is supported by because of Barcelona. Even in Barcelona take out inesta and Xavi and ask messi to play, I still remember the match when inesta was injured and couldn’t play the match and Xavi was replaced in 30 min because of muscle catch after that I was looking for messi in ground where is he. Both should not be compared because of their different style of play

  • Brad

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    Oh Jorgen, it’s fun watching Messi play, but Pele was funner.

    And today, Messi and Ronaldo are on an even keel there. Messi has more goals. But Ronaldo has the silverware.

  • usman

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    we have to look at the performances of cr during laliga, champions league, and euro 2012 he deserve the award for this year.

  • usman

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    cr is the best and should be the one to win the award

  • Andrey Nosatîi

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    73 Goals + 28 Assists = 4th Ballon D’or for Messi !

  • hassan

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    messi is the best player of our generation,just conside the way he play on the picth!!!kudos to all barca fanz

  • micos

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    C.Ronaldo!C.Ronaldo!C.Ronaldo-the greatest end the best,the King off soccer!!!!!!

  • fran the man

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    leslie davies deserves it

  • Jørgen Aleksander Petterson

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    You are wrong Raja. Ronaldo broke the hattrick-record in La Liga this season, so don`t give us this bull!
    Btw, he broke many records this season! Hattrick is not most important anywas!!! To achieve the title “best player in the world”, I think that player at least have to be fun to watch. Its no fun watching Messi. Interesting, yes, but not fun. Of course its awesome when he does the one-touch pass with for exampl Xavi and Iniesta, but thats so rare!
    He has the best footballteam the world have seen, with the most effecive footballfilosofi behind his back every single game. Personally I think Xavi is better than bot Ronaldo and Messi.
    He control the game. Ronaldo have maybe even better team on his side, but Barcas footballfilosofi is way more effective. But the most important thing is that they are extreme patriots! They really love Barca. Every single player. And they have their supporters as their twelft player. Maybe the referee as the thirteenth sometimes!

    Messi is without doubt one of the best attacking gameplayers, most likely the best, but in my eyes, it is far more fun to watch Ronaldos amazing longshots, when he takes out 3, 4 opponents with awesome dribbleskills, shoulderpasses, scissor kicks, heelpasses, amazing freekicks and all that stuff! Before you know it he`ll smash the ball in the net with his head like a bull! Messi is more like a irritating flie who just soaring pass the opponents with the ball glued to his feet, witch also can be magnificent to watch.

    But when all is said and done, I have no doubt! Ronaldo deserves the Ballon D`or. Im so sick n tired of all ya narrow-minded Messi supporters. Anybody who does not support barca, or dislike RM or Ronaldo, will, or at least should agree to that! If not, then its no hope.

  • rocco

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    Messi>Casillas>Ronaldo
    Messi= 4 trophies + 73 goals
    Casillas= 2 trophies + fine euro perfmance
    Ronaldo= 1 trophy + 60 goals.
    all ronaldo and mourinho fan BTW peace…..

  • Igwe

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    Winning La Liga title for just one season (team effort though) shld not be a reason to say Ronaldo is the best. We shld not forget that Messi had won several titles in the same season before Ronaldo suddenly came up with one. Leo Messi is simply phenomenal and remains the best, the most humble player ever seen, a team player, not eager for public recognition or any arrogant shows on the pitch for scoring a goal. Messi is simply a great role model. He derseves more than the Ballon Dór period.

  • eric

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    CR7 is just the person to give

  • nanu

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    cr7 truely deserve it…..!!!it does’nt mttr det scre hatrick once in a country mtch….hw shamful he hd just score 1 hatrick….so dnt cmpre messi yet in country mtch…..i admit detz messi hv olready score so many goals…dis year bt cr7 hv plyd bttr den messi dis year….

  • blaze

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    messi is the best player ever produced in the history of world football. Irrespective of barca losing up on la liga, they wher able to seal up 4 prestigious cups of which every club would have boosted abouts( super cup, european super cup, club world cup and cope del rey.) messi was tremendous and was at the edge to secure all such titles. Ronaldo am very sory but you need to try harder to beat the supremo. Messi all the way.

  • terrz

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    ron all de way. he truly deserves it. he was tested in 2011. hahahaha i laugh at messi fans ya suck papa. messi na, sucks…………

  • andrew kabire

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    To me Ronaldo deserves it with all his efforts to enable Real madrid to laliga tittle and portugual to the semifinals he deserves it.

  • andrew kabire

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    To me Ronaldo deserves it with all his efforts to enable Real madrid to laliga tittle

  • rohit

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    Messi is simply bettr than ronaldo bcoz of goals but just bcoz he is a better player with a better gameplay

  • Ronaldo is the best, he has done more than a enough for country and club

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    I give it to ronaldo

  • Raja

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    If we want to give proper justice to each player, then think from many standpoints. Enumerate these points clearly.See the importance of points too. We are comparing the players not team:

    1) La Liga
    a)Goals scored—Messi(50): CR7(46)

    b) Assists—–Messi(16)—CR7(12)

    c) Most goals in each game 4 goals by Messi on two occasions not once in the season(Valencia,Espanyol). CR7 is not in the picture.

    d) Hat tricks in a season: Messi(8) —CR7(7)

    e) La liga championship is a TEAM work and
    it goes to the TEAM , Real Madrid.

    Copa Del Rey : Let us not count , even though
    Barca won. Both scored 3 goals.

    Champions League:

    a) Top Goal scorer is Messi.
    b) Messi , the first player to score five goals in an UEFA Champions League.

    Conclusion : ???? Messi???

    In a season
    a) 73 goals

    For country:

    a) Ronaldo scored only 3 goals till semi final. Messi scored a hat-trick in one game against mighty Brazil, with Neymar playing full time.

    It is fortunate and simple to get to a conclusion since team members of both Argentina and Portugal are very close, almost the same all in all, considering the average of defence ,midfield and goalkeeper.

    I could have given a more detail explanation with the paramaters I gauge in my document.

    Regards,
    Raja

  • theOsbomb

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    funny you shouldn’t look at the individual quality in my eyes. But you have to look at how important the nominees or in the case Leo or Ronaldo.
    Ronaldo scored amazing/beautiful goals. So did Messi, but ronaldo scored more important goals than messi and that is why ronaldo deserves ballon d’or. Like mou said. But please guys! Don’t compare Real Madrid or Barcalona with FC Porto because of Hulk or with Santos because of Neymar!! Look at the whole team please is the defenders midfielders! Like baptistuta who leaved europe for asia and he scored 3 goals on his own but the team lost anyway because the rest of the team was just like a piece of shit!!

  • J

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    Messi Messi Messi Messi!!! All you C.ronaldo fans can suck it. CR7 isnt going to win the balo de oro. Messi in my opinion should take it cause hes just the BEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD!!! but also must admit that someone from spain does deserve it such as iniesta or casillas but CR7 haha dont make me laugh!

  • jony

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    morinho says funny…….messi just break the record ……i think he just deserve it…

  • Z

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    come on messi clearly beat ronaldo in goals assist and even trophies if anyone deserves it its messi
    messi is unstoppable.
    i think ronaldo will get it next season

  • djali196

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    i think pepe (from realmadrid) should win this
    years ballon d’oro, because he kicks every player
    in every single game against them, lol

  • rafi

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    Messi scored 73 goals in a striker’s role, and is the only and main striker, with service from xavi, iniesta and Fabregas. He’s meant to score. Ronaldo plays as a winger, and only has 13 less than Messi, even though Benzema is the Attacker. Comparing goal statistics and saying Messi is better is stupid. It would be like comparing assists stats, and then saying “Van persie made more assists in the PL last season than Gerrard and Lampard so he is a better playmaker than them”. -__-

  • Stanley

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    All of u that are taking a swipe against cr7 and mou are fools. If cr7 doesn’t deserve the ballon d’or, maybe I think ur father does.. Lol.

  • cloud

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    .. here’s another one we should argue.

    IKER CASILLAS – ONE GOAL CONCEDED IN EURO. Won La Liga and Won a Historic Treble with Spain.

    .. i’m now forgetting about Messi and Ronaldo, my bet is on Casillas. I guess it’s time that Goalkeepers should be given the spotlight. Enough with the strikers.

  • James

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    Is this a serious discussion. Messi is on a completely different plain than other strikers. He just scored the most goals ever, regardless of league. He also scored the most goals ever in La Liga. Not only that, he became only the second player to score a goal in 6 different cup competitions. He also scored 7 goals in only three matches for his national team. Ronaldo’s team did win the La Liga championship but Messi’s team won the Spanish Super League cup, the UEFA Super League Cup, the World Club cup and the Copa Del Rey.

    This is no contest. Messi will win this going away. Anyone casting a vote for anyone but Messi doesn’t take his job seriously.

  • SLM

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    If the Ballon D’Or is based on the titles a player won
    with his club, Messi deserves it. CR7 only won La Liga, Messi won everything else except the UCL. If it is based on goals, guess what, Messi takes that too, as some of you said, Messi scored far more goals than CR7. From any aspect you try to approach
    this discussion with, Messi should be the answer.

  • Mac anderson uche

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    Cr7 is the best player in the world he can play well in any team if messi is good lets him leave barca. Cr7 won silverbot in euro 2012 give up messi has highest goals because of the high assist he got from his team mates without them he is dead.but fifa may give it to messi.but i pray thatcher cr7 should win it.

  • Honest Abe

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    To be honest, Casillas deserves this award wayyy more than Cristiano and Leo. I hate how close minded cristiano and leo fans are, and how they wont admit that those 2 havent done as good as casillas has done this year so far. I really do hope casillas wins, id also like to see Gomez win it, but that’ll never happened. Casillas should win it, if not him.. then i guess Cristiano for all that he’s accomplished this year, but messi definitely no. He doesnt deserve it at all, or atleast not as much as casillas and cristiano do. Also, dont be thinking im a madrid fan, because im not. Im a milan fan, but it just seems silly how stubborn barcelona fans…

  • gree282

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    I hate how people use ronaldos time time at Manchester united as examples for why he shiukd get world player of the year. Its this year not those years. Besides, we have another few months before the award is given. Wait till then to make your decision on which should win. Both are excellent players and are deserving if the award.

  • prestige

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    Am a confirmed liverpool fans, i tink it’s cr7 dis time. CR7 D greatest player of dis generation

  • Juan

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    Its got to be a Spanish player the team yet again had a fantastic tournament and they deserve all the recognition they get, Iniesta, Casillas or Jordi Alba.

  • modest nuel

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    For me the issue of ballon d’or is to be settled by the committee charged for that.bot if my voice is needed,then i will go for RONALDO.he is been amazing all season.just to add to the above records, CR7 also made it the most successful goal scorer in few la liga competitions.he clocked 100 in fewer matches than any other player in la liga history.it is cr7’s year

  • robert atwiine

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    cr7 can neva take it he is like besigye…..

  • robert atwiine

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    messi deserves it. he is de best ……

  • Wilfem

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    I wonder why people afrid of truth just bcoz dey’r cr7 & mouriho fan’s. D stupid (mouriho) claming dat cr7 & casillas dat deserve dis yr ballon d’or,where den kip d gr8 player. Messi d gr8 son of d gr8 leo a man who scored 50 goals a season in laliga. an idort mouriho says he 50 goals dos nt win tittle i wnt to ask his father did copa del rey ar nt tittle, fifa cwc, uefa supercup, laliga supercup ar dey nt a tittle for goodness sake.ok tell me hw did ronaldo deserve it, beside dat leo messi is a record breakers nd laing records laing a record of laliga goals to 50,europan record of goals to 73 in a season, scoring 5 goals in a ucl match, scoring 3 goals in a match against d gr8 brazil, waoooooo? how wonderful his name.i may nt kn if ronaldo can wait till 7 yr leter may be all fifa boad of trosty can consider him. up up up up up messi upupupupup leo

  • Wilfem

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    I give it to messi

  • michal73

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    yap…haa…haa.. he is funny bt his gt a fair point…..@brad i think u dnt hv a eyes….i notce evrytime wen sme1 reveal fact agains messi….in det case u r gng 2 mke fun of det cmmnts…..!!bdw cr7 truely deserve ballon’dor dis year….

  • Brad

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    ^ Laughed at the Joey Barton bit, but the “your mother” is childish.

  • Ern

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    Your mother deserves it. Or Joey Barton.

  • Mcdon chelsea

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    The only deserving person is cr7 final.

  • Brad

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    The return of Don’s antics are upon us. . . haha, I can’t help but laugh at how stupid this guy sounds.

    Sounds like a 12 year old, he has the maturity of one, calling random people “rats” and using the same amount of facts a typical 12 year old uses in an argument. . . that is to say: NONE.

    Ronaldo scored less goals, won La Liga. Messi scored more goals, didn’t win La Liga.

    There you go. It ain’t just about goals scored, it’s about trophies.

  • randa

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    hee…..hee…..he’z just a kid…!!lowr lowr messi lowr lowr, highr2 cr7 highr2…..!!plz ol d messi’s fans dnt mind k….!!i hv faith in cr7 he will b gng 2 wn dis tme ballon’dor…he iz a complete plyr….!!!and dare u to say that cr7 far behind den messi……messi if u hv a gutt’s den leave barca k…n shw us evn single trophy…in at any club or nation….den i wld say nw he cn v eligible to compete wid cr7…it doe’snt mattr hw gud u he plyd in club….bt u hv 2 gve all round perfrmance country or club…its necessary coz u r dealng wid crowns like best plyr in d wrld….!!just luk cr7…he is gud at any platfrm whetr club or country mtchs….(messi hero in club bt zero in country..)Ronaldo suits evrywhre bt messi suits only in barca dets y messi z far…far…far..4…5…..behnd den cr7..

  • michal

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    plz stop cmprng leo to cr7…..i dnt thnk det leo is bettr den cr7…..!!!he may scores so many goals in laliga….bt in a country matchs he will neva b able to score so many goals….coz der iz no xavi n iniasta in argentina……..!!!so wen its cmprisn betwn leo n cr7 i wld say..cr7 is bettr den leo…..!!so since wen he ply in man utd n nw still exceptionally performing in laliga he’s nt a ordinary guy…..and he has a ability to ply anywhre in d wrld….bt messi dnt eva think det he wil score many goals witht barcalona teamates…!!messi z just a kid u hv lot mre 2 learn bout futbal…

  • Marapa

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    Messi………………..is the best

  • micael igharo

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    CR7 is the world best player,he is better than messi by far,CR7 left his country club in a great way,came 2 Man u,still did same thing too,and made history in England the only player that won the world best player award,now in Spain doing great things.give it up for CR7 THE BEST.

  • Farid

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    Casillas deserves the Ballon d’or because of the exelent apperances in madrid and in the euro 2012,he won and the spanish league and the euro 2012,he is the best goalkeeper in the world,why only strikers can win ballon d’or? Sometimes there muat be defenders and goalkepers too.

  • Tayo Jay

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    Ronaldo: God sent me to earth to teach people how to play football. Messi: Don’t be ridiculous. I didn’t send anybody to do that! If you consider the careers of these two players so far, one would know the truth! CR7 is yet to win anything in a Portuguese shirt; Messi has been U-20 and U-23 (Olympics) champion. Messi has maintained an increasingly amazing scoring rate in the last 4 seasons: 38, 47, 53 and now a record-breaking 73! These 211 goals have won 14 trophies! No other statistics trumps these! Messi is simply the best footballer on the surface of this planet called Earth!

  • Antonella

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    What exactly is Ronaldo the top scorer of? Not Liga, not UEFA, not even Euro… How can he deserve this award?

  • HamaFootballer

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    All the stupid comparisons of Ronaldo with Messi is bullshit.
    Christiano is nowhere near Leo’s feet.

    Messi is a phenomenon that couldn’t be compared with any footballer at the meantime.

    Regardless to the statistics, he’s ability of dealing with the ball “controlling, dribbling, passing, creativity, scoring and positioning is above all the opponents. No doubt Messi is deservedly the ballon d’or winner for the fourth consecutive time and wait for more. And there should be Messi’s award for the best footballer, were Ronaldo could compete with the rest of players, Iniesta, Casillas, Xavi, Pirlo and Ibrahimovic.

  • khairol79

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    I guess andrea pirlo because him fantastic footballer..

  • Adam H Baba

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    Ofcause. Cristiano Ronaldo deserves the Ballon d’Or and there is no two ways about it !!!

  • Zohan Kulle

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    Im a fan of QPR.. I think Bobby Zamora should win this year’s Ballon d’Or. His technical abilities is equivalent or even better than Zlatan Ibrahimovic…He scores whenever he wants.

  • Timothy

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    Cr.7 is the right man to win it. He help real to win their 39 league championship

  • ji-eun-sung

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    so….even messi’s true fans commitd der weaknss……!!go cr7

  • ji-eun-sung

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    im a big fan of mancity…..nor barca or real madrid….so i think cr7 deserve dis yea…ballon’dor…..coz he play bettr den messi dis yeah…!!!smehw he may b less in goal…..frm leo’bt he plyd excptionly dis yeah……..!!leo r ma favourte bt i wntd hm 2 bcme more2 strongr den cr7………!!especialy abroad 4rm barca

  • Tayo Jay

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    @pure24: Did you say ‘nonesense’? Explanations don’t change facts, and my argument is based on facts. All the competitions I mentioned are official competitions, so you can’t underestimate them; that is why the goal CR7 scored in the Supercopa was included in his final tally. Remember too that Messi won a record-breaking Pichichi with 50 goals! He’s top scorer in the UCL too, for the 4th season running! That’s 43 goals in 4 UCL seasons. You’ve got to respect Messi. AND IT’S NOBODY’S BUSINESS IF MESSI DECIDES TO SPEND HIS ENTIRE CAREER AT BARCA. Great players in the past have done that as well. He’s showing eternal gratitude for the kindness and mercy we showed him, rescuing him from GHD! Who the cap fits, let them wear it. Messi remains my choice.

  • mistrym

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    many times mess has eliminated cr7 starting the time at man u.messi is amazing and y cant madrid olso pik player from spain.barc wants to maintain generation messi came at 13yrs and now on fire cost less for barc compared cr7 at madrid.And morinho is great a manager nowander cr is head near messi.1 messi 2 morinho + cr7.

  • subash

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    last season is messi’s sseason. He break many record like 5 goal in single match during the UEFA, top scorer of la Liga, top scorer of european football and also hattrik from national team against Brazil. He is the great player and this time also year’s ballon d’or taffy will made for messi.

  • tuhin

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    Dont want to know who win what…..
    Messi s a great player but CR7 is greater…..
    Look at his career before real madrid at MAN U….
    He can cope up with any team anywhere…
    Dont you think its tough enough for a winger rather than a midfielder to score that many goal !!!!!!
    Still he did it…..
    Look at his goals at Euro and he became the no 1 goal scorer of Portugal ahead of Figo…
    What messi did except scoring against Brazil u-19 squad in friendly match???????
    Stop comparing Messi with Ronaldo folks..
    They r two gr8 players of different style..
    though i like them both.
    CR7 is the best acording to me…

  • pure24

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    @ Tayo Jay. Your statistics are nonsense… Copa Del Ray, SuperCup and World Club Cup can’t compare to La Liga. SuperCup and WCW are just reflections on the previous season!!!
    Its like Brazil winning the 2009 Confederations Cup and then losing the Copa America…

    Secondly, Real Madrid were record-breaking champions – Goals are the ultimate reflection on ability, fine. But goals alone don’t make a player of the year…

    Barcelona is pure Spain – the same through balls given to Messi were the same ones given to Jordi Alba and Fernando Torres at Euro 2012.
    If Messi joined Arsenal or Chelsea and won the premier league with them, or Serie A with AC Milan then I would say, ‘he’s not just good because of the wonderful chemistry he has built over the years with his teammates, but he fits everywhere.’

    Real Madrid has a collection of different nations, and different style players – and they are ever changing. But Ronaldo still performs.

    …try to think of it on both sides of the coin, not just supporting the player/team u like or enjoy…

  • Tayo Jay

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    Just as one tree doesn’t make a forest, one player cannot make a team! CR7 wouldn’t be as prolific as he is without Ozil, Alonso and Khedira, and the same goes for Leo. Many people are oblivious of the fact that even with Xavi’s and Iniesta’s midfield prowess, it is Dani Alves who has given Leo the most assists (31). And Messi always have more assists than CR7 and any other Barca player every season. Thus, he is not only a prolific goalscorer but also a consistent goal provider. The top five should be: Messi, CR7, Casillas, Iniesta and Drogba.

  • shleo

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    btw, abiomon, learn to speak english. i cant even read what you typed.

  • shleo

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    dont be idiots, i dont think either deserve it. i thnk the award should go to iker casillas or to xavi/iniesta. madrid would be awful without their leader and without xavi or iniesta to control barcas midfield messi wouldnt have had as many goals. they may not have as many assists to messi, but they still control the game.

  • nasri

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    m confusd y people luv messi….coz he won champions wid barca….we accpt det messi is gr8 plyr bt i dnt think he z bettr den cr7……!!cme on messi’s fan gve 1 gud reason to prve hmslf as bttr den cr7 excpt ply in barca’s teammte..??fact is that withot barca’s teammate he z useless…

  • Tayo Jay

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    Let us consider the facts using 3 criteria: goals, trophies & personal achievements. GOALS-There was no competition in which CR7 outscored Leo. CR7 scored 46 in the league, 3 in the Copa del Rey, 1 in the Supercopa and 10 in the UCL. Leo’s returns were 50, 3, 3 and 14 respectively. Bcos he was a UCL winner the in the 2010/11 season, Leo participated and scored in the European Super Cup (1) and the FIFA CWC (2). VERDICT: Leo was the better goalscorer. TROPHIES- CR7 competed in 4 competitions and won only 1; Leo competed in 6 and won 4! The UEFA Super Cup and FIFA CWC are not invitational tournaments; clubs which compete in them are continental champions, and Leo won his trophies against established players such as Hulk and Neymar. Also, Leo scored victory over CR7 in the Copa, eliminating him in the q-finals, and in the Supercopa over two legs! CR7 beat Leo to the league, so its 2-1 in Leo’s favour VERDICT: Leo was the greater champion. PERSONAL RECORDS & ACHIEVEMENTS- CR7’s records are: 1. Scored against all 19 teams in the league 2. Reached a personal best of 46 league goals 3. Won his 1st league title in Spain. 4. Reached a personal best of 60 overall season goals 5. Was 4th in league assists table. Leo’s records: 1. Now Barca’s leading scorer in official games with 253. 2. Scored a record 5 goals in 1 UCL match 3. Scored a record 50 goals in La Liga 4. Scored a record 8 hat-tricks in the league 5. Was joint-2nd in league assists table. 6. Scored a record 68 goals in one European season 7. Scored a worldwide record of 73 goals in all competitions in one season! VERDICT: Leo had more amazing records. OVERALL VERDICT: Going by the words of Ronaldinho, CR7 is the world’s best player because Messi is from another world. But because he’s still human of flesh and blood, Lionel is the most deserving candidate of the Ballon d’Or if we go by the performances of all candidates in the 2011-12 season alone!

  • CR7-fan

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    I think it should be Iker Casillas or Cristiano Ronaldo – I’m not a Real Madrid fan.. I don’t think Messi can do it again, but of course does Messi still have the chance, he’s amazing.

  • Dimien, Messi

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    Messi won spanish supercup against Cr7,eufa supercup against Hulk, fifa club world cup against Neymer and Kings cup against Cr7. Scored 50 goals against Cr7. Ppl pls use ur head

  • ab

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    cristiano ronaldo desreves ballon’d OR

  • Abiomon

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    I wonder why people afraid of truth just because dey are his fans, even though u hve eyez u can’t see, don’t u hve brain, hw can u open ur mouth and say Cr7 deserve ballo De. Deserve wht, why did he deserve it? becaus of he win laliga or wht, ok u are tellin me if someone win league he can crown d best, if is so, i wil gve it 2 Balloteli. Am n’t hat anybody nor bais.cr7 great player, but he hve n’t did enough 2 win ballo De. don’t be suprise Messi is altop again, 4 fans 2 chant Messi Messi durin 2012, tel me wht dat means. I would prefer if u people can stop this ureasonable commet and wait 4 dat day, well i can’t brem u bicos u alway gve it 2 C7 evry passin year, but at end it wil stil be Messi, if i shuld ask wht did he play dat maks u say he deserve it, tell me, bicos Mourinho hve longer throaht, footbal is n’t is so. honnor shuld be gvein 2 whom is due. MESSI WIN IT again die.

  • tosiin

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    Abt performances for country, well he wasn’t up to the peak I wud admit, bt we all know how steadily he has improved over the last few months. Gentlemen, messi is miles apart from ronaldo, and really ronaldo I must confess too is miles apart from other footballers too. Messi is surly winning ds guyss

  • tosiin

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    Well messi deserves the award. Ronaldo is a good player but the truth is fans are overhyping his performances against netherland and chezh republic. Hgentlemen, messi was in his best ever form last season and won more trophies. That he played in the club world cup is an added advantage though, bt remember no one asked CR7 nt to qualify for it too with madrid. Messi has shown class and honour, and realy CR7 was nt the best player at Euro 2012. So pls guys, let the cap be on the head of who it fits

  • don

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    Shut up idiots who prejudicially are pulling CR7’s thong for ballon d or. Better hand ballons into CR7’s thong for sky high bye bye. Its Messi and only Messi to win that and shut up Brad and Cloud especially, guys those Rats are ugly and just don’t count’em for any reasons, they always are busy pulling Cr7 Rl Mad and Man Utd thongs for good…. ha ha ha!

  • Fellalaga Isaac

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    For me cr7 deserves de award because because he scored 46 la liga goals,won a trophy 4 madrid, 10 goals in UCL and u all saw what he did in de just ended european tournament,he scored three goals but Messi had his opportunity in the copa America he couldn’t even utilise his oppurtunity so Cr7 all the way

  • Trooll

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    Messi deserves it. Its simple. Ronaldo is a good player but messi broke records this year. Ronaldo knows how to score but in football you should know how to give others a chance to score. Messi made a lot assists as well. Anyway we shouldn’t forget Iniesta and his play at Barca and Spain he had a fantastic season.

  • Dreustche

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    Some people are Messi fanatics and even if Messi sits on the bench half season they will still shout Alleluya to Messi. The little man is tarlented and has wowed people but he is not the only football genius.While I will beg to differ from Hayotjon’s Opinion on CR7, the world has seen CR7’s impressive run this season.
    Another player was cheated out of this some years. While Eto’o was at his peak and Messi was his admirer in barca, he won La liga, CL, Pitchichi, Copa del rey,world club championships and scored in all competetions but they gave ballon d’or to canavaro….. yes I know your eyes are wide open with these facts. lol

  • d

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    Messi will win it. sorry cr7 fanboys. /discussion

  • Luis

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    Messi’s 50 goals were worth nothing for barca this season. Plus he played more games than Ronaldo this season having been playing in the FIFA’s club cup. Ronaldo’s goals won the league for real Madrid and were important against Barcelona. Cr7 carried Portugal to semis with his amazing goals but couldn’t defeat barca and real alone. Cr7 is by far the best.

  • Luis

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    Supercopa will be a big factor.

  • samdel

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    just give it to who deserve it and is no one but CR7

  • barca

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    messi should win it he score 72 gols for the season won 4 trophies with barcelona this year broke all types of recors in the champions 5 gols in one game he already won the olympics for argentina thats more than ronaldo has won for portugal yes argentina lost the south america cup in argentina but ronaldo lost the euros in portugal with figo and thats the first time we saw him crying lol but he cried alot since than

  • holo

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    funny how people are overpraising messi for his 3goals against a brazil under23 side, which 2 weeks earlier had lost 2-0 to mexico in a match giovani dos santos, a tottenham reserve team player, got a goal and an assist. Yeah messi is an excellent player but when it comes to bigger games for country, he flops, like in the 4-0 loss to germany, so please do not overate him just because you hate cr7!!!

  • greg

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    NOOOOOO…. you are wrong. mario gomez or neuer will win this year ballo’dor

  • richard

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    i think youre all being extremely silly, everyone knows ronaldo is a good player, but playing in the euro’s isn’t such a big deal, messi played for barcelona in the fifa world club cup and still showed his class,
    he performs well at national level also its just he has no amazing players other then him, whilst for portugal ronaldo has nani, pepe, alves, coentrao, mautinho, queresma, almeida, varella, the list is endless,
    you cannot compare these two players one bit as they play different roles in their team, messi is a creater aswell as a goalscorer, achieving a high assist number this season, and a record number of goals.
    ronaldo is a selfish and arrogant waste of space, he only ever passes to please mourinho, if he wasnt told to pass he never would, he gets overly cocky and thinks he can do everything, take the CL semi final for example, played extremely well, got 2 goals, then got cocky and ruined his performance.
    messi is consistently modest and deserves the ballon d’or for that sole reason, oh and the fact he won more trophies this season, broke more records, scored more goals, assisted more goals, made the same amount of appearances.
    messi will reign over ronaldo forever.

  • rit

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    CR7 sould be the best player of the season nt l.messi

  • John Elaigwu

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    4 sure, CR7 is de soccer best player dis season. Wit La liga in his pocket, qualified Portugal 4 euro 2012 & Reached de Semis, wit sensational individual display & Pounds of universal goals in all competitions, he’s de right man 4 de AWARD

  • francis tawiah ossom

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    christiano ronaldo deserves the prestigious honour and he should be awarded as such.

  • tesfaye

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    I wish to fulfill Ur aims, to successful by Ur work, and to win the BALLON D’OR in the next season.

  • tesfaye

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    thanks cr7 for hold portugal to semi final and i thing that you win the ballon d’or, to fulfill this real madrid should win barcelona in the next summer beginning games and you scores at least one goals.

  • nanu

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    ronaldo rules…..!!

  • Brad

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    -.-

    It’s people like this who are extremely opinionated but don’t give any facts to back their claims that makes me ashamed to be a football lover.

  • JANI

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    MESSI PROVED HIMSELF IN THIER FRIENDLY MARCH AGAINST SPAIN. HE SCORED AGAINST BRAZIL. BEATING RONALDINHO AND NEYMAR BACK TO BACK. THERE IS NO PLAYER IN THE PLANET LIKE MESSI, HE IS A GOD SENT.

  • JANI

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    THER IS NO ARGUEMENT ABOUT THAT. MESSI IS THE ALL TIME BEST PLAYER. RONALDO IS GOOD BUT NOT AS GOOD AS MESSI. I THINK RONALDO IS A FANTASTIC PLAYER, BUT MESSI IS EXTRAORDINARY. I CALL MESSI A GHOST BECAUSE HE DOES NOT PLAY LIKE A HUMAN. HE BROKE MANY RECORDS THIS SEASON AND IS YET DO IT AGAIN. MESSI ALWAYS PROVES HIMSELF IN THE PITCH BUT FOR RONALDO SOMETIMES (MAINLY AGAINST UNDERDOGS).

  • nanu

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    no..mattr wat wrld says…..!!!coz f ronaldo portugal get in to d semi dets fact….!!!even our aguiments cnt change it….!!since i heard abt messi i hv neva seen scoring a vital goal for his country turn hmslf a match winnr….bdw may he play wel in barca bt outsde i hv neva seen…if we talk bout last years copa america….damnshit….wers lionel messi is he plyn or nt…..he totally ply diffrntly hw he usd ply in barca……if u hv been call as wrld no.1 plyr u hv 2 prve us wrng….through lead ua country to winng ways….ply equally anywer or evrywer……lionel messi nt fully worthy of ballon’d’or.

  • chris

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    honestly i think that ronaldo is a very great player but messi is better . In an interview Ronaldo says ” I was taught by the gods to teach people how to play soccer ” and Messi says ” I neveer taught you “

  • Asaolu sunday

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    Christiano Ronaldo deserved it, bcos he is the only best player dat i know for now. And am sure dat he is the one dat will get it and it is sure. He said dat everyday dat he always play football, he always learn from is fellow footballers. So, he deserve it truely.

  • kevin

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    C.ronaldo

  • Brad

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    Also, my argument about the Euro being more difficult really should’ve been more specific: I meant the Group of Death. Of course, Ronaldo underperformed against Germany and Denmark. But hold on: Messi typically under performs a LOT for Argentina. . . and in Copa America, it typically comes down to Brazil (duh), Argentina (duh), and Uruguay (not so much of a duh, given they’re no longer that team from the 20s and 30s). But that wold be interesting, seeing a Copa America Group of Death with those 3 in it. . .

    Hopefully, Messi would come up to play like Ronaldo has in the past 2 matches for Portugal, even if it means under performing against Brazil and Uruguay. ..

  • Brad

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    Oh, well, about your last paragraph, Oybek, I’m glad that Balotelli won’t be able win a Ballon d’Or, or at least, isn’t very likely to!!!

  • Sober

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    Too early if not improperly to make a legend of C. Ronaldo yet. Portugal has yet to face a worthy rival- Spain, Germany/Italy. Portugal and Ronaldo gotta thank the netherlands for their unlikely performance this year. Had Porgugal been in any group other than A, they would be anywhere but in Ukraine and Poland by now. By the way, they did face Germany at the very beginning!?

    But it is laughable to see how thirsty Ronaldo fans were for a small feat by him as they had something to brag about throughout Ronaldo’s career at the least. I bet all of them are praying day and night that Ronaldo does not blow his once in a life-time opportunity by repeating his ” fantastic” performance against Germany and Denmark. Your problem in the first place is you have chosen to follow highly unstable player. Just watch out your hearts!

  • Oybek

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    Why would people bring up Copa America to support their proposition that CR7 deserves Ballon d’Or? Unless my memory fails me, Messi was awarded the very accolade despite his underperformance there? Plus I cannot subscribe to the view that Copa America is inferior to EUROs considering that the very continent is the crade of most talents that are the crux of most clubs in Europe. It could be commercially less viable than EURO but it is at least as challenging.

    I would not give all the credit to CR7 in Purtugal’s successful performance in EURO 2012 so far. Germany vs Portugal- CR7 was ” sleeping”, while in Denmark vs Portugal it was the thied goal ( not scored by Ronaldo) that saved them the day. It was because of the third goal against Denmark, Portugal was enjoying an edge during their clash against Netherlands. Now saying that CR7 scored two goals against a forth-ranked Netherlands is just arguing on the basis of technicality. Everyone knows Netherlands put up their worst ever performance this year. The onus was on Netherlands to have a two-score difference but not on Portugal. While deserving credit, two of Ronaldo tapins are not to be labelled as the goals that reached them the quarter-finals.

    I support hayojon above in that Ronaldo was crucial in their clash with Czech, for which he deserves due credit but embellishing it bringing up Petr Czech is highly intolerable. Football is not, say, boxing, right? Plus did you watch the very VIP you are promoting in their clashes with Russia and Greece?

    Now you may say all I have been doing is to belittle CR7.Actually, no. No matter how much I hate the fact, CR7 is a worthy candidate for Ballon d’Or this year. However, something I find confusing is why his compatriots are always keeping talking him up and some fans are trying to support him with highy questionable arguments as if it was a big campaign for some political post. Plus, whether you like it or not, candidate’s performance on the pitch is not the sole factor in the selection panel. Realistically, do you think someone like Balotelli would ever get this award? CR7 might want to stick to his principle ” I am who I am”, but not everyone looks to as a merit.

  • cloud

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    @hayotjon, i’ll just make it short.

    Dutch vs Portugal: 2 goals from ronaldo, they went to the quarters

    Czech vs Portugal: 1 goal from ronaldo, they’re on the Semis.

    can’t you see a trend there ?? Those 3 goals are much more important coz it helped his team reached the Semis. And as Brad has mentioned, against the Dutch who’s in 4th spot in the rankings and against Peter Cech who’s one of the most solid goal keepers in the world. He helped his team beat them all..

    .. i can’t understand why people downgrade ronaldo’s performance just because he’s arrogant during press interviews.

  • Brad

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    ^Typical that he’d downgrade Ronaldo like that, but at least he didn’t do the usual “Messi is the best” wall tag and then run to avoid being argued with.

    Thing is, Ronaldo’s making performances in Euro, which is harder than Copa America. Sure, he didn’t do good against Germany and Denmark, in fact missing a shot that would’ve been a goal had he been playing for Madrid, I’m sure, but there’s a reason why the Dutch are ranked in the World’s Top Ten and advancing out of the Group of Death is no mean feat, so don’t discredit that, especially as Ronaldo’s goals against the Orange are a big reason as to why Portugal even advanced. And to say that he wasn’t up to much scoring the winner against Czech Republic, they have the current European CL winner, Petr Cech, who I’d say is one of the top keepers in the world.

    It’s arguable as of right now, but if Ronaldo scores a winner against Spain, he gets his nose in front. Doesn’t mean that Messi won’t beat him, but it means that Messi will have a harder go of it.

  • Hayotjon

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    Ballon d’Or: Messi vs C. Ronaldo
    Pre- EURO 2012
    Messi had an impressive season with three trophies and a number of individual and club records supported by an unprecendented goal toll both in Laliga, CL and overall. He also proved most of his ctitics wrong by his impressive performance as a part of Argentina NT in their matches against Ecuador (WC Qualifier) and Brazil (International Friendlies), where he was a decisive player in generating and scoring almost all goals). Considering these facts, whether you compare him to CR7 against trophies or individual records, Messi enjoys a clear advantage.

    There are some people claiming that Messi’s performance did not make much difference in his club’s overall performance throughout season. To me, it is just a matter of angle you look from: Half full vs. half empty:
    While it is true that Barca did not claim La Liga and had to exit CL at semis, they did finish La Liga in a spot qualifying them for CL next season and they did manage to reach CL semis this season, both of which can be achievments if terms of past and potential financial earnings for the club. Looking at Man United’s performance in this year’s CL given the fact that they played in final CL 2011 can help ebtablish my point. At the same time, Barca claimed Copa Del Rey by defeating La Liga front-runners RM, Valencia and Bilbao among others, which is also an achievement. Messi played an intergral part in all the Barca achievements stated above.

    The question of which matches are more important and which are less is purely subjective. Personally, I think every single match is important so long as the players play sticking to the rules of football and more importantly they are on the pitch with the aim of winning. What I ofen hear these days is that CR7 displayed more successful performance in “important” matches such as El Classicos, RM vs Bayern. However, to claim that RM won La Liga only because of CR’s goal in El Classico (second) is purely subjective as much as claiming his two goals against Bayern should be given credit is nonsense.

    EURO 2012

    CR7 had been barely noticed throughout Portugal’s clashes with Germany and Denmark, which are more worthy rivals than out-of-form Netherlands and mediocre Czech Republic. Again to claim that CR7 singl-handedly defeated the latter two is overly subjective and misuse of the word “single-handedly”. Let me give you an example to what I think this word refers to. Do you remember CL semis 2011 ( Barca vs RM) in which Messi scored his second goal? That’s the performance that best matches the classic intrepretation of the word. That being said, however, CR7’s goal against Czech is the only edge he has so far over Messi. Should he display such a feat against Spain, he will be an ideal candidate for Ballon d’Or unless he blows it with his unorthodox and unsportmanship behavior off the pitch (his interview after Denmark).

  • cloud

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    .. and Carly, please don’t forget the COPA AMERICA last 2011. That was a tournament outside the world cup that messi can claim national glory, but they were left in the quarter finals by a lowly Uruguay.

    ..The Euros is much more difficult, just look at how talented the Dutch side is, RVP, SNEIJDER, ROBBEN, VAN DER VART… the list goes on of wonderful players… but Ronaldo helped Portugal beat the dutch. And now he’s about to face Spain, I hope Portugal wins.

  • ADRIAN

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    i think messi because him and barca won 5 cups and ronaldo and real madrid won 1 this year ,messi even broke record from 5 players so ronaldo fans the is messi’s year agian

  • Brad

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    Actually, Carly, we CAN factor in the euros. It’s an unavoidable x factor that Messi and Ronaldo are both from different continents, but that doesn’t mean we have to discredit Ronaldo’s performances over in east europe. Example one would be that header Ronaldo scored with authority against the Czechs.

    The way you put it, it’s like you’re afraid that since Ronaldo is now playing in games that matter for more reasons than just national pride (which is all that’s at stake when it comes to friendlies), he’ll score bonus points over Messi, who’s only been getting those less important friendlies.

    It was fantastic seeing Messi hit a scoring spree with someone besides Barca for once, these past few months. But he’s gonna have to do it more often, and in bigger stages than friendlies, for BOTH club AND country to truly earn the Ballon d’Or again. . .

    . . . . . . let alone become the best player ever……….. for those who think that Pele is stupid.

  • Nanu

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    Hey….,….!!!carly do u knw d recrd of messi in country mtch…??i v neva hrd good perfomance from messi in country….few days ago he was score agnst brazil…..his fans gssiping like he won d wrld cup…….!!!in reality messi doe”snt hv a talent to ply in diffent platform excpt barcalona……!!luk cr7 he provd hmslf he has ability to ply newre madrid/man utd,country or club……..!!!!cr7 olwyz deserv fo a ballon”d award but dnt knw y people dnt vte hm??i thnk he z gud luking n ply vry gud footbal……!!!without barca no messi”s magic mind it thats y he neva wantd 2 to go aprt from barca coz his real strength is xavi n iniasta………

  • Aminu Tawfick

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    lionel messi deserved it ok because he s

  • cloud

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    .. carly, we had a copa america last year 2011 and argentina was left in the quarters against uruguay. That hat trick of messi was from a FRIENDLY MATCH, a game that doesnt matter.

    .. the Portugal vs Dutch has more meaning and intensity and more so the quarters against the Czechs and Ronaldo didn’t fail Portugal.

  • carly

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    messi should win this he broke cr pichichi record and he has now the record with 50 goals, he made it clear vs brazil that he can score goals and have argentina in his back, he won 3 cups with barcelona and cr only 1, you cant give extra points to cr because of the euro because messi is not playing right now in a cup, we have to wait for next season but now its messi

  • kazeem

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    I think ballon d or should be given to cr7 this time. He had showd us how brilliant and tallented he is. Its not easy to rule in one league and continue rulling in another. To be candid…let messi also go to another league and show us how tallented he is, but until then, cr7 is d man of timber and wood, d king of all footballers. Hala madrid…

  • cloud

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    .. 2 goals to reach the quarters. And now Portugal is on the Semi’s thanks to Ronaldo’s header. With the cagey Spain and the new French team either to be their opponents in the Semi’s, Portugal might get into the Finals. CR7 is now carrying his team on his shoulders, something Messi failed to do.

  • Nanu

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    C.ronaldo…..!!desrvd 99prcnt…..dis year i0

  • bharath

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    ronaldo……………rules….

  • john

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    to be candid cr7has fulfilled all criteria to win d award. let us wait and to hear the xcuse blatter will table this time around

  • Asaolu sunday

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    Last season to dis time C.RONALDO is suppose to win the FiFa balloon dor, reason is he has perform well in real madrid and is former club(manchester united). He got to madrid and make a big record.

  • cloud

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    .. portugal going to the quarters thanks to Ronaldo’s 2 goals. Hopefully they reach the Semis or FINALS, if that happens im sure cr7 will win player of the year.

  • xelly mainga

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    ronaldo record # goal* first player to score 40 goal to claim pichinchi awrd #first player to score against all liga opponent. #the first player to reach a century goal within 96 games #cr7 is the most xpensive wit total sum’ of 94million #cr7 won soccerstar player of the year wit 24000 vote(messi 14000) # he has d record of highest man of the match(7).cr7 go and av it,the balloon is urs……

  • xelly mainga

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    ronaldo meritiously deserve the balloon*d or award.cr7 has 46 total league goal while messi has 50 wit no liga.this is cr7 4th season while messi has been in d liga lik 8 yrz back(regular or not).ronnie has break records within short period which messi build upon.and cr7 past season form he prove to the world is consistency as a football star.HALLLLLA RONALDO

  • Allu

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    Has anybody seen what messi is doing with Argentina while Ronaldo is struggling in the euro cup???

  • Opeyemi

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    Both of dem are realy amazn but 2 me i wud preva messi dan cr7 b’cos of his behaviour on d pitch.

  • Calvin

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    mourinho is stupid…jus lyk pele

  • KAMITI

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    messi is the best,he is humble. I like watching him with the ball.

  • JIMZAN

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    Either cr7 or cu50 all i know is dat Messi surpass all u could think of about him or another bcos he is an angel of football of dis time around

  • Oybek

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    Ballon d’Or is not awarded for actors ( Drogba) and unknowns ( Ramires).

  • Jordy

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    Why not someone like ramires or drogba……as both were influential in chelsea’s season and ultimately drogba in both FA Cup Final and Champions League Final

  • saddique

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    cristiano,he as been able to score on his own which messi cant match

  • BIG KANE

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    DROGBA, DROGBA, DROGBA. no question. Messi & Ronaldo can score all them goals but they didnt win the champions league??? The important goals count its all good scoring goals against wack La Liga teams but thats easy. The BIG BOSS DIDIER!!!

  • Ediomo williams

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    Messi is the world greatest player of all times. At 24 he has won the ballon d or award thrice. His numerous records gives him an edge over cr7. GO MESSI

  • barca boy

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    messi is the best player ever to grace football. Ronaldo dshould go and eat shit if he doesn’t like to be no. 2 in the world

  • yemmy

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    Give it to cr7 dis season!after barca lost against RM,messi startd hustlin 4 goals bcos he bilivd they v lost d tittle.d same tin hapened to cr7 last season.laliga is more prestigeouz dan copa del rey.even if messi is a better player,cr7 deserves it dis season

  • Henriano edu

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    I agree with simw,2010balon d’or was meant4sjneider but instead was given2messi.i hope it wouldn’t b repeated this yr?b’cos christiano ronaldo merits it this yr,so please uefa officials avoid cheat.tnx

  • rit

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    cr7 is better these

  • steve

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    im an honest football fan and will say when someone deserves something. ronaldo, another brilliant season for madrid undouted. messi another exceptional season aswell but i would vote for messi for the simple fact that he is 100 times more selfless when it comes to scoring goals and helping the team score. he assists probably twice as much as ronaldo and very rarely do you see him saying oh look at me im all that. messi is the more creative and humble of the 2 and has still outstripped ronaldo in all catagories this season. ronaldo is just unlucky that his career is happening the same time as probably the best player i have ever seen with a ball at his feet.

  • meshiro

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    Please guys what are you thalking about? If you are talking about foot ball, with any siding to both playrs see 38 games of laliga 12 champions league games, spanish kings game, spanish supper cup,european super cup and clubs world cup. then you can compare and sellect best player of yours. But to me there is no one like Messi today and in the near future.

  • rnarco

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    Dear foottbll legend, d ballon d’or is not awarded to a player for 1 or 2 games…….drogba wont feature even in top three!!!!

  • FOOTBALL LEGEND

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    allthought chelsea did not make a good impact this season in the epl i think drogba should win the ballon d’or because he scored two goals that won chelsea the champions league and the fa cup and made a shit out of messi by defeating barcelona in CL semi-finals

  • Mardon

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    Who ever is Ramires?

  • Perri

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    I love to watch both great player…but i guess L Messi is best because his behaviour is fantastic…

  • Cj7

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    You guys are pathetic. Did Spanish team make it in CL finals? Ramires for me

  • jc

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    Why do you all hate on Messi or CR7? They are both amazing players and if they suck why aren’t any of you playing for Barcelona or Real Madrid!

  • TOBY ALABI MILLWALL FC

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    DEFO ROONEY OR EVEN VAN PERSIE

  • Chaks

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    think its a bit unfair to compare Messi and C.R.both boys have done well.the best is to share the award this season.This should be done to encourage CR cause he has done everythng over the years bt evry time he does well, Messi has alwys been far better.
    Fantastic intertainers indeed.The world is a better place to live with those boys around.Maurinho,the best coach of all time bt must desist frm prejudgement in this case otherwise judges wl be biased.
    thanx guys

  • stanley

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    messi is all i now

  • Oybek

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    Apart from his free kicks and distance goals, Ronaldo simply finishes the passes from the likes of Ozil and Sami. In this respect, he is as reliant on playmakers as Messi. Messi has also scored a bunch of goals from distance and free kicks.

    Players normally capitalize on their abilities in their performances. CR7 is physically superior to Messi and it is not surprising that he can make goals from distance. I believe that players make the most rational choice upon translating the opportunties into goals. That being said, I doubt that CR7 scores goals from different angles just to enrich his portfolio. If you look at the rate of their success ratio of opportunities vs goals, you can have more reliable data to compare these two players.

    The argument that CR7 is better than Messi only because the former has been playing in different clubs is quite week in that transfers are normally more a matter of financial decisions by clubs. I highly doubt that CR7 moved to RM simply to prove that he is a multidimentional player.

    As for Argentina vs Barcelona where Messi displays different performances, I think we should view that a given in that football is a team sport. Messi has hundreds games in Barcelona againts a few in his national team. Mutual understanding between players and different tactics in two different settings have its impact on his performance. It is inconsiderate of us to expect a single player to be the decisive in every setting. Plus, year by year Messi’s performace is bettering in national team as evidenced by his hat-trick in recent friendly.

    Messi is not a player spending all his time within the penalty box of his opponents unlike the likes of Falcao, Drogba and Benzema. He is very active in originating, facilitating and finishing most of Barca attacks. Plus, the cases in which messi singlehandedly created goal leading chances also abound.

    One of the popular views today is that Barca has become too reliant upon Messi. For what it is worth, this should counted as a credit to him so long as Barca have a reason for doing that. Look at their game against Sporting Gijon where Messi was absent and see how huge role Messi plays in his club.

  • barca fan

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    when you talk about Messi and Ronaldo don’t bring international performance because i don’t see Cristiano any better than Messi they performance are no differet they don’t get the surpport they get in they teams .and about Xavi and Iniasta no player can play alone , about the distance of goals Messi ‘s goals are incredeble the way they are pcahuna

  • Fuck Gaynaldo

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    Just cry n pray for god to be better player . u should just b compared wit Rooney , Van persie although they r much more better than u gaynaldo. Just try to learn how to play football from Messi .may b gaynaldo should take training from Messi. So Gaynaldo n Mourhino shut up ur fucking mouth .

  • Jujuma

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    I think is ronaldo,because can score from any angle but messi can’t also ronaldo wit any part of the body,ronaldo is the best player in the world.

  • Jujuma

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    I think is c.r7 cause is nt a team player,if they bear messi forefather he should try another club,i know he there nt,jst tell messi to go to another club u i’ll see his secret will surely open i swear,ronaldo is most completed player in the world,ronaldo can play any team pattern,messi can play only with xavi and iniesta,when he played in world cup what did he play,when u want to know a better player you need look there country and club,what did messi play in the last copa america,i think ronaldo is still the best.

  • Eto

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    Its cr7 nothing more

  • Pcahuna

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    To me, football is an extremely beautiful game. To watch these two players in action is amazing! There are small yet big differences that make Ronaldo a slightly better player than Messi.
    1) Ronaldo is a complete striker, playing in midfield. Ronaldo has to work much harder to make the plays he needs than Messi does. If you were to take the distances from the goals of both players…even though Messi may have scored 50, Ronaldo’s 46 will double the yards of Messi’s: anyone who objects this is clearly not a fan looking at the facts, but looking at the face they love. Ronaldo is a much more complete finisher in terms of the arsenal of ways to score.
    2)Messi CANNOT perform without Xavi or Iniesta. Look at his record with Argentina! He has been criticized for this over and over and over again. And many Messi fans know his performances are sub-par to what he can do with Barcelona.
    3)Messi, in order to truly crown himself a true master, needs to play in another league, and set records there too. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. What Barcelona have done is extremely smart…dont get me wrong. But for a player to prove he is the best, he has to be the best all over the world in different teams. It does not take a braniac to see this.
    4) Messi needs to involve himself more from behind the lines. Many goals that he scored were sprinting in the last 1/4 of the field. Anyone can reserve their energy and explode like Messi does. How do I know? I play the same style and the same way he does. It is a very smart tactic, but this again is where I see Ronaldo surpass Messi. Because of the amount of work and space Ronaldo must eat up before having a chance at goal.
    Before anyone calls me a Ronaldo fan, there are many things he could very well improve in as well that Messi has.
    1)Ronaldo can use his head much better. Although he may be gifted with a cannon foot, an eagle eye many times can be more useful. Again, when you have 2 other players on the field that their main focus is like Messi and have to score (Benzema and Higuain), it becomes much more difficult to go goal crazy in games like Messi. Many games I watched Barcelona play, and every time they looked for Messi to put the final touch. When Real Madrid played this year, many times Higuain and Benzema could have made a simple square pass to leave Ronaldo with an open net, or more of a “Messi situation” with him and the keeper alone. Had the strikers of Real Madrid acted like Xavi and Iniesta for Ronaldo, Ronaldo could have easily taken his tally to 60 goals. Dont believe me? Find highlights of all real madrid games from this season, and all barcelona games. Try tvgolo.com for evidence.
    2)Ronaldo needs to trust his team mates more. Again, a big improvement from last year, but he needs to be a LITTLE less selfish and make the game more free flowing. There were a few games where it would have been a very frustrating night for a Madridista fan to see the performances he would put on.

    As I have pointed out, both players are amazing stars. I would LOVE to watch these two play on the same team…only one problem. Both players tactics would not fare well with the other!

  • sandy

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    Mourinho dont always talk for only ronaldo we all like ronaldo but what messi did this season i have nerve seen a player like him like messi becaues he will take the ballon dor again

  • sandy

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    the same as behruz said

    RECORD #1 – With 73 goals for Barca Messi set a new world record, surpassing Archie Stark (1924-25 Bethlehem Steel, USA)
    RECORD #2 – Messi became the first player to score 50 goals in a single season in La Liga, breaking CR’s record of 40 goals.
    RECORD #3 – Messi (currently on 253 goals) became Barcelona’s all-time topscorer, breaking Césars record of 232 goals.
    RECORD #4 – Messi is the first player ever in the history of the Liga to score 8 hat-tricks in a single Liga season
    RECORD #5 – Messi is the first player to be crowned top goalscorer in the Champions League for 4 consecutive seasons
    RECORD #6 – Messi has played more matches this season (currently 59) than in any of his previous seasons with Barcelona.
    RECORD #7 – Messi registered 29 assists for Barcelona in all competitions this season, a new personal record
    RECORD #8 – Messi became the first player to have scored and assisted in 6 different official competitions in a calendar year
    RECORD #9 – Messi became the 2nd Barca player (after Pedro) to score in 6 different official competitions in a single season
    RECORD #10 – Messi scored 5 goals in the CL-match against Bayer Leverkusen (7-1), most goals by any player in a CL-match
    RECORD #11 – Messi produced 35 goals in home games this Liga season, more than any other player in La Liga’s history
    RECORD #12 – Messi produced 14 hat-tricks in La Liga in his Barca career, breaking the club record held by Cesar (13)
    RECORD #13 – Messi became to first player ever to reach 100 points in the race of the European Golden Shoe (50×2)
    RECORD #14 – With 214 games Messi is Barca’s most experienced foreigner in La Liga history, beating record of Cocu (205)
    RECORD #15 – Messi (24) became the youngest player ever to pass the 50-goal mark in the Champions League
    RECORD #16 – Messi became record scorer in the CL knockout stage with 26 goals. Previous record: 18 goals (Raúl/Shevchenko)
    RECORD #17 – Messi scored his 2nd and 3rd CL-hattrick for Barca this season, equaling the record held by Filippo Inzaghi
    RECORD #18 – Messi became the 2nd Barcelona player (after Quini) to win the Pichichi trophy for topscorer in La Liga twice
    RECORD #19 – Messi became all-time topscorer in the Supercopa with 8 goals, surpassing the record of Raúl (7 goals)
    RECORD #20 – Messi converted 10 penalties this Liga season, equal to the club record held by Ronald Koeman (1989-90)
    RECORD #21 – Messi scored in 10 consecutive Liga games this season, equalling the club record of Martín (42/43) & Ronaldo (96/97)
    RECORD #22 – Messi is the 2nd player (after H.Sánchez) in Spanish football to score 35+ goals in all comps for 4 seasons in a row
    RECORD #23 – Messi scored in 6 consecutive home games (twice) this season, a new personal record. Previous record was 5.
    RECORD #24 – Messi has equalled Samuel Eto’o’s (2007-08) record of scoring in 7 consecutive away Liga games this season.
    RECORD #25 – Messi registered the fastest hat-trick in Barca’s Liga history in the game vs Mallorca (5-0) this season (17 minutes)
    RECORD #26 – Messi became the 4th player in CL history (after Litmanen, Crespo & Henry) to score in 7 consecutive away games
    RECORD #27 – Messi became the first player in CL history to score 14 goals in a single season (main tournament)
    RECORD #28 – Messi (24 years old) became the youngest player ever to reach 150 goals in La Liga
    RECORD #29 – Messi became the 4th player to win 3 Ballons d’Or, after Johan Cruyff, Michel Platini and Marco van Basten.
    RECORD #30 – Messi became the 2nd player to win 3 consecutive Ballons d’Or, after Michel Platini.

  • Sheikh

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    Messi is no doubt a fantastic player but 70 even arent enough to win A single cup whereas CR7 has been excellent through out the season … So its better to look at the acheivement then counting goals and records …

  • Fidelity From Port-Harcourt

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    Good day to all Barcelona fans.
    a lot of anti Barcelona are in the motor park talking against Messi because he disgrace all english clubs including Chelsea,arsenal,man united and so many of them.

    WHO WILL BE HAPPY TO SEE HIS OR HER ENEMY?
    WHO WILL BE HAPPY TO PRAISE HIS OR HER ENEMY?
    WHO WILL BE HAPPY TO VOTE FOR SOMEBODY THAT DISGRACE HIM OR HER?
    PLEASE ALLOW MESSI HE IS THE WORLD LEGEND PLAYER APART FROM PELE.
    THAT OF THE 2009/2010 Ballon D’or WAS DENIED FROM Snjeider. FIFA ALWAYS START THE RUN FROM THE SEASON SO Snjeider DID NOT START EARLIER THAT SEASON SO DO NOT BE A CONTROVERSIAL PERSON TO YOUR FAMILY OR TO THE WORLD, THANKS TO MESSI FANS, THANKS TO BARCELONA FANS, THANKS TO LA LIGA FANS.

  • SIMW

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    Ronaldo broke the record for hat tricks in a la liga season this year with 7 and also broke the record for goals on the road in a year, scoring 23. Don’t forget that Ronaldo also is the first player ever to score against ever La Liga team in one year.

  • Yup

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    @loken Mourinho won the champions league, serie A, and the coppa Italia with Inter. This was the first EVER treble by an Italian team and the Italian league is definitely not an easy league to win. The summer before they won the treble, Mourinho added Thiago Motta, Sneijder, Milito, and Eto. So no one can’t say that Mourinho already had the Treble winning team together when he came to Inter. In fact all four of the above mentioned players were starters in the treble winning team and Diego Milito was absolutely key in many of their big games that year. Mourinho made Inter successful and since he left, it has been down hill for the team, even with the same players. He is a special coach and the best in the world right now. He also has won league titles with Porto, Chelsea, and Madrid. O, and Mourinho brought Drogba to Chelsea when he was coach there so Di Matteo can thank him for that.

  • Behruz

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    Hey, Seshy

    You don’t have to refer to Barca fans as stupid. If you have a problem with any comment, state your objections.

    You claim not to be a fan of RM, but you do seem to be an antibarca. Barca may have disappoined you crushing your club or something.

    You favor Ronaldo over Messi only because the former’s club won La Liga this year. But FYI Barca did too by kicking out forerunners such as RM and Valencia from Copa Del Rey. Ronaldo may have scored in four classicos against two by Messi but let’s face Messi’s goals and assists won Spanish Supercopa and kicked RM out of Copa Del Rey. Now before raging for nothing, tell me who is more stupid?

    RM may have set or broke some records as a club but do you not forget that Ballon O’dr is not awarded for clubs. You should aslo accept the fact that Messi’s penalties are fewer than your Ronaldo’s and Messi had a game short of your CR7.

    If you think it is acceptable to object to some argument simply by saying it is a lie. Let’s apply the same to your argument about Mou is better than Pep.

    Ronaldo’s potential participation in EURO 2012 is NOT an edge for him but simply an opportunity, which by the way is off to a “good” start in their friendly against Macedonia.

  • seshy

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    Wat are dis stupid barca fans saying i am not a madrid fan bot it just pains me to see people writing rubbish.while will u be talking about setting records and u put someones personal record then u talk about setting records then u say he equalled someones record or say he is d 4th player to do someting dats not setting a record i am not arguing with d fact dat messi broke some records dis season infact he broke more records than ronaldo.
    RM also broke records tanks to ronaldo and dont ever say guadiola is better than mourinho bcos we all know dats a lie .
    Thi season RM and Barca met 6 times and messi scored in only 2 while ronaldo scored in 4.messi might hv scored more goals but we know ronaldo played better and yes we know ronaldo got many of his goals from the penalty spot but the same thing applies to messi in which most of d penalty Barca got were not meant to be.
    All things said i think we hv to wait till after EURO 2012 to know who clearly deserves it because dat is an edge ronaldo has over messi.
    As for now i feel ronaldo deserves it.

  • don

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    @Behruz: hats off PAL, do you know you just broke the record of the best loyal and generous and true football and barca and Messi fan coz of your honest IQ coz b4 that i thought it was only me who appreciates all these stuffs in real means and i honestly give you the trophy for such a hard task and this clean sheet provided by you to us and the rest of the world and especially for blind fans as cloud and some other funny and Brady etc rats.
    Now guys and author and rest of the critics just come to papa, papa gives you all the rest of clarification, but first this author guy i dont know who you are but baby either you are jose’s man or RM or CR7 fan or some rat i dont know what ??
    either you wanna stretch this thing to make ypur column popular with the help of such controversial comments and stretch it to certain heights or it might be a secret public poll, i dont know what again ??
    But writing a column and self answering it in such a controversial manner reflexes your way of justification. CR7 as every body knows is nowhere nearer to Messi. And if you are a true writer and honest as you said above, i think you should take advise from you surrounding to classify CR7 even half a way as my friend Behruz said above for Messi and prove his given statements wrong. The other described players by you like Van persie and this tall ibra guy are also better in many ways than your CR7 and he could hardly compete with these players including Drogba as my another friend Loken said. To get him(CR7) a ballon D ‘or i think you should purchase one dummy from the market and better give him and ask him to get relaxed and try out for the next season and i bet he wont get it even nearer to his own records of this fluke season in which his most of the goals came from penalties and Messi will i think probably break his own setmarks and we all will see it in near time. One more thing i think you should ask Fifa to declare a new award naming Fifa Ballon D’or (B) category and letz see if CR7 wins it,,, hi hi hi hi hi hi.
    I think Behruz has shutted all critics with his evidence as detailed chart of records. Hurray for Behruz, and as you would be happy to know Don has promoted you to the new Underboss of his Cartell,,, hurray for mighty Messi and hurray for Barca………….. Lez see some other rats come out after Don said so may be the partial author or might be Brad who is burnt alive by Barca’s double slam on United in order to kick em outta champs league finals twice, i m sure he and cloudy will appear with their partial rubbish talks on this for long.
    One more advise for Mourinho as being a manager of RM he just praises CR7 every know and then but forgetting an important phase as in other ways he rejects all efforts of rest of RM players as he dont knows that a title is won by a team effort and not a single player like CR7, letting morale of his all the rest of the squad down and creating more controversies in thier own dressing room squabbles. In such a situation he should not even be nominated as one of the best managers category for Ballon D’or. As concerning this he is surely no where near to Pep and again as per me Pep deserves the best manager award and be the winner consecutively twice in a row.

  • loken

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    bullshit mourhino always side on ronaldo only la liga nothing nevevere ever commpare with messi.he is no 1 he deserve ballon this year not ronaldo.look chelsea drogba won champion league and fa cup he is better than ronaldo.
    did mourhino win champion league at chelsea no roberto di mato did this now he is 110%better than stupid mourhino………………………….

  • Behruz

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    30 Records by Messi the Legend

    RECORD #1 – With 73 goals for Barca Messi set a new world record, surpassing Archie Stark (1924-25 Bethlehem Steel, USA)
    RECORD #2 – Messi became the first player to score 50 goals in a single season in La Liga, breaking CR’s record of 40 goals.
    RECORD #3 – Messi (currently on 253 goals) became Barcelona’s all-time topscorer, breaking Césars record of 232 goals.
    RECORD #4 – Messi is the first player ever in the history of the Liga to score 8 hat-tricks in a single Liga season
    RECORD #5 – Messi is the first player to be crowned top goalscorer in the Champions League for 4 consecutive seasons
    RECORD #6 – Messi has played more matches this season (currently 59) than in any of his previous seasons with Barcelona.
    RECORD #7 – Messi registered 29 assists for Barcelona in all competitions this season, a new personal record
    RECORD #8 – Messi became the first player to have scored and assisted in 6 different official competitions in a calendar year
    RECORD #9 – Messi became the 2nd Barca player (after Pedro) to score in 6 different official competitions in a single season
    RECORD #10 – Messi scored 5 goals in the CL-match against Bayer Leverkusen (7-1), most goals by any player in a CL-match
    RECORD #11 – Messi produced 35 goals in home games this Liga season, more than any other player in La Liga’s history
    RECORD #12 – Messi produced 14 hat-tricks in La Liga in his Barca career, breaking the club record held by Cesar (13)
    RECORD #13 – Messi became to first player ever to reach 100 points in the race of the European Golden Shoe (50×2)
    RECORD #14 – With 214 games Messi is Barca’s most experienced foreigner in La Liga history, beating record of Cocu (205)
    RECORD #15 – Messi (24) became the youngest player ever to pass the 50-goal mark in the Champions League
    RECORD #16 – Messi became record scorer in the CL knockout stage with 26 goals. Previous record: 18 goals (Raúl/Shevchenko)
    RECORD #17 – Messi scored his 2nd and 3rd CL-hattrick for Barca this season, equaling the record held by Filippo Inzaghi
    RECORD #18 – Messi became the 2nd Barcelona player (after Quini) to win the Pichichi trophy for topscorer in La Liga twice
    RECORD #19 – Messi became all-time topscorer in the Supercopa with 8 goals, surpassing the record of Raúl (7 goals)
    RECORD #20 – Messi converted 10 penalties this Liga season, equal to the club record held by Ronald Koeman (1989-90)
    RECORD #21 – Messi scored in 10 consecutive Liga games this season, equalling the club record of Martín (42/43) & Ronaldo (96/97)
    RECORD #22 – Messi is the 2nd player (after H.Sánchez) in Spanish football to score 35+ goals in all comps for 4 seasons in a row
    RECORD #23 – Messi scored in 6 consecutive home games (twice) this season, a new personal record. Previous record was 5.
    RECORD #24 – Messi has equalled Samuel Eto’o’s (2007-08) record of scoring in 7 consecutive away Liga games this season.
    RECORD #25 – Messi registered the fastest hat-trick in Barca’s Liga history in the game vs Mallorca (5-0) this season (17 minutes)
    RECORD #26 – Messi became the 4th player in CL history (after Litmanen, Crespo & Henry) to score in 7 consecutive away games
    RECORD #27 – Messi became the first player in CL history to score 14 goals in a single season (main tournament)
    RECORD #28 – Messi (24 years old) became the youngest player ever to reach 150 goals in La Liga
    RECORD #29 – Messi became the 4th player to win 3 Ballons d’Or, after Johan Cruyff, Michel Platini and Marco van Basten.
    RECORD #30 – Messi became the 2nd player to win 3 consecutive Ballons d’Or, after Michel Platini.

  • Oybek

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    Cheers back, Hayotjon. Good job with such comprehensive comment and sound arguments!

    Cloud, just remembered that you have always called for objective, unbaised and NOT one-sided arguments, right? (it’s just crazy to discuss with people who are one-sided.) Let me refer you to something:

    On May 18, your comment read “.. and on defense about Jose, yeah, he doesn’t know what he’s doing; he only won in Portugal, England, Italy and Spain. He belongs to the group of lamest coaches like Sir Alex, Fabio Capello, Carlo Ancelloti and Pep Guardiola.”

    On May 19, your another comment read ” me, as a Madridista I admire Pep Guardiola, being his first taste of senior coaching and he’s made success upon success.”

    I am simply confused which is it, I mean, where you were more multi-sided?

  • Mardon

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    SIMW

    One correction – Messi was decisive in all El Classicos this season except the last one. When under pressure from defenders, he created the passes which were decisive in the first legs of La Liga and Cope Del Rey both at Bernabeo. Plus, Messi’s debatable win in 2010 does not make CR7 any favorite this year.

  • cloud

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    .. these trophies: UEFA SUPER CUP, Club World Cup and Spanish Super Cup aren’t that important. Those are just one-offs.

    .. and besides it’s as if Messi is miles away in the goal tally. he’s only 4 goals ahead in La Liga and essentially 6 goals ahead in the overall standings, i’m discounting his goals from the Club World Cup and the Super Cups.

    @SIMW, Wesley had a Treble and was a Finalists in the World Cup and wasn’t even nominated as Best Player of the year. Judges and coaches are indeed blind.

  • SIMW

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    Stoooped, Messi was only essential in one of the Classico’s… that being the match in early january… Besides that, despite the losses, Ronaldo has completely out played Messi and completely deserves the Ballon D’or this year… Messi should not have won it in 2010 and hopefully will not steal another from Ronaldo this year. I’m referring to Messi winning in 2010 over Snjeider.

  • Stoooped

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    Both players are good. But you guys seem to forget that Madrid just won 1 clasico and 1 title, Barca won 3 titles this season and Messi was essential in winning the previous Clasicos. Both are phenomenal players and both deserve this award. They both failed to impress in the Champions League semi final in their respective matches but no one can’t deny they’re still good. People just like to hate these players because of their personalities, success, etc.

  • Big Time C

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    I dont understand you guys saying Messi has no silverware this season? How about the spanish super cup, UEFA super cup, Club World Cup, and soon to be Kings Cup. thats 4 trophies out of 6, not a bad haul for a season. Add to that all the records that Messi broke this year. While Ronaldo has become more of a team player, he is still way short of Messi. Messi first player to win 4 Balon d’or in a row

  • Ovie Teddy

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    The real man is CR7. He has really don well 4 HIMSELF & RM. So he deserves it. There is no doubt about it.

  • richard

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    i’m surprised by the fact that this topic is up for discussion. Mourinho is simply trying to bully Ronaldo and Real Madrid to the top. I think it an insult to the various league to consider, Spanish super cup, UEFA super cup, Club World cup, Europe golden boot, and pichichi as not winning nothing. In addition, Messi tied the record for the golden boots plus broke the pichichi all time record. There is still the Copa Del Rey to play for, but i guess this will be considered not winning nothing also. The sadest things is the amount of people that believe mourinho’s garbage.

  • tapiwa jarich

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    ronaldo obviously shld win iregadless of wat comes wat.

  • Mardon

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    Hey, cloud

    You are not supposed to like or agree with my points; they were meant for the public in view of your comment.

    I am truly amazed by your humble perspective and expectation of RM as your club. Seriously, Spanish Super copa clash and Copa Del Rey quarters and CL semis all to the detriment of RM and you still call this the best season ever! Honestly, I have no words… I wish every RM fan not blinded by Barca hatred felt the same way.

  • cloud

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    .. mardon, you said:

    The only reason RM succeeded this season has to do the fact that Barca unwillingly let them by failing to capitalize on their fullest potential! You see your Jose got lucky!

    .. that’s being a sourgrape. guess you’ll be on the ignore list from now on. I’ve found a good and respectable discuss-mate in hayotjon ….

    .. oh mardon, while you’re at it, on Real’s History alone, this season has been their best. so yeah, Jose is one dumb stupid coach.

  • cloud

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    @hayotjon, thanks for the decent replies, no name-calling whatsoever.

    .. anyway, I too am confused to how the coaches and voters panel judge the player of the year.

    .. if we are to base solely on individual performance, LAST YEAR; Ronaldo broke the Spanish goal record in one season that was held for more than 30 years. He only won the Copa Del Rey. Messi was behind in the La Liga goal standings but were equal in the overall goal count. But Messi won la liga and the UCL. So, if we base it on individual merit, Ronaldo deserve it better coz of his record breaker.

    .. and if we are to base it on trophies, well, the 2010 World Cup Year, that Xavi nor Iniesta should win is my main case.

  • Mardon

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    Cloud, Mourinho is NOT winning everytime- he is winning from time to time. Then why shouldn’t he, having coached the best teams in each championship you listed and having been truly overpriced all the time? Realistically, which magic tactic or anything he did this season at RM made a marked change in RM’s La Liga season this year? Lemme guess he was sent off once and avoided press for a while- that must have inspired RM!

    The only reason RM succeeded this season has to do the fact that Barca unwillingly let them by failing to capitalize on their fullest potential! You see your Jose got lucky!

    You can’t say that all the players respected him all the time unless you have been alongside with him throughout the period.

  • cloud

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    .. mr oba, isn’t that called mind-games ?? The first to do that is Sir Alex, he blast away his opponents coach and team during press conferences. Jose opted for the same tactic and went to extremes. Coz if Jose is indeed an asshole like you people think he, then why is he winning everytime ??? Porto, Chelsea, Inter and Madrid. Being an asshole and arrogant won’t earn you the trust of your players, but why is his players from each of those teams give him so much respect ??

  • KazWorld

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    uhmmnn what a good topic…

  • Mr, Oba C.M Frank

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    Earnestly speaking Mourinho and Ronaldo are just too desperate in World football ever since the time they make it as a player and as a coach, the evidence is there for all to see, going back to thier past record in thier formal clubs past and present. Mourinho at chelsea has severaly attack on C/Ronaldo at Man u , and once call over pamper irresponsible boy while as a Man U player, and he also declare Frank Lampard World best ahead of Ronaldinho, Mourinho at Inter Milan also declare Z/Ibrahimovic World best ahead of C/Ronaldo 2008, and Schneider also World ahead of Messi, Xavi and Iniesta. And what we the rest of the World to realise is that, once u are not with Mourinho u nobody and u are zero before him, he can attack u anytime he fill like. What arrogant and unapreciative waku he is, This same Barca he attack here and then this made him what he is as a Coach, i’m not even suprise look at what said about Cheseal befor Barca s/final and B/Munich final, he only want to be heared always

  • Kreamyize

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    Messi Deserves it……. 1. He has broken several european cup legendary histories this season 2. He has the highest number of goals. 3. He did not go trophy less…despite the copa del rey is yet to be played. 4. La liga trophy and Copa del rey are all spanish indeginous trophies, so they are are same. 5. Messi has been outstanding for the past two years, he has always left a landmark each year. 6. He is more of a team player than anyone in europe. 7. Ronaldo most goals this season are more of penalties and less assist. 8. Messi has most goal assist this season. 9 Messi has won two champoions league for his club so far and so many individual awards……Ballon D’Or should go to LIONEL MESSI…..BEST PLAYER OF AL TIMES

  • Mr, Oba C.M Frank

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    Jose Mourinho have an incurable sickness and anybody who didn’t before applying whatever he says is also sick and having brain problem. Have we all soon forgoten how he speak against Chelsea before Barca and even before Beryern M gaim? Messi somehow favourite for Balon d’or award sincerely speaking, because it is an individua award, on like 2004 and 2005 Ronaldinho won it, and 2010 when Messi retain it for second time. The only miracle this time is, if Ronaldo win EUROP 2012 he may be consider. If it is base on trophies, i think Chelsea player will consider also, because Messi have win Spanish super cup against R/Madrid, UEFA super cup against FC Porto, Club World cup against FC Santos of Brazil with another final in Spanish Kings cup anything can happen, so Messi has already claim his award for the fourth time on a role, simple.

  • Ayprince

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    I give it 2 ronaldo bcos he has trophy 2 show 4 it.

  • Hayotjon

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    By the way, cheers Oybek for having commented on me. You put it right a combination of factors including Barca’s bad luck with fixture and draws, their fatique, and possibly their underestimation of some teams like Osasuna and Chelsea this season have told on their overall performance. To that may be added Mess’s sheer fame of offence and goal scoring toll made it hard for him to perform like he used to in the matches againts superclubs.

  • Hayotjon

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    Cloud, Brad, thanks for such comprehensive comments.

    Honestly, I am perplexed by your comments; I thought this discussion was about Messi vs. C. Ronaldo. Now that you mentioned 2010 Ballon d’Or awarding, let me help you understand that all your arguments add weight to the proposition that Messi is the most deserving candidate this year.

    FIFA Ballon d’Or mission statement enunciates that Ballon d’Or is awarded to a player who is considered to have performed the best in the previous season. The very fact that both Iniesta and Xavi were not awarded FIFA Ballon d’Or albeit having had successful performance both club and World Cup 2010 level is sufficient testimony to the truism that the player’s track of individual performance throughout a season comes first as opposed to his club and/or national team’s performance.

    I agree that Messi did not succeed in both CL 2010 and World Cup 2010 but he was voted to deserve FIFA Ballon d’Or solely because he had had more outstanding performance individually than the other two nominees. His poker against Arcenal in quaterfinals of CL 2010 is the prime example. Incidentally, he has had two of those supported by a penta-trick in CL among other achievements this season.

    It could be that C. Ronaldo will win the award under discussion after all, but I am convinced that he would not deserve it outright. If anything, Messi would still be proud to make it damn hard for voters to make a final decision. Mr Mou’s pre-emptive strike clearly suggests that it is going to be extremely fierce for voters this year to make a rational choice between these two.

    Cloud, you can have your personal doubts on FIFA’s decisions re Ballon d’Or but that doesn’t necessarily mean you can use them to support your arguments. Doubts are doubts and for the healthy flow of ideas in this room, it is best that we act on the assumption that all the FIFA decisions bear rational character.

  • cloud

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    .. and let me just add that it’s a given that Messi should score goals – He’s a Striker – THAT’S HIS JOB. Unsung heroes like Xavi and Iniesta are the one’s creating the plays.

  • cloud

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    .. exactly Brad. The whole point here is people are now solely focused on Messi. That they forget that there are others who’s achievement are worth of praise. He’s a damn good player, one of the best today. But we should give credit to where it’s due.

    .. it’s irritating to know that a player who’s team was trashed in the quarters won the best player accolade that year. Iniesta nor Xavi should have won. oh yeah, that was a World Cup Year. Proves to show that many people are blind or just plain biased.

  • Brad

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    To me, Iniesta should have won the Ballon D’or in 2010. For one, his achievements with Barca are worthy, but the biggest thing that stands out is that he scored the match winning goal in the final of the WC against Holland.

    If we were to compare that to Messi, we’d still see the silverware won with the Catalan side, plus a whole lot more goals scored than what Iniesta got. But Messi failed to even score a goal during the World Cup! And Argentina got completely wiped out in the quarterfinals as well.

  • cloud

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    .. hayotjon and oybek, since you’ve mentioned the word DESERVING. Did Messi deserve his second award better than Xavi or Iniesta ?? Can any of you defend to why he won it rather than Xavi or Iniesta ?? These three won the same trophies in club level coz of course they’re team mates, but the Spaniards have what Messi don’t that year – Xavi and Iniesta WON THE WORLD CUP. How in the world was Messi much better than them ??

    .. and why are you guys putting too much weight to why Jose said those words this early; it’s obvious he was asked that question and he just gave a straight answer.

    .. it’s such a mystery to why people ( Barca fans ) can’t see how good Jose as a coach is. His track record is amazing and still you guys see him like he’s one stupid bloke. yeah, Madrid was trashed by Barca during his first season, that was normal since it’s a transition phase for Madrid. But on his second year, he kept his promise and gave madrid their best season so far.

    .. me, as a Madridista I admire Pep Guardiola, being his first taste of senior coaching and he’s made success upon success.

    .. it’s just crazy to discuss with people who are one-sided.

  • Oybek

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    Since when goals are worthless or unimportant if they did not end in trophies? Messi scored almost half of Barca’s total this season. Didn’t that allow Barca to stay in CL qualifying spot for next year? Why would one expect them to be the first all the time? In leagues like EPL, there are teams striving to death to qualify for CL spots. Considering the pressure upon them and relatively more games they had ( Copa Del Rey semis, World Cup of clubs) than their arch rivals, shoudn’t we give them some benefit of doubt? They are not machines after all!

    Yes, admittedly Messi failed to score against superclubs but who wouldn’t have when surrounded by at least 4 opponents even before touching the ball? Why ain’t anyone mentioning his superb passes or assists that resulted in the ouster of RM at Copa Del Rey quarter finals among many others?

    I agree with you Hayojon that Special No.1 and C. Ronaldo want to win Ballon d’Or so desperately that they both are constantly playing mind-games and forgetting that they are trying to cross a bridge before reaching it.

  • Hayotjon

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    Isn’t Ballon d’Or awarded to individual players in recognition of their achievements throughout the season? If Messi has had an unmatched season but his club has had somewhat inferior year, would it be reasonable to blame him? Conversely, RM has had a great season courtesy of many and many great players but would it be impartial of us to attribute this success to an individual player- C. Ronaldo? The fact of the matter is C. Ronaldo improved this season compared to the previous one but he has not surpassed not even equaled Messi.

    I take an extreme issue with the utopian theory that Jose had something to do with Pep’s retirement. Realistically, it was Pep that nullified all Mou’s efforts ever since he came to RM. First devastating clash (5-0), CL semis last year, Spanish Supercopa last year, two embarassing loses at Bernabeau this season, one of which kicked RM out of Copa Del Rey. Now that he finally succeeded in EL Classico, he is a hero out of nowhere? Come to think of it, it was Mr. Mou considering leaving RM earlier this season but upon Pep’s announcement about retirement, he began to beg RM stay by promises of greater season next. Now you tell me who is avoiding pressure from who?

    Back on the topic, if Mr Mou had profound reasons to tip C. Ronaldo, would he bother giving this interview to the media? If C. Ronaldo were convinced of his winning this award, would he bother to announce without shame that he is better than Messi? They know that media controls people’s mind which can be decisive in votes, which tells me they are just doing some strategy work. Deserving winners are out there playing the ball with their minds and feet and NOT with their tongues!

  • Brad

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    Ha ha, thank you for the correction, Oybek. I should’ve taken the rest of this year into account.

  • cloud

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    @yup, I couldn’t agree with you more with what Jose has achieved. He did kept his promise to make the team better in his second season; they broke Barca 99 point record and many Club ( within Real ) records. And in theory he made Pep resign coz Pep can’t take the pressure anymore coming from Jose.. but this theory is just a long shot.

  • cloud

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    .. simple logic to follow: LA LIGA GOAL COUNT:

    .. Ronaldo 46 goals = Madrid with 100 points

    .. Messi 50 goals = Barca with 91 points

    .. i’m not trying to rub it on everybody’s shoulders that cr7 should win, but just follow that logic above and think objectively not subjectively.

    .. on the UCL, Messi broke many records such as the 14 goals in one campaign, the first player to score 5 goals in one game….. but, as fascinating as they are, Barca are still ousted by Chelsea in the Semis. The FINALS will be Chelsea Vs Bayern. Still, those records of Messi are astonishing but doesn’t count since they’re not even in the Finals.

    .. the trophies are what matters most..

  • Mardon

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    CR7 is a person with multidimentinal abilities. On the pitch, when he scores a goal, he can put a stripshow exposing his thighs, but when he fails to deliver he tends to limp to trick people into thinking he may be injured. Outside the pitch, he plays with his tongue like claiming he is better than messi. All in all, he deserves Best Male Actor award by the Academy! If only Ballon D’eor were awarded to actors!

  • Oybek

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    Messi doesn’t have a title YET!

  • Brad

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    It has to be Ronaldo this time. Even if Messi ends up deserving it more via goal scoring superiority, Ronaldo has the titles this year to back his claim up. Messi, unfortunately for him, doesn’t have the title(s).

  • Yup

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    Barcelona has more experienced players, and what most would consider better players, at this point, than real madrid. Madrid still controlled this year’s la liga. Who would have predicted that at the start of the season? Now a LOT of credit goes to Mourinho for this because he is such a good coach, but this year Ronaldo has meant more to his team than in the past and he played a big part in helping them win the title. RVP is also a really really good player but Arsenal didn’t win the title this year so I have to go with Ronaldo.

  • sudershan

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    RRRoooonaaaalllllldooooooooo wins!!!!!!! lov u cr7…

  • Oybek

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    Cloud,

    I never asked for your respect!

    I can clearly see your immence respect to Special No.1, which you are by all means entitled to and expected to. Inspired by him, you are also stepping into his shoes by the unbearably arrogant and cock-of -the walk content of your comments which is spoiling professional exchange of ideas in every single topic you address to. If anything, you are the one to be ASHAMED of.

    Why would you expect everyone to feel the same way as you do about your ROLE MODEL? As much as you do, I have my own reasons and more importantly inalienable rights to express my ideas about people like Mr Mou. If my exercising these rights is bothering you, just ignore my comments but do you not ever post unattractive and insulting stuff for the sake of the people working hard to run this forum.

    You can have your bombastic arguments about backing your Role Model; I simply couldn’t care less. For me, coaches have very little if anything to do with club’s success. All the credit are to be paid to the players who creat the success. Again. this is my PERSONAL opinion. So your litte argument about Jose winning champs in four countries are nothing more than bla-bla to me!

    PS you can call me a psychiatrist as long as you wish. Doing so seems to be one of the rare stuff to add pleasure to your life!

  • cloud

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    .. wow oybek, it’s just WOW !!!

    .. i totally lost all my respect to you with that name-calling and “script writing” about Jose. I would expect that kind of statement coming from morons and one-sided fans… but coming from you – a psychiatrist, such a shame.

    .. back on topic, this discussion might be too early, but it still fit since we just ended the season and it’s normal for people to ask or argue/discuss to who’s the best player.

    .. and on defense about Jose, yeah, he doesn’t know what he’s doing; he only won in Portugal, England, Italy and Spain. He belongs to the group of lamest coaches like Sir Alex, Fabio Capello, Carlo Ancelloti and Pep Guardiola.

  • Oybek

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    cloud, if you are not comfortable with me calling Jose Mou Special No One, then simple construe it as Special No. 1.

    I have a feeling that this guy ( Special No. 1) works for media. He is clever enough to realize that nothing he says about Ballon d’Or matters since CR7 works for him and it is way too early to have this discussion. He probably made this sour story to stir up reactions among football community. Guess what it is working! The story is the hottest topic under discussion in every single forum or website devoted to soccer and generated thousands of comments.

  • cloud

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    .. oybek, keep your cool dude. act like your profession please, don’t be like Don who always do name calling. you calling Jose SPECIAL NO ONE is disappointing, you being a psychiatrist.

    .. i’m level headed with this, Messi broke lots of records this year, but what’s important is the trophies. On different discussions I acknowledged Messi winning it last year coz he deserved it, this year, no matter how many records he breaks but he don’t have the trophy to back them up, it’s still worthless.

    .. but yeah, this discussion is quite early, we still have the EUROs and half of a season of next year to determine the winner.

  • Oybek

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    Cloud,

    Please do not bother to include ” not being biased” in your comments because the very fact you are RM fan is the solid testimony to proving the opposite, unfortunately!

    I do, though, agree with you that Ballon d’Or is not solely limited to La Liga or the DUO. We have CL finals and more importanly EURO 2012 upon us. Let’s be patient and let so many others demonstrate themselves in those potential matches so we will be able to have more informed and grounded comments and votes to determine this year’s Ballon d’Or. I can’t blame the media for bringing up the topic on the wrong time ( I mean too early) simply because it is appealing to damn too many fans and guess what almost all of them are either Barca or RM fans! They (media) are goood!

  • Oybek

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    Messi= decisive goal in Spanish Super Cup, broke Barca record of most goals, first to break CL record of most goals, first to score 5 goals in a game after CL was reformed, broke most Laliga goals record by CR7, broke Gerd Muller’s record and scored 50 goals although plating a game short of CR7 plus 15 assists. 3 goals against 0 in international friendlies.

    CR7= Laliga trophy ( did he win it by himself?), first player to score goals against every single team in Laliga and … oops nothing more.

    Please do the math and stop being parrots repeating what Special NO One said!

  • caron

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    Cr7 must win everything and he must take back his tittle because it belongs to him. Messi a/h must go and sleep as he often does. These messi fanatics must go and jump. Evrything must belong to Cr7

  • Tagi

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    messi is the man

  • cloud

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    .. but we also have to remember we have the EUROs coming this summer, if Ronaldo can help Portugal reach the Semi’s, then it will help him with the bid for the Best Player Award.

    .. but on club level Ronaldo did better than Messi, WHY ?? Coz he helped his team Real Madrid achieve a record 100 points. Yes, Messi has 50 goals in La Liga compared to Ronaldo’s 46. But Messi failed to help Barca retain their La Liga Crown; Barca is 9 points behind Real Madrid, that’s why the 50 goals of Messi don’t mean nothing coz it did not win them anything.

  • Smike Nyaah

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    For me,i think L Messi should be the target 4 this year’s ballon d’or award.He’s proved better than Ronaldo in all competitions this season

  • saleem rasheed

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    messi is the best 4 the all time football history,bcos he break records and set records which are about 18 in a single season which non of the players did in the history of football. So messi will win ballon d’or 4 the 4th time in a row.

  • Edin A.

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    Barcelona is my team, but I was really dissapointed in Messi’s performance against Chelsea at Nou Camp and in the Classico at home. I realize that he was well marked as an obvious threat, but the player of his calibre should have been able to do more than he did. I’d love to see him take it again, but I’m afraid it’s going to be that ***hole Ronaldo.

  • Jay Jay

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    Ronaldo deserves 2 win d’or, cos he has a trophy dis yr unlik magic messi if favoritism is absent

  • Haokip

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    Yaya toure should win

  • Michael

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    Messi deserve it,for a player to be consistently playing good football in a cool and non arogant way…Consistently braking records and setting records.This season he won the club world cup,became top scorer of all time for fc barcelona,highest goal scorer of all time in la liga,highest goal scorer of all time in the UCL,the only player to ever score 5 goals in the uefa champions league and so on.This guy is great,they even compare him to pele the legend. Baloteli once said he is the best player after messi,knowing fully well that messi is the best,pele once also said… I have edge over messi, so what are saying,he is the best ever.

  • princepaul

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    I think ronaldo derserve the ballon d or last year he was the laliga and european highest goalscorer but this season isnot so.remenber he isthe source of realmadrid success so ronaldo should be given the award.\

  • Prakash

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    I think Messi deserve it again because he has been broken many records of FIFA . He bagged 50 goals in a single la liga season, maintain champion league highest scorer of all time in a single season by hitting 14 goals, scored 72 goals in a single season surpassing Gurd mullar, became highest scorer of all time of knock out stage of champion league , has 28 assist, become top scorer of all time of FC Barcelona , made a new history scoring 5 goals in a single match of champion league. I love to see Ronaldo as well, if Ronaldo was in different era than Messi he might win ballondor too many times but right man born in a wrong time so he has shadowed by Messi magic. This year also it will not be surprised if Messi win ballondor. Mourinho can claim but it has no meaning for the decision. The only game Ronaldo played better game than Messi is second EL Classico at camp nau.

  • meno-Tech

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    selectors are what counts, trophies are also medals, and only mourinho gets it wromg , mourinho is good when taking presssure off his players but now he should tell us what ronaldo thinks and that is just that “I think messi is better sir?”

  • meno

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    messi reached a height no one in my living memory ever reached, go to the top goal scorers of all titme and tell me if you ever seen these players playing live. thats bigger than CL or PL on a player’s calender. braking up to 18 records in 1 season should be rewarded!!

  • russ ru

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    Ronaldo will win. Trophies are what count. Messi won la liga and e champions league last season and so he earned it. This season its ronaldo’s turn

  • Auld Super

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    Messi has to win it again as he scored the most goals ever in a season. I think most will vote for Messi again as unlike ronaldo he is not a petulant egomaniac.

  • cloud

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    .. not being biased, but I agree with Jose. He was clearly neutral with what he said and even admitted that Ronaldo’s Pichichi last year was worthless coz it didn’t gave them any trophy. Even if a player has scored 100 goals in a league but doesn’t win a trophy, it’s practically worthless.

    .. so yeah, Ronaldo deserves it more this year than Messi.

  • cloud

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    .. not being biased, but I agree with Jose. He was clearly neutral with what he said and even admitted that Ronaldo’s Pichichi last year was worthless coz it didn’t gave them any trophy. Even if a player has scored 100 goals in a league but doesn’t win a trophy, it’s practically worthless.

    .. so yeah, Ronaldo deserves it more this year than Messi.

  • Auld Super

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    Messi has to win it again as he scored the most goals ever in a season. I think most will vote for Messi again as unlike ronaldo he is not a petulant egomaniac.

  • russ ru

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    Ronaldo will win. Trophies are what count. Messi won la liga and e champions league last season and so he earned it. This season its ronaldo’s turn

  • meno

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    messi reached a height no one in my living memory ever reached, go to the top goal scorers of all titme and tell me if you ever seen these players playing live. thats bigger than CL or PL on a player’s calender. braking up to 18 records in 1 season should be rewarded!!

  • meno-Tech

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    selectors are what counts, trophies are also medals, and only mourinho gets it wromg , mourinho is good when taking presssure off his players but now he should tell us what ronaldo thinks and that is just that “I think messi is better sir?”

  • Prakash

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    I think Messi deserve it again because he has been broken many records of FIFA . He bagged 50 goals in a single la liga season, maintain champion league highest scorer of all time in a single season by hitting 14 goals, scored 72 goals in a single season surpassing Gurd mullar, became highest scorer of all time of knock out stage of champion league , has 28 assist, become top scorer of all time of FC Barcelona , made a new history scoring 5 goals in a single match of champion league. I love to see Ronaldo as well, if Ronaldo was in different era than Messi he might win ballondor too many times but right man born in a wrong time so he has shadowed by Messi magic. This year also it will not be surprised if Messi win ballondor. Mourinho can claim but it has no meaning for the decision. The only game Ronaldo played better game than Messi is second EL Classico at camp nau.

  • princepaul

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    I think ronaldo derserve the ballon d or last year he was the laliga and european highest goalscorer but this season isnot so.remenber he isthe source of realmadrid success so ronaldo should be given the award.\

  • Michael

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    Messi deserve it,for a player to be consistently playing good football in a cool and non arogant way…Consistently braking records and setting records.This season he won the club world cup,became top scorer of all time for fc barcelona,highest goal scorer of all time in la liga,highest goal scorer of all time in the UCL,the only player to ever score 5 goals in the uefa champions league and so on.This guy is great,they even compare him to pele the legend. Baloteli once said he is the best player after messi,knowing fully well that messi is the best,pele once also said… I have edge over messi, so what are saying,he is the best ever.

  • Haokip

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    Yaya toure should win

  • Jay Jay

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    Ronaldo deserves 2 win d’or, cos he has a trophy dis yr unlik magic messi if favoritism is absent

  • Edin A.

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    Barcelona is my team, but I was really dissapointed in Messi’s performance against Chelsea at Nou Camp and in the Classico at home. I realize that he was well marked as an obvious threat, but the player of his calibre should have been able to do more than he did. I’d love to see him take it again, but I’m afraid it’s going to be that ***hole Ronaldo.

  • saleem rasheed

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    messi is the best 4 the all time football history,bcos he break records and set records which are about 18 in a single season which non of the players did in the history of football. So messi will win ballon d’or 4 the 4th time in a row.

  • Smike Nyaah

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    For me,i think L Messi should be the target 4 this year’s ballon d’or award.He’s proved better than Ronaldo in all competitions this season

  • cloud

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    .. but we also have to remember we have the EUROs coming this summer, if Ronaldo can help Portugal reach the Semi’s, then it will help him with the bid for the Best Player Award.

    .. but on club level Ronaldo did better than Messi, WHY ?? Coz he helped his team Real Madrid achieve a record 100 points. Yes, Messi has 50 goals in La Liga compared to Ronaldo’s 46. But Messi failed to help Barca retain their La Liga Crown; Barca is 9 points behind Real Madrid, that’s why the 50 goals of Messi don’t mean nothing coz it did not win them anything.

  • Tagi

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    messi is the man

  • caron

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    Cr7 must win everything and he must take back his tittle because it belongs to him. Messi a/h must go and sleep as he often does. These messi fanatics must go and jump. Evrything must belong to Cr7

  • Oybek

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    Messi= decisive goal in Spanish Super Cup, broke Barca record of most goals, first to break CL record of most goals, first to score 5 goals in a game after CL was reformed, broke most Laliga goals record by CR7, broke Gerd Muller’s record and scored 50 goals although plating a game short of CR7 plus 15 assists. 3 goals against 0 in international friendlies.

    CR7= Laliga trophy ( did he win it by himself?), first player to score goals against every single team in Laliga and … oops nothing more.

    Please do the math and stop being parrots repeating what Special NO One said!

  • Oybek

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    Cloud,

    Please do not bother to include ” not being biased” in your comments because the very fact you are RM fan is the solid testimony to proving the opposite, unfortunately!

    I do, though, agree with you that Ballon d’Or is not solely limited to La Liga or the DUO. We have CL finals and more importanly EURO 2012 upon us. Let’s be patient and let so many others demonstrate themselves in those potential matches so we will be able to have more informed and grounded comments and votes to determine this year’s Ballon d’Or. I can’t blame the media for bringing up the topic on the wrong time ( I mean too early) simply because it is appealing to damn too many fans and guess what almost all of them are either Barca or RM fans! They (media) are goood!

  • cloud

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    .. oybek, keep your cool dude. act like your profession please, don’t be like Don who always do name calling. you calling Jose SPECIAL NO ONE is disappointing, you being a psychiatrist.

    .. i’m level headed with this, Messi broke lots of records this year, but what’s important is the trophies. On different discussions I acknowledged Messi winning it last year coz he deserved it, this year, no matter how many records he breaks but he don’t have the trophy to back them up, it’s still worthless.

    .. but yeah, this discussion is quite early, we still have the EUROs and half of a season of next year to determine the winner.

  • Oybek

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    cloud, if you are not comfortable with me calling Jose Mou Special No One, then simple construe it as Special No. 1.

    I have a feeling that this guy ( Special No. 1) works for media. He is clever enough to realize that nothing he says about Ballon d’Or matters since CR7 works for him and it is way too early to have this discussion. He probably made this sour story to stir up reactions among football community. Guess what it is working! The story is the hottest topic under discussion in every single forum or website devoted to soccer and generated thousands of comments.

  • cloud

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    .. wow oybek, it’s just WOW !!!

    .. i totally lost all my respect to you with that name-calling and “script writing” about Jose. I would expect that kind of statement coming from morons and one-sided fans… but coming from you – a psychiatrist, such a shame.

    .. back on topic, this discussion might be too early, but it still fit since we just ended the season and it’s normal for people to ask or argue/discuss to who’s the best player.

    .. and on defense about Jose, yeah, he doesn’t know what he’s doing; he only won in Portugal, England, Italy and Spain. He belongs to the group of lamest coaches like Sir Alex, Fabio Capello, Carlo Ancelloti and Pep Guardiola.

  • Oybek

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    Cloud,

    I never asked for your respect!

    I can clearly see your immence respect to Special No.1, which you are by all means entitled to and expected to. Inspired by him, you are also stepping into his shoes by the unbearably arrogant and cock-of -the walk content of your comments which is spoiling professional exchange of ideas in every single topic you address to. If anything, you are the one to be ASHAMED of.

    Why would you expect everyone to feel the same way as you do about your ROLE MODEL? As much as you do, I have my own reasons and more importantly inalienable rights to express my ideas about people like Mr Mou. If my exercising these rights is bothering you, just ignore my comments but do you not ever post unattractive and insulting stuff for the sake of the people working hard to run this forum.

    You can have your bombastic arguments about backing your Role Model; I simply couldn’t care less. For me, coaches have very little if anything to do with club’s success. All the credit are to be paid to the players who creat the success. Again. this is my PERSONAL opinion. So your litte argument about Jose winning champs in four countries are nothing more than bla-bla to me!

    PS you can call me a psychiatrist as long as you wish. Doing so seems to be one of the rare stuff to add pleasure to your life!

  • sudershan

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    RRRoooonaaaalllllldooooooooo wins!!!!!!! lov u cr7…

  • Yup

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    Barcelona has more experienced players, and what most would consider better players, at this point, than real madrid. Madrid still controlled this year’s la liga. Who would have predicted that at the start of the season? Now a LOT of credit goes to Mourinho for this because he is such a good coach, but this year Ronaldo has meant more to his team than in the past and he played a big part in helping them win the title. RVP is also a really really good player but Arsenal didn’t win the title this year so I have to go with Ronaldo.

  • Brad

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    It has to be Ronaldo this time. Even if Messi ends up deserving it more via goal scoring superiority, Ronaldo has the titles this year to back his claim up. Messi, unfortunately for him, doesn’t have the title(s).

  • Oybek

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    Messi doesn’t have a title YET!

  • Mardon

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    CR7 is a person with multidimentinal abilities. On the pitch, when he scores a goal, he can put a stripshow exposing his thighs, but when he fails to deliver he tends to limp to trick people into thinking he may be injured. Outside the pitch, he plays with his tongue like claiming he is better than messi. All in all, he deserves Best Male Actor award by the Academy! If only Ballon D’eor were awarded to actors!

  • cloud

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    .. simple logic to follow: LA LIGA GOAL COUNT:

    .. Ronaldo 46 goals = Madrid with 100 points

    .. Messi 50 goals = Barca with 91 points

    .. i’m not trying to rub it on everybody’s shoulders that cr7 should win, but just follow that logic above and think objectively not subjectively.

    .. on the UCL, Messi broke many records such as the 14 goals in one campaign, the first player to score 5 goals in one game….. but, as fascinating as they are, Barca are still ousted by Chelsea in the Semis. The FINALS will be Chelsea Vs Bayern. Still, those records of Messi are astonishing but doesn’t count since they’re not even in the Finals.

    .. the trophies are what matters most..

  • cloud

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    @yup, I couldn’t agree with you more with what Jose has achieved. He did kept his promise to make the team better in his second season; they broke Barca 99 point record and many Club ( within Real ) records. And in theory he made Pep resign coz Pep can’t take the pressure anymore coming from Jose.. but this theory is just a long shot.

  • Brad

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    Ha ha, thank you for the correction, Oybek. I should’ve taken the rest of this year into account.

  • Hayotjon

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    Isn’t Ballon d’Or awarded to individual players in recognition of their achievements throughout the season? If Messi has had an unmatched season but his club has had somewhat inferior year, would it be reasonable to blame him? Conversely, RM has had a great season courtesy of many and many great players but would it be impartial of us to attribute this success to an individual player- C. Ronaldo? The fact of the matter is C. Ronaldo improved this season compared to the previous one but he has not surpassed not even equaled Messi.

    I take an extreme issue with the utopian theory that Jose had something to do with Pep’s retirement. Realistically, it was Pep that nullified all Mou’s efforts ever since he came to RM. First devastating clash (5-0), CL semis last year, Spanish Supercopa last year, two embarassing loses at Bernabeau this season, one of which kicked RM out of Copa Del Rey. Now that he finally succeeded in EL Classico, he is a hero out of nowhere? Come to think of it, it was Mr. Mou considering leaving RM earlier this season but upon Pep’s announcement about retirement, he began to beg RM stay by promises of greater season next. Now you tell me who is avoiding pressure from who?

    Back on the topic, if Mr Mou had profound reasons to tip C. Ronaldo, would he bother giving this interview to the media? If C. Ronaldo were convinced of his winning this award, would he bother to announce without shame that he is better than Messi? They know that media controls people’s mind which can be decisive in votes, which tells me they are just doing some strategy work. Deserving winners are out there playing the ball with their minds and feet and NOT with their tongues!

  • Oybek

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    Since when goals are worthless or unimportant if they did not end in trophies? Messi scored almost half of Barca’s total this season. Didn’t that allow Barca to stay in CL qualifying spot for next year? Why would one expect them to be the first all the time? In leagues like EPL, there are teams striving to death to qualify for CL spots. Considering the pressure upon them and relatively more games they had ( Copa Del Rey semis, World Cup of clubs) than their arch rivals, shoudn’t we give them some benefit of doubt? They are not machines after all!

    Yes, admittedly Messi failed to score against superclubs but who wouldn’t have when surrounded by at least 4 opponents even before touching the ball? Why ain’t anyone mentioning his superb passes or assists that resulted in the ouster of RM at Copa Del Rey quarter finals among many others?

    I agree with you Hayojon that Special No.1 and C. Ronaldo want to win Ballon d’Or so desperately that they both are constantly playing mind-games and forgetting that they are trying to cross a bridge before reaching it.

  • cloud

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    .. hayotjon and oybek, since you’ve mentioned the word DESERVING. Did Messi deserve his second award better than Xavi or Iniesta ?? Can any of you defend to why he won it rather than Xavi or Iniesta ?? These three won the same trophies in club level coz of course they’re team mates, but the Spaniards have what Messi don’t that year – Xavi and Iniesta WON THE WORLD CUP. How in the world was Messi much better than them ??

    .. and why are you guys putting too much weight to why Jose said those words this early; it’s obvious he was asked that question and he just gave a straight answer.

    .. it’s such a mystery to why people ( Barca fans ) can’t see how good Jose as a coach is. His track record is amazing and still you guys see him like he’s one stupid bloke. yeah, Madrid was trashed by Barca during his first season, that was normal since it’s a transition phase for Madrid. But on his second year, he kept his promise and gave madrid their best season so far.

    .. me, as a Madridista I admire Pep Guardiola, being his first taste of senior coaching and he’s made success upon success.

    .. it’s just crazy to discuss with people who are one-sided.

  • Brad

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    To me, Iniesta should have won the Ballon D’or in 2010. For one, his achievements with Barca are worthy, but the biggest thing that stands out is that he scored the match winning goal in the final of the WC against Holland.

    If we were to compare that to Messi, we’d still see the silverware won with the Catalan side, plus a whole lot more goals scored than what Iniesta got. But Messi failed to even score a goal during the World Cup! And Argentina got completely wiped out in the quarterfinals as well.

  • cloud

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    .. exactly Brad. The whole point here is people are now solely focused on Messi. That they forget that there are others who’s achievement are worth of praise. He’s a damn good player, one of the best today. But we should give credit to where it’s due.

    .. it’s irritating to know that a player who’s team was trashed in the quarters won the best player accolade that year. Iniesta nor Xavi should have won. oh yeah, that was a World Cup Year. Proves to show that many people are blind or just plain biased.

  • cloud

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    .. and let me just add that it’s a given that Messi should score goals – He’s a Striker – THAT’S HIS JOB. Unsung heroes like Xavi and Iniesta are the one’s creating the plays.

  • Hayotjon

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    Cloud, Brad, thanks for such comprehensive comments.

    Honestly, I am perplexed by your comments; I thought this discussion was about Messi vs. C. Ronaldo. Now that you mentioned 2010 Ballon d’Or awarding, let me help you understand that all your arguments add weight to the proposition that Messi is the most deserving candidate this year.

    FIFA Ballon d’Or mission statement enunciates that Ballon d’Or is awarded to a player who is considered to have performed the best in the previous season. The very fact that both Iniesta and Xavi were not awarded FIFA Ballon d’Or albeit having had successful performance both club and World Cup 2010 level is sufficient testimony to the truism that the player’s track of individual performance throughout a season comes first as opposed to his club and/or national team’s performance.

    I agree that Messi did not succeed in both CL 2010 and World Cup 2010 but he was voted to deserve FIFA Ballon d’Or solely because he had had more outstanding performance individually than the other two nominees. His poker against Arcenal in quaterfinals of CL 2010 is the prime example. Incidentally, he has had two of those supported by a penta-trick in CL among other achievements this season.

    It could be that C. Ronaldo will win the award under discussion after all, but I am convinced that he would not deserve it outright. If anything, Messi would still be proud to make it damn hard for voters to make a final decision. Mr Mou’s pre-emptive strike clearly suggests that it is going to be extremely fierce for voters this year to make a rational choice between these two.

    Cloud, you can have your personal doubts on FIFA’s decisions re Ballon d’Or but that doesn’t necessarily mean you can use them to support your arguments. Doubts are doubts and for the healthy flow of ideas in this room, it is best that we act on the assumption that all the FIFA decisions bear rational character.

  • Hayotjon

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    By the way, cheers Oybek for having commented on me. You put it right a combination of factors including Barca’s bad luck with fixture and draws, their fatique, and possibly their underestimation of some teams like Osasuna and Chelsea this season have told on their overall performance. To that may be added Mess’s sheer fame of offence and goal scoring toll made it hard for him to perform like he used to in the matches againts superclubs.

  • Ayprince

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    I give it 2 ronaldo bcos he has trophy 2 show 4 it.

  • Mr, Oba C.M Frank

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    Jose Mourinho have an incurable sickness and anybody who didn’t before applying whatever he says is also sick and having brain problem. Have we all soon forgoten how he speak against Chelsea before Barca and even before Beryern M gaim? Messi somehow favourite for Balon d’or award sincerely speaking, because it is an individua award, on like 2004 and 2005 Ronaldinho won it, and 2010 when Messi retain it for second time. The only miracle this time is, if Ronaldo win EUROP 2012 he may be consider. If it is base on trophies, i think Chelsea player will consider also, because Messi have win Spanish super cup against R/Madrid, UEFA super cup against FC Porto, Club World cup against FC Santos of Brazil with another final in Spanish Kings cup anything can happen, so Messi has already claim his award for the fourth time on a role, simple.

  • Kreamyize

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    Messi Deserves it……. 1. He has broken several european cup legendary histories this season 2. He has the highest number of goals. 3. He did not go trophy less…despite the copa del rey is yet to be played. 4. La liga trophy and Copa del rey are all spanish indeginous trophies, so they are are same. 5. Messi has been outstanding for the past two years, he has always left a landmark each year. 6. He is more of a team player than anyone in europe. 7. Ronaldo most goals this season are more of penalties and less assist. 8. Messi has most goal assist this season. 9 Messi has won two champoions league for his club so far and so many individual awards……Ballon D’Or should go to LIONEL MESSI…..BEST PLAYER OF AL TIMES

  • Mr, Oba C.M Frank

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    Earnestly speaking Mourinho and Ronaldo are just too desperate in World football ever since the time they make it as a player and as a coach, the evidence is there for all to see, going back to thier past record in thier formal clubs past and present. Mourinho at chelsea has severaly attack on C/Ronaldo at Man u , and once call over pamper irresponsible boy while as a Man U player, and he also declare Frank Lampard World best ahead of Ronaldinho, Mourinho at Inter Milan also declare Z/Ibrahimovic World best ahead of C/Ronaldo 2008, and Schneider also World ahead of Messi, Xavi and Iniesta. And what we the rest of the World to realise is that, once u are not with Mourinho u nobody and u are zero before him, he can attack u anytime he fill like. What arrogant and unapreciative waku he is, This same Barca he attack here and then this made him what he is as a Coach, i’m not even suprise look at what said about Cheseal befor Barca s/final and B/Munich final, he only want to be heared always

  • KazWorld

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    uhmmnn what a good topic…

  • cloud

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    .. mr oba, isn’t that called mind-games ?? The first to do that is Sir Alex, he blast away his opponents coach and team during press conferences. Jose opted for the same tactic and went to extremes. Coz if Jose is indeed an asshole like you people think he, then why is he winning everytime ??? Porto, Chelsea, Inter and Madrid. Being an asshole and arrogant won’t earn you the trust of your players, but why is his players from each of those teams give him so much respect ??

  • Mardon

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    Cloud, Mourinho is NOT winning everytime- he is winning from time to time. Then why shouldn’t he, having coached the best teams in each championship you listed and having been truly overpriced all the time? Realistically, which magic tactic or anything he did this season at RM made a marked change in RM’s La Liga season this year? Lemme guess he was sent off once and avoided press for a while- that must have inspired RM!

    The only reason RM succeeded this season has to do the fact that Barca unwillingly let them by failing to capitalize on their fullest potential! You see your Jose got lucky!

    You can’t say that all the players respected him all the time unless you have been alongside with him throughout the period.

  • cloud

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    @hayotjon, thanks for the decent replies, no name-calling whatsoever.

    .. anyway, I too am confused to how the coaches and voters panel judge the player of the year.

    .. if we are to base solely on individual performance, LAST YEAR; Ronaldo broke the Spanish goal record in one season that was held for more than 30 years. He only won the Copa Del Rey. Messi was behind in the La Liga goal standings but were equal in the overall goal count. But Messi won la liga and the UCL. So, if we base it on individual merit, Ronaldo deserve it better coz of his record breaker.

    .. and if we are to base it on trophies, well, the 2010 World Cup Year, that Xavi nor Iniesta should win is my main case.

  • cloud

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    .. mardon, you said:

    The only reason RM succeeded this season has to do the fact that Barca unwillingly let them by failing to capitalize on their fullest potential! You see your Jose got lucky!

    .. that’s being a sourgrape. guess you’ll be on the ignore list from now on. I’ve found a good and respectable discuss-mate in hayotjon ….

    .. oh mardon, while you’re at it, on Real’s History alone, this season has been their best. so yeah, Jose is one dumb stupid coach.

  • Mardon

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    Hey, cloud

    You are not supposed to like or agree with my points; they were meant for the public in view of your comment.

    I am truly amazed by your humble perspective and expectation of RM as your club. Seriously, Spanish Super copa clash and Copa Del Rey quarters and CL semis all to the detriment of RM and you still call this the best season ever! Honestly, I have no words… I wish every RM fan not blinded by Barca hatred felt the same way.

  • tapiwa jarich

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    ronaldo obviously shld win iregadless of wat comes wat.

  • richard

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    i’m surprised by the fact that this topic is up for discussion. Mourinho is simply trying to bully Ronaldo and Real Madrid to the top. I think it an insult to the various league to consider, Spanish super cup, UEFA super cup, Club World cup, Europe golden boot, and pichichi as not winning nothing. In addition, Messi tied the record for the golden boots plus broke the pichichi all time record. There is still the Copa Del Rey to play for, but i guess this will be considered not winning nothing also. The sadest things is the amount of people that believe mourinho’s garbage.

  • Ovie Teddy

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    The real man is CR7. He has really don well 4 HIMSELF & RM. So he deserves it. There is no doubt about it.

  • Big Time C

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    I dont understand you guys saying Messi has no silverware this season? How about the spanish super cup, UEFA super cup, Club World Cup, and soon to be Kings Cup. thats 4 trophies out of 6, not a bad haul for a season. Add to that all the records that Messi broke this year. While Ronaldo has become more of a team player, he is still way short of Messi. Messi first player to win 4 Balon d’or in a row

  • Stoooped

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    Both players are good. But you guys seem to forget that Madrid just won 1 clasico and 1 title, Barca won 3 titles this season and Messi was essential in winning the previous Clasicos. Both are phenomenal players and both deserve this award. They both failed to impress in the Champions League semi final in their respective matches but no one can’t deny they’re still good. People just like to hate these players because of their personalities, success, etc.

  • SIMW

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    Stoooped, Messi was only essential in one of the Classico’s… that being the match in early january… Besides that, despite the losses, Ronaldo has completely out played Messi and completely deserves the Ballon D’or this year… Messi should not have won it in 2010 and hopefully will not steal another from Ronaldo this year. I’m referring to Messi winning in 2010 over Snjeider.

  • cloud

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    .. these trophies: UEFA SUPER CUP, Club World Cup and Spanish Super Cup aren’t that important. Those are just one-offs.

    .. and besides it’s as if Messi is miles away in the goal tally. he’s only 4 goals ahead in La Liga and essentially 6 goals ahead in the overall standings, i’m discounting his goals from the Club World Cup and the Super Cups.

    @SIMW, Wesley had a Treble and was a Finalists in the World Cup and wasn’t even nominated as Best Player of the year. Judges and coaches are indeed blind.

  • Mardon

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    SIMW

    One correction – Messi was decisive in all El Classicos this season except the last one. When under pressure from defenders, he created the passes which were decisive in the first legs of La Liga and Cope Del Rey both at Bernabeo. Plus, Messi’s debatable win in 2010 does not make CR7 any favorite this year.

  • Oybek

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    Cheers back, Hayotjon. Good job with such comprehensive comment and sound arguments!

    Cloud, just remembered that you have always called for objective, unbaised and NOT one-sided arguments, right? (it’s just crazy to discuss with people who are one-sided.) Let me refer you to something:

    On May 18, your comment read “.. and on defense about Jose, yeah, he doesn’t know what he’s doing; he only won in Portugal, England, Italy and Spain. He belongs to the group of lamest coaches like Sir Alex, Fabio Capello, Carlo Ancelloti and Pep Guardiola.”

    On May 19, your another comment read ” me, as a Madridista I admire Pep Guardiola, being his first taste of senior coaching and he’s made success upon success.”

    I am simply confused which is it, I mean, where you were more multi-sided?

  • Behruz

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    30 Records by Messi the Legend

    RECORD #1 – With 73 goals for Barca Messi set a new world record, surpassing Archie Stark (1924-25 Bethlehem Steel, USA)
    RECORD #2 – Messi became the first player to score 50 goals in a single season in La Liga, breaking CR’s record of 40 goals.
    RECORD #3 – Messi (currently on 253 goals) became Barcelona’s all-time topscorer, breaking Césars record of 232 goals.
    RECORD #4 – Messi is the first player ever in the history of the Liga to score 8 hat-tricks in a single Liga season
    RECORD #5 – Messi is the first player to be crowned top goalscorer in the Champions League for 4 consecutive seasons
    RECORD #6 – Messi has played more matches this season (currently 59) than in any of his previous seasons with Barcelona.
    RECORD #7 – Messi registered 29 assists for Barcelona in all competitions this season, a new personal record
    RECORD #8 – Messi became the first player to have scored and assisted in 6 different official competitions in a calendar year
    RECORD #9 – Messi became the 2nd Barca player (after Pedro) to score in 6 different official competitions in a single season
    RECORD #10 – Messi scored 5 goals in the CL-match against Bayer Leverkusen (7-1), most goals by any player in a CL-match
    RECORD #11 – Messi produced 35 goals in home games this Liga season, more than any other player in La Liga’s history
    RECORD #12 – Messi produced 14 hat-tricks in La Liga in his Barca career, breaking the club record held by Cesar (13)
    RECORD #13 – Messi became to first player ever to reach 100 points in the race of the European Golden Shoe (50×2)
    RECORD #14 – With 214 games Messi is Barca’s most experienced foreigner in La Liga history, beating record of Cocu (205)
    RECORD #15 – Messi (24) became the youngest player ever to pass the 50-goal mark in the Champions League
    RECORD #16 – Messi became record scorer in the CL knockout stage with 26 goals. Previous record: 18 goals (Raúl/Shevchenko)
    RECORD #17 – Messi scored his 2nd and 3rd CL-hattrick for Barca this season, equaling the record held by Filippo Inzaghi
    RECORD #18 – Messi became the 2nd Barcelona player (after Quini) to win the Pichichi trophy for topscorer in La Liga twice
    RECORD #19 – Messi became all-time topscorer in the Supercopa with 8 goals, surpassing the record of Raúl (7 goals)
    RECORD #20 – Messi converted 10 penalties this Liga season, equal to the club record held by Ronald Koeman (1989-90)
    RECORD #21 – Messi scored in 10 consecutive Liga games this season, equalling the club record of Martín (42/43) & Ronaldo (96/97)
    RECORD #22 – Messi is the 2nd player (after H.Sánchez) in Spanish football to score 35+ goals in all comps for 4 seasons in a row
    RECORD #23 – Messi scored in 6 consecutive home games (twice) this season, a new personal record. Previous record was 5.
    RECORD #24 – Messi has equalled Samuel Eto’o’s (2007-08) record of scoring in 7 consecutive away Liga games this season.
    RECORD #25 – Messi registered the fastest hat-trick in Barca’s Liga history in the game vs Mallorca (5-0) this season (17 minutes)
    RECORD #26 – Messi became the 4th player in CL history (after Litmanen, Crespo & Henry) to score in 7 consecutive away games
    RECORD #27 – Messi became the first player in CL history to score 14 goals in a single season (main tournament)
    RECORD #28 – Messi (24 years old) became the youngest player ever to reach 150 goals in La Liga
    RECORD #29 – Messi became the 4th player to win 3 Ballons d’Or, after Johan Cruyff, Michel Platini and Marco van Basten.
    RECORD #30 – Messi became the 2nd player to win 3 consecutive Ballons d’Or, after Michel Platini.

  • loken

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    bullshit mourhino always side on ronaldo only la liga nothing nevevere ever commpare with messi.he is no 1 he deserve ballon this year not ronaldo.look chelsea drogba won champion league and fa cup he is better than ronaldo.
    did mourhino win champion league at chelsea no roberto di mato did this now he is 110%better than stupid mourhino………………………….

  • don

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    @Behruz: hats off PAL, do you know you just broke the record of the best loyal and generous and true football and barca and Messi fan coz of your honest IQ coz b4 that i thought it was only me who appreciates all these stuffs in real means and i honestly give you the trophy for such a hard task and this clean sheet provided by you to us and the rest of the world and especially for blind fans as cloud and some other funny and Brady etc rats.
    Now guys and author and rest of the critics just come to papa, papa gives you all the rest of clarification, but first this author guy i dont know who you are but baby either you are jose’s man or RM or CR7 fan or some rat i dont know what ??
    either you wanna stretch this thing to make ypur column popular with the help of such controversial comments and stretch it to certain heights or it might be a secret public poll, i dont know what again ??
    But writing a column and self answering it in such a controversial manner reflexes your way of justification. CR7 as every body knows is nowhere nearer to Messi. And if you are a true writer and honest as you said above, i think you should take advise from you surrounding to classify CR7 even half a way as my friend Behruz said above for Messi and prove his given statements wrong. The other described players by you like Van persie and this tall ibra guy are also better in many ways than your CR7 and he could hardly compete with these players including Drogba as my another friend Loken said. To get him(CR7) a ballon D ‘or i think you should purchase one dummy from the market and better give him and ask him to get relaxed and try out for the next season and i bet he wont get it even nearer to his own records of this fluke season in which his most of the goals came from penalties and Messi will i think probably break his own setmarks and we all will see it in near time. One more thing i think you should ask Fifa to declare a new award naming Fifa Ballon D’or (B) category and letz see if CR7 wins it,,, hi hi hi hi hi hi.
    I think Behruz has shutted all critics with his evidence as detailed chart of records. Hurray for Behruz, and as you would be happy to know Don has promoted you to the new Underboss of his Cartell,,, hurray for mighty Messi and hurray for Barca………….. Lez see some other rats come out after Don said so may be the partial author or might be Brad who is burnt alive by Barca’s double slam on United in order to kick em outta champs league finals twice, i m sure he and cloudy will appear with their partial rubbish talks on this for long.
    One more advise for Mourinho as being a manager of RM he just praises CR7 every know and then but forgetting an important phase as in other ways he rejects all efforts of rest of RM players as he dont knows that a title is won by a team effort and not a single player like CR7, letting morale of his all the rest of the squad down and creating more controversies in thier own dressing room squabbles. In such a situation he should not even be nominated as one of the best managers category for Ballon D’or. As concerning this he is surely no where near to Pep and again as per me Pep deserves the best manager award and be the winner consecutively twice in a row.

  • seshy

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    Wat are dis stupid barca fans saying i am not a madrid fan bot it just pains me to see people writing rubbish.while will u be talking about setting records and u put someones personal record then u talk about setting records then u say he equalled someones record or say he is d 4th player to do someting dats not setting a record i am not arguing with d fact dat messi broke some records dis season infact he broke more records than ronaldo.
    RM also broke records tanks to ronaldo and dont ever say guadiola is better than mourinho bcos we all know dats a lie .
    Thi season RM and Barca met 6 times and messi scored in only 2 while ronaldo scored in 4.messi might hv scored more goals but we know ronaldo played better and yes we know ronaldo got many of his goals from the penalty spot but the same thing applies to messi in which most of d penalty Barca got were not meant to be.
    All things said i think we hv to wait till after EURO 2012 to know who clearly deserves it because dat is an edge ronaldo has over messi.
    As for now i feel ronaldo deserves it.

  • Behruz

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    Hey, Seshy

    You don’t have to refer to Barca fans as stupid. If you have a problem with any comment, state your objections.

    You claim not to be a fan of RM, but you do seem to be an antibarca. Barca may have disappoined you crushing your club or something.

    You favor Ronaldo over Messi only because the former’s club won La Liga this year. But FYI Barca did too by kicking out forerunners such as RM and Valencia from Copa Del Rey. Ronaldo may have scored in four classicos against two by Messi but let’s face Messi’s goals and assists won Spanish Supercopa and kicked RM out of Copa Del Rey. Now before raging for nothing, tell me who is more stupid?

    RM may have set or broke some records as a club but do you not forget that Ballon O’dr is not awarded for clubs. You should aslo accept the fact that Messi’s penalties are fewer than your Ronaldo’s and Messi had a game short of your CR7.

    If you think it is acceptable to object to some argument simply by saying it is a lie. Let’s apply the same to your argument about Mou is better than Pep.

    Ronaldo’s potential participation in EURO 2012 is NOT an edge for him but simply an opportunity, which by the way is off to a “good” start in their friendly against Macedonia.

  • Yup

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    @loken Mourinho won the champions league, serie A, and the coppa Italia with Inter. This was the first EVER treble by an Italian team and the Italian league is definitely not an easy league to win. The summer before they won the treble, Mourinho added Thiago Motta, Sneijder, Milito, and Eto. So no one can’t say that Mourinho already had the Treble winning team together when he came to Inter. In fact all four of the above mentioned players were starters in the treble winning team and Diego Milito was absolutely key in many of their big games that year. Mourinho made Inter successful and since he left, it has been down hill for the team, even with the same players. He is a special coach and the best in the world right now. He also has won league titles with Porto, Chelsea, and Madrid. O, and Mourinho brought Drogba to Chelsea when he was coach there so Di Matteo can thank him for that.

  • SIMW

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    Ronaldo broke the record for hat tricks in a la liga season this year with 7 and also broke the record for goals on the road in a year, scoring 23. Don’t forget that Ronaldo also is the first player ever to score against ever La Liga team in one year.

  • Fidelity From Port-Harcourt

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    Good day to all Barcelona fans.
    a lot of anti Barcelona are in the motor park talking against Messi because he disgrace all english clubs including Chelsea,arsenal,man united and so many of them.

    WHO WILL BE HAPPY TO SEE HIS OR HER ENEMY?
    WHO WILL BE HAPPY TO PRAISE HIS OR HER ENEMY?
    WHO WILL BE HAPPY TO VOTE FOR SOMEBODY THAT DISGRACE HIM OR HER?
    PLEASE ALLOW MESSI HE IS THE WORLD LEGEND PLAYER APART FROM PELE.
    THAT OF THE 2009/2010 Ballon D’or WAS DENIED FROM Snjeider. FIFA ALWAYS START THE RUN FROM THE SEASON SO Snjeider DID NOT START EARLIER THAT SEASON SO DO NOT BE A CONTROVERSIAL PERSON TO YOUR FAMILY OR TO THE WORLD, THANKS TO MESSI FANS, THANKS TO BARCELONA FANS, THANKS TO LA LIGA FANS.

  • Sheikh

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    Messi is no doubt a fantastic player but 70 even arent enough to win A single cup whereas CR7 has been excellent through out the season … So its better to look at the acheivement then counting goals and records …

  • sandy

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    the same as behruz said

    RECORD #1 – With 73 goals for Barca Messi set a new world record, surpassing Archie Stark (1924-25 Bethlehem Steel, USA)
    RECORD #2 – Messi became the first player to score 50 goals in a single season in La Liga, breaking CR’s record of 40 goals.
    RECORD #3 – Messi (currently on 253 goals) became Barcelona’s all-time topscorer, breaking Césars record of 232 goals.
    RECORD #4 – Messi is the first player ever in the history of the Liga to score 8 hat-tricks in a single Liga season
    RECORD #5 – Messi is the first player to be crowned top goalscorer in the Champions League for 4 consecutive seasons
    RECORD #6 – Messi has played more matches this season (currently 59) than in any of his previous seasons with Barcelona.
    RECORD #7 – Messi registered 29 assists for Barcelona in all competitions this season, a new personal record
    RECORD #8 – Messi became the first player to have scored and assisted in 6 different official competitions in a calendar year
    RECORD #9 – Messi became the 2nd Barca player (after Pedro) to score in 6 different official competitions in a single season
    RECORD #10 – Messi scored 5 goals in the CL-match against Bayer Leverkusen (7-1), most goals by any player in a CL-match
    RECORD #11 – Messi produced 35 goals in home games this Liga season, more than any other player in La Liga’s history
    RECORD #12 – Messi produced 14 hat-tricks in La Liga in his Barca career, breaking the club record held by Cesar (13)
    RECORD #13 – Messi became to first player ever to reach 100 points in the race of the European Golden Shoe (50×2)
    RECORD #14 – With 214 games Messi is Barca’s most experienced foreigner in La Liga history, beating record of Cocu (205)
    RECORD #15 – Messi (24) became the youngest player ever to pass the 50-goal mark in the Champions League
    RECORD #16 – Messi became record scorer in the CL knockout stage with 26 goals. Previous record: 18 goals (Raúl/Shevchenko)
    RECORD #17 – Messi scored his 2nd and 3rd CL-hattrick for Barca this season, equaling the record held by Filippo Inzaghi
    RECORD #18 – Messi became the 2nd Barcelona player (after Quini) to win the Pichichi trophy for topscorer in La Liga twice
    RECORD #19 – Messi became all-time topscorer in the Supercopa with 8 goals, surpassing the record of Raúl (7 goals)
    RECORD #20 – Messi converted 10 penalties this Liga season, equal to the club record held by Ronald Koeman (1989-90)
    RECORD #21 – Messi scored in 10 consecutive Liga games this season, equalling the club record of Martín (42/43) & Ronaldo (96/97)
    RECORD #22 – Messi is the 2nd player (after H.Sánchez) in Spanish football to score 35+ goals in all comps for 4 seasons in a row
    RECORD #23 – Messi scored in 6 consecutive home games (twice) this season, a new personal record. Previous record was 5.
    RECORD #24 – Messi has equalled Samuel Eto’o’s (2007-08) record of scoring in 7 consecutive away Liga games this season.
    RECORD #25 – Messi registered the fastest hat-trick in Barca’s Liga history in the game vs Mallorca (5-0) this season (17 minutes)
    RECORD #26 – Messi became the 4th player in CL history (after Litmanen, Crespo & Henry) to score in 7 consecutive away games
    RECORD #27 – Messi became the first player in CL history to score 14 goals in a single season (main tournament)
    RECORD #28 – Messi (24 years old) became the youngest player ever to reach 150 goals in La Liga
    RECORD #29 – Messi became the 4th player to win 3 Ballons d’Or, after Johan Cruyff, Michel Platini and Marco van Basten.
    RECORD #30 – Messi became the 2nd player to win 3 consecutive Ballons d’Or, after Michel Platini.

  • sandy

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    Mourinho dont always talk for only ronaldo we all like ronaldo but what messi did this season i have nerve seen a player like him like messi becaues he will take the ballon dor again

  • Pcahuna

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    To me, football is an extremely beautiful game. To watch these two players in action is amazing! There are small yet big differences that make Ronaldo a slightly better player than Messi.
    1) Ronaldo is a complete striker, playing in midfield. Ronaldo has to work much harder to make the plays he needs than Messi does. If you were to take the distances from the goals of both players…even though Messi may have scored 50, Ronaldo’s 46 will double the yards of Messi’s: anyone who objects this is clearly not a fan looking at the facts, but looking at the face they love. Ronaldo is a much more complete finisher in terms of the arsenal of ways to score.
    2)Messi CANNOT perform without Xavi or Iniesta. Look at his record with Argentina! He has been criticized for this over and over and over again. And many Messi fans know his performances are sub-par to what he can do with Barcelona.
    3)Messi, in order to truly crown himself a true master, needs to play in another league, and set records there too. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. What Barcelona have done is extremely smart…dont get me wrong. But for a player to prove he is the best, he has to be the best all over the world in different teams. It does not take a braniac to see this.
    4) Messi needs to involve himself more from behind the lines. Many goals that he scored were sprinting in the last 1/4 of the field. Anyone can reserve their energy and explode like Messi does. How do I know? I play the same style and the same way he does. It is a very smart tactic, but this again is where I see Ronaldo surpass Messi. Because of the amount of work and space Ronaldo must eat up before having a chance at goal.
    Before anyone calls me a Ronaldo fan, there are many things he could very well improve in as well that Messi has.
    1)Ronaldo can use his head much better. Although he may be gifted with a cannon foot, an eagle eye many times can be more useful. Again, when you have 2 other players on the field that their main focus is like Messi and have to score (Benzema and Higuain), it becomes much more difficult to go goal crazy in games like Messi. Many games I watched Barcelona play, and every time they looked for Messi to put the final touch. When Real Madrid played this year, many times Higuain and Benzema could have made a simple square pass to leave Ronaldo with an open net, or more of a “Messi situation” with him and the keeper alone. Had the strikers of Real Madrid acted like Xavi and Iniesta for Ronaldo, Ronaldo could have easily taken his tally to 60 goals. Dont believe me? Find highlights of all real madrid games from this season, and all barcelona games. Try tvgolo.com for evidence.
    2)Ronaldo needs to trust his team mates more. Again, a big improvement from last year, but he needs to be a LITTLE less selfish and make the game more free flowing. There were a few games where it would have been a very frustrating night for a Madridista fan to see the performances he would put on.

    As I have pointed out, both players are amazing stars. I would LOVE to watch these two play on the same team…only one problem. Both players tactics would not fare well with the other!

  • Eto

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    Its cr7 nothing more

  • Jujuma

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    I think is c.r7 cause is nt a team player,if they bear messi forefather he should try another club,i know he there nt,jst tell messi to go to another club u i’ll see his secret will surely open i swear,ronaldo is most completed player in the world,ronaldo can play any team pattern,messi can play only with xavi and iniesta,when he played in world cup what did he play,when u want to know a better player you need look there country and club,what did messi play in the last copa america,i think ronaldo is still the best.

  • Jujuma

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    I think is ronaldo,because can score from any angle but messi can’t also ronaldo wit any part of the body,ronaldo is the best player in the world.

  • Fuck Gaynaldo

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    Just cry n pray for god to be better player . u should just b compared wit Rooney , Van persie although they r much more better than u gaynaldo. Just try to learn how to play football from Messi .may b gaynaldo should take training from Messi. So Gaynaldo n Mourhino shut up ur fucking mouth .

  • barca fan

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    when you talk about Messi and Ronaldo don’t bring international performance because i don’t see Cristiano any better than Messi they performance are no differet they don’t get the surpport they get in they teams .and about Xavi and Iniasta no player can play alone , about the distance of goals Messi ‘s goals are incredeble the way they are pcahuna

  • Oybek

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    Apart from his free kicks and distance goals, Ronaldo simply finishes the passes from the likes of Ozil and Sami. In this respect, he is as reliant on playmakers as Messi. Messi has also scored a bunch of goals from distance and free kicks.

    Players normally capitalize on their abilities in their performances. CR7 is physically superior to Messi and it is not surprising that he can make goals from distance. I believe that players make the most rational choice upon translating the opportunties into goals. That being said, I doubt that CR7 scores goals from different angles just to enrich his portfolio. If you look at the rate of their success ratio of opportunities vs goals, you can have more reliable data to compare these two players.

    The argument that CR7 is better than Messi only because the former has been playing in different clubs is quite week in that transfers are normally more a matter of financial decisions by clubs. I highly doubt that CR7 moved to RM simply to prove that he is a multidimentional player.

    As for Argentina vs Barcelona where Messi displays different performances, I think we should view that a given in that football is a team sport. Messi has hundreds games in Barcelona againts a few in his national team. Mutual understanding between players and different tactics in two different settings have its impact on his performance. It is inconsiderate of us to expect a single player to be the decisive in every setting. Plus, year by year Messi’s performace is bettering in national team as evidenced by his hat-trick in recent friendly.

    Messi is not a player spending all his time within the penalty box of his opponents unlike the likes of Falcao, Drogba and Benzema. He is very active in originating, facilitating and finishing most of Barca attacks. Plus, the cases in which messi singlehandedly created goal leading chances also abound.

    One of the popular views today is that Barca has become too reliant upon Messi. For what it is worth, this should counted as a credit to him so long as Barca have a reason for doing that. Look at their game against Sporting Gijon where Messi was absent and see how huge role Messi plays in his club.

  • stanley

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    messi is all i now

  • Chaks

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    think its a bit unfair to compare Messi and C.R.both boys have done well.the best is to share the award this season.This should be done to encourage CR cause he has done everythng over the years bt evry time he does well, Messi has alwys been far better.
    Fantastic intertainers indeed.The world is a better place to live with those boys around.Maurinho,the best coach of all time bt must desist frm prejudgement in this case otherwise judges wl be biased.
    thanx guys

  • TOBY ALABI MILLWALL FC

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    DEFO ROONEY OR EVEN VAN PERSIE

  • jc

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    Why do you all hate on Messi or CR7? They are both amazing players and if they suck why aren’t any of you playing for Barcelona or Real Madrid!

  • Cj7

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    You guys are pathetic. Did Spanish team make it in CL finals? Ramires for me

  • Perri

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    I love to watch both great player…but i guess L Messi is best because his behaviour is fantastic…

  • Mardon

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    Who ever is Ramires?

  • FOOTBALL LEGEND

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    allthought chelsea did not make a good impact this season in the epl i think drogba should win the ballon d’or because he scored two goals that won chelsea the champions league and the fa cup and made a shit out of messi by defeating barcelona in CL semi-finals

  • rnarco

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    Dear foottbll legend, d ballon d’or is not awarded to a player for 1 or 2 games…….drogba wont feature even in top three!!!!

  • meshiro

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    Please guys what are you thalking about? If you are talking about foot ball, with any siding to both playrs see 38 games of laliga 12 champions league games, spanish kings game, spanish supper cup,european super cup and clubs world cup. then you can compare and sellect best player of yours. But to me there is no one like Messi today and in the near future.

  • steve

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    im an honest football fan and will say when someone deserves something. ronaldo, another brilliant season for madrid undouted. messi another exceptional season aswell but i would vote for messi for the simple fact that he is 100 times more selfless when it comes to scoring goals and helping the team score. he assists probably twice as much as ronaldo and very rarely do you see him saying oh look at me im all that. messi is the more creative and humble of the 2 and has still outstripped ronaldo in all catagories this season. ronaldo is just unlucky that his career is happening the same time as probably the best player i have ever seen with a ball at his feet.

  • rit

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    cr7 is better these

  • Henriano edu

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    I agree with simw,2010balon d’or was meant4sjneider but instead was given2messi.i hope it wouldn’t b repeated this yr?b’cos christiano ronaldo merits it this yr,so please uefa officials avoid cheat.tnx

  • yemmy

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    Give it to cr7 dis season!after barca lost against RM,messi startd hustlin 4 goals bcos he bilivd they v lost d tittle.d same tin hapened to cr7 last season.laliga is more prestigeouz dan copa del rey.even if messi is a better player,cr7 deserves it dis season

  • barca boy

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    messi is the best player ever to grace football. Ronaldo dshould go and eat shit if he doesn’t like to be no. 2 in the world

  • Ediomo williams

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    Messi is the world greatest player of all times. At 24 he has won the ballon d or award thrice. His numerous records gives him an edge over cr7. GO MESSI

  • BIG KANE

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    DROGBA, DROGBA, DROGBA. no question. Messi & Ronaldo can score all them goals but they didnt win the champions league??? The important goals count its all good scoring goals against wack La Liga teams but thats easy. The BIG BOSS DIDIER!!!

  • saddique

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    cristiano,he as been able to score on his own which messi cant match

  • Jordy

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    Why not someone like ramires or drogba……as both were influential in chelsea’s season and ultimately drogba in both FA Cup Final and Champions League Final

  • Oybek

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    Ballon d’Or is not awarded for actors ( Drogba) and unknowns ( Ramires).

  • JIMZAN

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    Either cr7 or cu50 all i know is dat Messi surpass all u could think of about him or another bcos he is an angel of football of dis time around

  • KAMITI

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    messi is the best,he is humble. I like watching him with the ball.

  • Calvin

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    mourinho is stupid…jus lyk pele

  • Opeyemi

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    Both of dem are realy amazn but 2 me i wud preva messi dan cr7 b’cos of his behaviour on d pitch.

  • Allu

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    Has anybody seen what messi is doing with Argentina while Ronaldo is struggling in the euro cup???

  • xelly mainga

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    ronaldo meritiously deserve the balloon*d or award.cr7 has 46 total league goal while messi has 50 wit no liga.this is cr7 4th season while messi has been in d liga lik 8 yrz back(regular or not).ronnie has break records within short period which messi build upon.and cr7 past season form he prove to the world is consistency as a football star.HALLLLLA RONALDO

  • xelly mainga

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    ronaldo record # goal* first player to score 40 goal to claim pichinchi awrd #first player to score against all liga opponent. #the first player to reach a century goal within 96 games #cr7 is the most xpensive wit total sum’ of 94million #cr7 won soccerstar player of the year wit 24000 vote(messi 14000) # he has d record of highest man of the match(7).cr7 go and av it,the balloon is urs……

  • cloud

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    .. portugal going to the quarters thanks to Ronaldo’s 2 goals. Hopefully they reach the Semis or FINALS, if that happens im sure cr7 will win player of the year.

  • Asaolu sunday

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    Last season to dis time C.RONALDO is suppose to win the FiFa balloon dor, reason is he has perform well in real madrid and is former club(manchester united). He got to madrid and make a big record.

  • john

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    to be candid cr7has fulfilled all criteria to win d award. let us wait and to hear the xcuse blatter will table this time around

  • bharath

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    ronaldo……………rules….

  • Nanu

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    C.ronaldo…..!!desrvd 99prcnt…..dis year i0

  • cloud

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    .. 2 goals to reach the quarters. And now Portugal is on the Semi’s thanks to Ronaldo’s header. With the cagey Spain and the new French team either to be their opponents in the Semi’s, Portugal might get into the Finals. CR7 is now carrying his team on his shoulders, something Messi failed to do.

  • kazeem

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    I think ballon d or should be given to cr7 this time. He had showd us how brilliant and tallented he is. Its not easy to rule in one league and continue rulling in another. To be candid…let messi also go to another league and show us how tallented he is, but until then, cr7 is d man of timber and wood, d king of all footballers. Hala madrid…

  • carly

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    messi should win this he broke cr pichichi record and he has now the record with 50 goals, he made it clear vs brazil that he can score goals and have argentina in his back, he won 3 cups with barcelona and cr only 1, you cant give extra points to cr because of the euro because messi is not playing right now in a cup, we have to wait for next season but now its messi

  • cloud

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    .. carly, we had a copa america last year 2011 and argentina was left in the quarters against uruguay. That hat trick of messi was from a FRIENDLY MATCH, a game that doesnt matter.

    .. the Portugal vs Dutch has more meaning and intensity and more so the quarters against the Czechs and Ronaldo didn’t fail Portugal.

  • Aminu Tawfick

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    lionel messi deserved it ok because he s

  • Nanu

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    Hey….,….!!!carly do u knw d recrd of messi in country mtch…??i v neva hrd good perfomance from messi in country….few days ago he was score agnst brazil…..his fans gssiping like he won d wrld cup…….!!!in reality messi doe”snt hv a talent to ply in diffent platform excpt barcalona……!!luk cr7 he provd hmslf he has ability to ply newre madrid/man utd,country or club……..!!!!cr7 olwyz deserv fo a ballon”d award but dnt knw y people dnt vte hm??i thnk he z gud luking n ply vry gud footbal……!!!without barca no messi”s magic mind it thats y he neva wantd 2 to go aprt from barca coz his real strength is xavi n iniasta………

  • Brad

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    Actually, Carly, we CAN factor in the euros. It’s an unavoidable x factor that Messi and Ronaldo are both from different continents, but that doesn’t mean we have to discredit Ronaldo’s performances over in east europe. Example one would be that header Ronaldo scored with authority against the Czechs.

    The way you put it, it’s like you’re afraid that since Ronaldo is now playing in games that matter for more reasons than just national pride (which is all that’s at stake when it comes to friendlies), he’ll score bonus points over Messi, who’s only been getting those less important friendlies.

    It was fantastic seeing Messi hit a scoring spree with someone besides Barca for once, these past few months. But he’s gonna have to do it more often, and in bigger stages than friendlies, for BOTH club AND country to truly earn the Ballon d’Or again. . .

    . . . . . . let alone become the best player ever……….. for those who think that Pele is stupid.

  • ADRIAN

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    i think messi because him and barca won 5 cups and ronaldo and real madrid won 1 this year ,messi even broke record from 5 players so ronaldo fans the is messi’s year agian

  • cloud

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    .. and Carly, please don’t forget the COPA AMERICA last 2011. That was a tournament outside the world cup that messi can claim national glory, but they were left in the quarter finals by a lowly Uruguay.

    ..The Euros is much more difficult, just look at how talented the Dutch side is, RVP, SNEIJDER, ROBBEN, VAN DER VART… the list goes on of wonderful players… but Ronaldo helped Portugal beat the dutch. And now he’s about to face Spain, I hope Portugal wins.

  • Hayotjon

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    Ballon d’Or: Messi vs C. Ronaldo
    Pre- EURO 2012
    Messi had an impressive season with three trophies and a number of individual and club records supported by an unprecendented goal toll both in Laliga, CL and overall. He also proved most of his ctitics wrong by his impressive performance as a part of Argentina NT in their matches against Ecuador (WC Qualifier) and Brazil (International Friendlies), where he was a decisive player in generating and scoring almost all goals). Considering these facts, whether you compare him to CR7 against trophies or individual records, Messi enjoys a clear advantage.

    There are some people claiming that Messi’s performance did not make much difference in his club’s overall performance throughout season. To me, it is just a matter of angle you look from: Half full vs. half empty:
    While it is true that Barca did not claim La Liga and had to exit CL at semis, they did finish La Liga in a spot qualifying them for CL next season and they did manage to reach CL semis this season, both of which can be achievments if terms of past and potential financial earnings for the club. Looking at Man United’s performance in this year’s CL given the fact that they played in final CL 2011 can help ebtablish my point. At the same time, Barca claimed Copa Del Rey by defeating La Liga front-runners RM, Valencia and Bilbao among others, which is also an achievement. Messi played an intergral part in all the Barca achievements stated above.

    The question of which matches are more important and which are less is purely subjective. Personally, I think every single match is important so long as the players play sticking to the rules of football and more importantly they are on the pitch with the aim of winning. What I ofen hear these days is that CR7 displayed more successful performance in “important” matches such as El Classicos, RM vs Bayern. However, to claim that RM won La Liga only because of CR’s goal in El Classico (second) is purely subjective as much as claiming his two goals against Bayern should be given credit is nonsense.

    EURO 2012

    CR7 had been barely noticed throughout Portugal’s clashes with Germany and Denmark, which are more worthy rivals than out-of-form Netherlands and mediocre Czech Republic. Again to claim that CR7 singl-handedly defeated the latter two is overly subjective and misuse of the word “single-handedly”. Let me give you an example to what I think this word refers to. Do you remember CL semis 2011 ( Barca vs RM) in which Messi scored his second goal? That’s the performance that best matches the classic intrepretation of the word. That being said, however, CR7’s goal against Czech is the only edge he has so far over Messi. Should he display such a feat against Spain, he will be an ideal candidate for Ballon d’Or unless he blows it with his unorthodox and unsportmanship behavior off the pitch (his interview after Denmark).

  • Brad

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    ^Typical that he’d downgrade Ronaldo like that, but at least he didn’t do the usual “Messi is the best” wall tag and then run to avoid being argued with.

    Thing is, Ronaldo’s making performances in Euro, which is harder than Copa America. Sure, he didn’t do good against Germany and Denmark, in fact missing a shot that would’ve been a goal had he been playing for Madrid, I’m sure, but there’s a reason why the Dutch are ranked in the World’s Top Ten and advancing out of the Group of Death is no mean feat, so don’t discredit that, especially as Ronaldo’s goals against the Orange are a big reason as to why Portugal even advanced. And to say that he wasn’t up to much scoring the winner against Czech Republic, they have the current European CL winner, Petr Cech, who I’d say is one of the top keepers in the world.

    It’s arguable as of right now, but if Ronaldo scores a winner against Spain, he gets his nose in front. Doesn’t mean that Messi won’t beat him, but it means that Messi will have a harder go of it.

  • cloud

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    @hayotjon, i’ll just make it short.

    Dutch vs Portugal: 2 goals from ronaldo, they went to the quarters

    Czech vs Portugal: 1 goal from ronaldo, they’re on the Semis.

    can’t you see a trend there ?? Those 3 goals are much more important coz it helped his team reached the Semis. And as Brad has mentioned, against the Dutch who’s in 4th spot in the rankings and against Peter Cech who’s one of the most solid goal keepers in the world. He helped his team beat them all..

    .. i can’t understand why people downgrade ronaldo’s performance just because he’s arrogant during press interviews.

  • Oybek

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    Why would people bring up Copa America to support their proposition that CR7 deserves Ballon d’Or? Unless my memory fails me, Messi was awarded the very accolade despite his underperformance there? Plus I cannot subscribe to the view that Copa America is inferior to EUROs considering that the very continent is the crade of most talents that are the crux of most clubs in Europe. It could be commercially less viable than EURO but it is at least as challenging.

    I would not give all the credit to CR7 in Purtugal’s successful performance in EURO 2012 so far. Germany vs Portugal- CR7 was ” sleeping”, while in Denmark vs Portugal it was the thied goal ( not scored by Ronaldo) that saved them the day. It was because of the third goal against Denmark, Portugal was enjoying an edge during their clash against Netherlands. Now saying that CR7 scored two goals against a forth-ranked Netherlands is just arguing on the basis of technicality. Everyone knows Netherlands put up their worst ever performance this year. The onus was on Netherlands to have a two-score difference but not on Portugal. While deserving credit, two of Ronaldo tapins are not to be labelled as the goals that reached them the quarter-finals.

    I support hayojon above in that Ronaldo was crucial in their clash with Czech, for which he deserves due credit but embellishing it bringing up Petr Czech is highly intolerable. Football is not, say, boxing, right? Plus did you watch the very VIP you are promoting in their clashes with Russia and Greece?

    Now you may say all I have been doing is to belittle CR7.Actually, no. No matter how much I hate the fact, CR7 is a worthy candidate for Ballon d’Or this year. However, something I find confusing is why his compatriots are always keeping talking him up and some fans are trying to support him with highy questionable arguments as if it was a big campaign for some political post. Plus, whether you like it or not, candidate’s performance on the pitch is not the sole factor in the selection panel. Realistically, do you think someone like Balotelli would ever get this award? CR7 might want to stick to his principle ” I am who I am”, but not everyone looks to as a merit.

  • Sober

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    Too early if not improperly to make a legend of C. Ronaldo yet. Portugal has yet to face a worthy rival- Spain, Germany/Italy. Portugal and Ronaldo gotta thank the netherlands for their unlikely performance this year. Had Porgugal been in any group other than A, they would be anywhere but in Ukraine and Poland by now. By the way, they did face Germany at the very beginning!?

    But it is laughable to see how thirsty Ronaldo fans were for a small feat by him as they had something to brag about throughout Ronaldo’s career at the least. I bet all of them are praying day and night that Ronaldo does not blow his once in a life-time opportunity by repeating his ” fantastic” performance against Germany and Denmark. Your problem in the first place is you have chosen to follow highly unstable player. Just watch out your hearts!

  • Brad

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    Oh, well, about your last paragraph, Oybek, I’m glad that Balotelli won’t be able win a Ballon d’Or, or at least, isn’t very likely to!!!

  • Brad

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    Also, my argument about the Euro being more difficult really should’ve been more specific: I meant the Group of Death. Of course, Ronaldo underperformed against Germany and Denmark. But hold on: Messi typically under performs a LOT for Argentina. . . and in Copa America, it typically comes down to Brazil (duh), Argentina (duh), and Uruguay (not so much of a duh, given they’re no longer that team from the 20s and 30s). But that wold be interesting, seeing a Copa America Group of Death with those 3 in it. . .

    Hopefully, Messi would come up to play like Ronaldo has in the past 2 matches for Portugal, even if it means under performing against Brazil and Uruguay. ..

  • kevin

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    C.ronaldo

  • Asaolu sunday

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    Christiano Ronaldo deserved it, bcos he is the only best player dat i know for now. And am sure dat he is the one dat will get it and it is sure. He said dat everyday dat he always play football, he always learn from is fellow footballers. So, he deserve it truely.

  • chris

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    honestly i think that ronaldo is a very great player but messi is better . In an interview Ronaldo says ” I was taught by the gods to teach people how to play soccer ” and Messi says ” I neveer taught you “

  • nanu

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    no..mattr wat wrld says…..!!!coz f ronaldo portugal get in to d semi dets fact….!!!even our aguiments cnt change it….!!since i heard abt messi i hv neva seen scoring a vital goal for his country turn hmslf a match winnr….bdw may he play wel in barca bt outsde i hv neva seen…if we talk bout last years copa america….damnshit….wers lionel messi is he plyn or nt…..he totally ply diffrntly hw he usd ply in barca……if u hv been call as wrld no.1 plyr u hv 2 prve us wrng….through lead ua country to winng ways….ply equally anywer or evrywer……lionel messi nt fully worthy of ballon’d’or.

  • JANI

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    THER IS NO ARGUEMENT ABOUT THAT. MESSI IS THE ALL TIME BEST PLAYER. RONALDO IS GOOD BUT NOT AS GOOD AS MESSI. I THINK RONALDO IS A FANTASTIC PLAYER, BUT MESSI IS EXTRAORDINARY. I CALL MESSI A GHOST BECAUSE HE DOES NOT PLAY LIKE A HUMAN. HE BROKE MANY RECORDS THIS SEASON AND IS YET DO IT AGAIN. MESSI ALWAYS PROVES HIMSELF IN THE PITCH BUT FOR RONALDO SOMETIMES (MAINLY AGAINST UNDERDOGS).

  • JANI

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    MESSI PROVED HIMSELF IN THIER FRIENDLY MARCH AGAINST SPAIN. HE SCORED AGAINST BRAZIL. BEATING RONALDINHO AND NEYMAR BACK TO BACK. THERE IS NO PLAYER IN THE PLANET LIKE MESSI, HE IS A GOD SENT.

  • Brad

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    -.-

    It’s people like this who are extremely opinionated but don’t give any facts to back their claims that makes me ashamed to be a football lover.

  • nanu

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    ronaldo rules…..!!

  • tesfaye

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    thanks cr7 for hold portugal to semi final and i thing that you win the ballon d’or, to fulfill this real madrid should win barcelona in the next summer beginning games and you scores at least one goals.

  • tesfaye

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    I wish to fulfill Ur aims, to successful by Ur work, and to win the BALLON D’OR in the next season.

  • francis tawiah ossom

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    christiano ronaldo deserves the prestigious honour and he should be awarded as such.

  • John Elaigwu

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    4 sure, CR7 is de soccer best player dis season. Wit La liga in his pocket, qualified Portugal 4 euro 2012 & Reached de Semis, wit sensational individual display & Pounds of universal goals in all competitions, he’s de right man 4 de AWARD

  • rit

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    CR7 sould be the best player of the season nt l.messi

  • richard

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    i think youre all being extremely silly, everyone knows ronaldo is a good player, but playing in the euro’s isn’t such a big deal, messi played for barcelona in the fifa world club cup and still showed his class,
    he performs well at national level also its just he has no amazing players other then him, whilst for portugal ronaldo has nani, pepe, alves, coentrao, mautinho, queresma, almeida, varella, the list is endless,
    you cannot compare these two players one bit as they play different roles in their team, messi is a creater aswell as a goalscorer, achieving a high assist number this season, and a record number of goals.
    ronaldo is a selfish and arrogant waste of space, he only ever passes to please mourinho, if he wasnt told to pass he never would, he gets overly cocky and thinks he can do everything, take the CL semi final for example, played extremely well, got 2 goals, then got cocky and ruined his performance.
    messi is consistently modest and deserves the ballon d’or for that sole reason, oh and the fact he won more trophies this season, broke more records, scored more goals, assisted more goals, made the same amount of appearances.
    messi will reign over ronaldo forever.

  • greg

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    NOOOOOO…. you are wrong. mario gomez or neuer will win this year ballo’dor

  • holo

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    funny how people are overpraising messi for his 3goals against a brazil under23 side, which 2 weeks earlier had lost 2-0 to mexico in a match giovani dos santos, a tottenham reserve team player, got a goal and an assist. Yeah messi is an excellent player but when it comes to bigger games for country, he flops, like in the 4-0 loss to germany, so please do not overate him just because you hate cr7!!!

  • barca

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    messi should win it he score 72 gols for the season won 4 trophies with barcelona this year broke all types of recors in the champions 5 gols in one game he already won the olympics for argentina thats more than ronaldo has won for portugal yes argentina lost the south america cup in argentina but ronaldo lost the euros in portugal with figo and thats the first time we saw him crying lol but he cried alot since than

  • samdel

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    just give it to who deserve it and is no one but CR7

  • Luis

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    Supercopa will be a big factor.

  • Luis

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    Messi’s 50 goals were worth nothing for barca this season. Plus he played more games than Ronaldo this season having been playing in the FIFA’s club cup. Ronaldo’s goals won the league for real Madrid and were important against Barcelona. Cr7 carried Portugal to semis with his amazing goals but couldn’t defeat barca and real alone. Cr7 is by far the best.

  • d

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    Messi will win it. sorry cr7 fanboys. /discussion

  • Dreustche

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    Some people are Messi fanatics and even if Messi sits on the bench half season they will still shout Alleluya to Messi. The little man is tarlented and has wowed people but he is not the only football genius.While I will beg to differ from Hayotjon’s Opinion on CR7, the world has seen CR7’s impressive run this season.
    Another player was cheated out of this some years. While Eto’o was at his peak and Messi was his admirer in barca, he won La liga, CL, Pitchichi, Copa del rey,world club championships and scored in all competetions but they gave ballon d’or to canavaro….. yes I know your eyes are wide open with these facts. lol

  • Trooll

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    Messi deserves it. Its simple. Ronaldo is a good player but messi broke records this year. Ronaldo knows how to score but in football you should know how to give others a chance to score. Messi made a lot assists as well. Anyway we shouldn’t forget Iniesta and his play at Barca and Spain he had a fantastic season.

  • Fellalaga Isaac

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    For me cr7 deserves de award because because he scored 46 la liga goals,won a trophy 4 madrid, 10 goals in UCL and u all saw what he did in de just ended european tournament,he scored three goals but Messi had his opportunity in the copa America he couldn’t even utilise his oppurtunity so Cr7 all the way

  • don

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    Shut up idiots who prejudicially are pulling CR7’s thong for ballon d or. Better hand ballons into CR7’s thong for sky high bye bye. Its Messi and only Messi to win that and shut up Brad and Cloud especially, guys those Rats are ugly and just don’t count’em for any reasons, they always are busy pulling Cr7 Rl Mad and Man Utd thongs for good…. ha ha ha!

  • tosiin

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    Well messi deserves the award. Ronaldo is a good player but the truth is fans are overhyping his performances against netherland and chezh republic. Hgentlemen, messi was in his best ever form last season and won more trophies. That he played in the club world cup is an added advantage though, bt remember no one asked CR7 nt to qualify for it too with madrid. Messi has shown class and honour, and realy CR7 was nt the best player at Euro 2012. So pls guys, let the cap be on the head of who it fits

  • tosiin

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    Abt performances for country, well he wasn’t up to the peak I wud admit, bt we all know how steadily he has improved over the last few months. Gentlemen, messi is miles apart from ronaldo, and really ronaldo I must confess too is miles apart from other footballers too. Messi is surly winning ds guyss

  • Abiomon

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    I wonder why people afraid of truth just because dey are his fans, even though u hve eyez u can’t see, don’t u hve brain, hw can u open ur mouth and say Cr7 deserve ballo De. Deserve wht, why did he deserve it? becaus of he win laliga or wht, ok u are tellin me if someone win league he can crown d best, if is so, i wil gve it 2 Balloteli. Am n’t hat anybody nor bais.cr7 great player, but he hve n’t did enough 2 win ballo De. don’t be suprise Messi is altop again, 4 fans 2 chant Messi Messi durin 2012, tel me wht dat means. I would prefer if u people can stop this ureasonable commet and wait 4 dat day, well i can’t brem u bicos u alway gve it 2 C7 evry passin year, but at end it wil stil be Messi, if i shuld ask wht did he play dat maks u say he deserve it, tell me, bicos Mourinho hve longer throaht, footbal is n’t is so. honnor shuld be gvein 2 whom is due. MESSI WIN IT again die.

  • ab

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    cristiano ronaldo desreves ballon’d OR

  • Dimien, Messi

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    Messi won spanish supercup against Cr7,eufa supercup against Hulk, fifa club world cup against Neymer and Kings cup against Cr7. Scored 50 goals against Cr7. Ppl pls use ur head

  • CR7-fan

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    I think it should be Iker Casillas or Cristiano Ronaldo – I’m not a Real Madrid fan.. I don’t think Messi can do it again, but of course does Messi still have the chance, he’s amazing.

  • Tayo Jay

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    Let us consider the facts using 3 criteria: goals, trophies & personal achievements. GOALS-There was no competition in which CR7 outscored Leo. CR7 scored 46 in the league, 3 in the Copa del Rey, 1 in the Supercopa and 10 in the UCL. Leo’s returns were 50, 3, 3 and 14 respectively. Bcos he was a UCL winner the in the 2010/11 season, Leo participated and scored in the European Super Cup (1) and the FIFA CWC (2). VERDICT: Leo was the better goalscorer. TROPHIES- CR7 competed in 4 competitions and won only 1; Leo competed in 6 and won 4! The UEFA Super Cup and FIFA CWC are not invitational tournaments; clubs which compete in them are continental champions, and Leo won his trophies against established players such as Hulk and Neymar. Also, Leo scored victory over CR7 in the Copa, eliminating him in the q-finals, and in the Supercopa over two legs! CR7 beat Leo to the league, so its 2-1 in Leo’s favour VERDICT: Leo was the greater champion. PERSONAL RECORDS & ACHIEVEMENTS- CR7’s records are: 1. Scored against all 19 teams in the league 2. Reached a personal best of 46 league goals 3. Won his 1st league title in Spain. 4. Reached a personal best of 60 overall season goals 5. Was 4th in league assists table. Leo’s records: 1. Now Barca’s leading scorer in official games with 253. 2. Scored a record 5 goals in 1 UCL match 3. Scored a record 50 goals in La Liga 4. Scored a record 8 hat-tricks in the league 5. Was joint-2nd in league assists table. 6. Scored a record 68 goals in one European season 7. Scored a worldwide record of 73 goals in all competitions in one season! VERDICT: Leo had more amazing records. OVERALL VERDICT: Going by the words of Ronaldinho, CR7 is the world’s best player because Messi is from another world. But because he’s still human of flesh and blood, Lionel is the most deserving candidate of the Ballon d’Or if we go by the performances of all candidates in the 2011-12 season alone!

  • nasri

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    m confusd y people luv messi….coz he won champions wid barca….we accpt det messi is gr8 plyr bt i dnt think he z bettr den cr7……!!cme on messi’s fan gve 1 gud reason to prve hmslf as bttr den cr7 excpt ply in barca’s teammte..??fact is that withot barca’s teammate he z useless…

  • shleo

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    dont be idiots, i dont think either deserve it. i thnk the award should go to iker casillas or to xavi/iniesta. madrid would be awful without their leader and without xavi or iniesta to control barcas midfield messi wouldnt have had as many goals. they may not have as many assists to messi, but they still control the game.

  • shleo

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    btw, abiomon, learn to speak english. i cant even read what you typed.

  • Tayo Jay

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    Just as one tree doesn’t make a forest, one player cannot make a team! CR7 wouldn’t be as prolific as he is without Ozil, Alonso and Khedira, and the same goes for Leo. Many people are oblivious of the fact that even with Xavi’s and Iniesta’s midfield prowess, it is Dani Alves who has given Leo the most assists (31). And Messi always have more assists than CR7 and any other Barca player every season. Thus, he is not only a prolific goalscorer but also a consistent goal provider. The top five should be: Messi, CR7, Casillas, Iniesta and Drogba.

  • pure24

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    @ Tayo Jay. Your statistics are nonsense… Copa Del Ray, SuperCup and World Club Cup can’t compare to La Liga. SuperCup and WCW are just reflections on the previous season!!!
    Its like Brazil winning the 2009 Confederations Cup and then losing the Copa America…

    Secondly, Real Madrid were record-breaking champions – Goals are the ultimate reflection on ability, fine. But goals alone don’t make a player of the year…

    Barcelona is pure Spain – the same through balls given to Messi were the same ones given to Jordi Alba and Fernando Torres at Euro 2012.
    If Messi joined Arsenal or Chelsea and won the premier league with them, or Serie A with AC Milan then I would say, ‘he’s not just good because of the wonderful chemistry he has built over the years with his teammates, but he fits everywhere.’

    Real Madrid has a collection of different nations, and different style players – and they are ever changing. But Ronaldo still performs.

    …try to think of it on both sides of the coin, not just supporting the player/team u like or enjoy…

  • tuhin

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    Dont want to know who win what…..
    Messi s a great player but CR7 is greater…..
    Look at his career before real madrid at MAN U….
    He can cope up with any team anywhere…
    Dont you think its tough enough for a winger rather than a midfielder to score that many goal !!!!!!
    Still he did it…..
    Look at his goals at Euro and he became the no 1 goal scorer of Portugal ahead of Figo…
    What messi did except scoring against Brazil u-19 squad in friendly match???????
    Stop comparing Messi with Ronaldo folks..
    They r two gr8 players of different style..
    though i like them both.
    CR7 is the best acording to me…

  • subash

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    last season is messi’s sseason. He break many record like 5 goal in single match during the UEFA, top scorer of la Liga, top scorer of european football and also hattrik from national team against Brazil. He is the great player and this time also year’s ballon d’or taffy will made for messi.

  • mistrym

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    many times mess has eliminated cr7 starting the time at man u.messi is amazing and y cant madrid olso pik player from spain.barc wants to maintain generation messi came at 13yrs and now on fire cost less for barc compared cr7 at madrid.And morinho is great a manager nowander cr is head near messi.1 messi 2 morinho + cr7.

  • Tayo Jay

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    @pure24: Did you say ‘nonesense’? Explanations don’t change facts, and my argument is based on facts. All the competitions I mentioned are official competitions, so you can’t underestimate them; that is why the goal CR7 scored in the Supercopa was included in his final tally. Remember too that Messi won a record-breaking Pichichi with 50 goals! He’s top scorer in the UCL too, for the 4th season running! That’s 43 goals in 4 UCL seasons. You’ve got to respect Messi. AND IT’S NOBODY’S BUSINESS IF MESSI DECIDES TO SPEND HIS ENTIRE CAREER AT BARCA. Great players in the past have done that as well. He’s showing eternal gratitude for the kindness and mercy we showed him, rescuing him from GHD! Who the cap fits, let them wear it. Messi remains my choice.

  • ji-eun-sung

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    im a big fan of mancity…..nor barca or real madrid….so i think cr7 deserve dis yea…ballon’dor…..coz he play bettr den messi dis yeah…!!!smehw he may b less in goal…..frm leo’bt he plyd excptionly dis yeah……..!!leo r ma favourte bt i wntd hm 2 bcme more2 strongr den cr7………!!especialy abroad 4rm barca

  • ji-eun-sung

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    so….even messi’s true fans commitd der weaknss……!!go cr7

  • Timothy

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    Cr.7 is the right man to win it. He help real to win their 39 league championship

  • Zohan Kulle

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    Im a fan of QPR.. I think Bobby Zamora should win this year’s Ballon d’Or. His technical abilities is equivalent or even better than Zlatan Ibrahimovic…He scores whenever he wants.

  • Adam H Baba

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    Ofcause. Cristiano Ronaldo deserves the Ballon d’Or and there is no two ways about it !!!

  • khairol79

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    I guess andrea pirlo because him fantastic footballer..

  • HamaFootballer

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    All the stupid comparisons of Ronaldo with Messi is bullshit.
    Christiano is nowhere near Leo’s feet.

    Messi is a phenomenon that couldn’t be compared with any footballer at the meantime.

    Regardless to the statistics, he’s ability of dealing with the ball “controlling, dribbling, passing, creativity, scoring and positioning is above all the opponents. No doubt Messi is deservedly the ballon d’or winner for the fourth consecutive time and wait for more. And there should be Messi’s award for the best footballer, were Ronaldo could compete with the rest of players, Iniesta, Casillas, Xavi, Pirlo and Ibrahimovic.

  • Antonella

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    What exactly is Ronaldo the top scorer of? Not Liga, not UEFA, not even Euro… How can he deserve this award?

  • Tayo Jay

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    Ronaldo: God sent me to earth to teach people how to play football. Messi: Don’t be ridiculous. I didn’t send anybody to do that! If you consider the careers of these two players so far, one would know the truth! CR7 is yet to win anything in a Portuguese shirt; Messi has been U-20 and U-23 (Olympics) champion. Messi has maintained an increasingly amazing scoring rate in the last 4 seasons: 38, 47, 53 and now a record-breaking 73! These 211 goals have won 14 trophies! No other statistics trumps these! Messi is simply the best footballer on the surface of this planet called Earth!

  • Farid

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    Casillas deserves the Ballon d’or because of the exelent apperances in madrid and in the euro 2012,he won and the spanish league and the euro 2012,he is the best goalkeeper in the world,why only strikers can win ballon d’or? Sometimes there muat be defenders and goalkepers too.

  • micael igharo

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    CR7 is the world best player,he is better than messi by far,CR7 left his country club in a great way,came 2 Man u,still did same thing too,and made history in England the only player that won the world best player award,now in Spain doing great things.give it up for CR7 THE BEST.

  • Marapa

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    Messi………………..is the best

  • michal

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    plz stop cmprng leo to cr7…..i dnt thnk det leo is bettr den cr7…..!!!he may scores so many goals in laliga….bt in a country matchs he will neva b able to score so many goals….coz der iz no xavi n iniasta in argentina……..!!!so wen its cmprisn betwn leo n cr7 i wld say..cr7 is bettr den leo…..!!so since wen he ply in man utd n nw still exceptionally performing in laliga he’s nt a ordinary guy…..and he has a ability to ply anywhre in d wrld….bt messi dnt eva think det he wil score many goals witht barcalona teamates…!!messi z just a kid u hv lot mre 2 learn bout futbal…

  • randa

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    hee…..hee…..he’z just a kid…!!lowr lowr messi lowr lowr, highr2 cr7 highr2…..!!plz ol d messi’s fans dnt mind k….!!i hv faith in cr7 he will b gng 2 wn dis tme ballon’dor…he iz a complete plyr….!!!and dare u to say that cr7 far behind den messi……messi if u hv a gutt’s den leave barca k…n shw us evn single trophy…in at any club or nation….den i wld say nw he cn v eligible to compete wid cr7…it doe’snt mattr hw gud u he plyd in club….bt u hv 2 gve all round perfrmance country or club…its necessary coz u r dealng wid crowns like best plyr in d wrld….!!just luk cr7…he is gud at any platfrm whetr club or country mtchs….(messi hero in club bt zero in country..)Ronaldo suits evrywhre bt messi suits only in barca dets y messi z far…far…far..4…5…..behnd den cr7..

  • Brad

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    The return of Don’s antics are upon us. . . haha, I can’t help but laugh at how stupid this guy sounds.

    Sounds like a 12 year old, he has the maturity of one, calling random people “rats” and using the same amount of facts a typical 12 year old uses in an argument. . . that is to say: NONE.

    Ronaldo scored less goals, won La Liga. Messi scored more goals, didn’t win La Liga.

    There you go. It ain’t just about goals scored, it’s about trophies.

  • Mcdon chelsea

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    The only deserving person is cr7 final.

  • Ern

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    Your mother deserves it. Or Joey Barton.

  • Brad

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    ^ Laughed at the Joey Barton bit, but the “your mother” is childish.

  • michal73

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    yap…haa…haa.. he is funny bt his gt a fair point…..@brad i think u dnt hv a eyes….i notce evrytime wen sme1 reveal fact agains messi….in det case u r gng 2 mke fun of det cmmnts…..!!bdw cr7 truely deserve ballon’dor dis year….

  • Wilfem

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    I give it to messi

  • Wilfem

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    I wonder why people afrid of truth just bcoz dey’r cr7 & mouriho fan’s. D stupid (mouriho) claming dat cr7 & casillas dat deserve dis yr ballon d’or,where den kip d gr8 player. Messi d gr8 son of d gr8 leo a man who scored 50 goals a season in laliga. an idort mouriho says he 50 goals dos nt win tittle i wnt to ask his father did copa del rey ar nt tittle, fifa cwc, uefa supercup, laliga supercup ar dey nt a tittle for goodness sake.ok tell me hw did ronaldo deserve it, beside dat leo messi is a record breakers nd laing records laing a record of laliga goals to 50,europan record of goals to 73 in a season, scoring 5 goals in a ucl match, scoring 3 goals in a match against d gr8 brazil, waoooooo? how wonderful his name.i may nt kn if ronaldo can wait till 7 yr leter may be all fifa boad of trosty can consider him. up up up up up messi upupupupup leo

  • robert atwiine

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    messi deserves it. he is de best ……

  • robert atwiine

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    cr7 can neva take it he is like besigye…..

  • modest nuel

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    For me the issue of ballon d’or is to be settled by the committee charged for that.bot if my voice is needed,then i will go for RONALDO.he is been amazing all season.just to add to the above records, CR7 also made it the most successful goal scorer in few la liga competitions.he clocked 100 in fewer matches than any other player in la liga history.it is cr7’s year

  • Juan

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    Its got to be a Spanish player the team yet again had a fantastic tournament and they deserve all the recognition they get, Iniesta, Casillas or Jordi Alba.

  • prestige

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    Am a confirmed liverpool fans, i tink it’s cr7 dis time. CR7 D greatest player of dis generation

  • gree282

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    I hate how people use ronaldos time time at Manchester united as examples for why he shiukd get world player of the year. Its this year not those years. Besides, we have another few months before the award is given. Wait till then to make your decision on which should win. Both are excellent players and are deserving if the award.

  • Honest Abe

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    To be honest, Casillas deserves this award wayyy more than Cristiano and Leo. I hate how close minded cristiano and leo fans are, and how they wont admit that those 2 havent done as good as casillas has done this year so far. I really do hope casillas wins, id also like to see Gomez win it, but that’ll never happened. Casillas should win it, if not him.. then i guess Cristiano for all that he’s accomplished this year, but messi definitely no. He doesnt deserve it at all, or atleast not as much as casillas and cristiano do. Also, dont be thinking im a madrid fan, because im not. Im a milan fan, but it just seems silly how stubborn barcelona fans…

  • Mac anderson uche

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    Cr7 is the best player in the world he can play well in any team if messi is good lets him leave barca. Cr7 won silverbot in euro 2012 give up messi has highest goals because of the high assist he got from his team mates without them he is dead.but fifa may give it to messi.but i pray thatcher cr7 should win it.

  • SLM

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    If the Ballon D’Or is based on the titles a player won
    with his club, Messi deserves it. CR7 only won La Liga, Messi won everything else except the UCL. If it is based on goals, guess what, Messi takes that too, as some of you said, Messi scored far more goals than CR7. From any aspect you try to approach
    this discussion with, Messi should be the answer.

  • James

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    Is this a serious discussion. Messi is on a completely different plain than other strikers. He just scored the most goals ever, regardless of league. He also scored the most goals ever in La Liga. Not only that, he became only the second player to score a goal in 6 different cup competitions. He also scored 7 goals in only three matches for his national team. Ronaldo’s team did win the La Liga championship but Messi’s team won the Spanish Super League cup, the UEFA Super League Cup, the World Club cup and the Copa Del Rey.

    This is no contest. Messi will win this going away. Anyone casting a vote for anyone but Messi doesn’t take his job seriously.

  • cloud

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    .. here’s another one we should argue.

    IKER CASILLAS – ONE GOAL CONCEDED IN EURO. Won La Liga and Won a Historic Treble with Spain.

    .. i’m now forgetting about Messi and Ronaldo, my bet is on Casillas. I guess it’s time that Goalkeepers should be given the spotlight. Enough with the strikers.

  • Stanley

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    All of u that are taking a swipe against cr7 and mou are fools. If cr7 doesn’t deserve the ballon d’or, maybe I think ur father does.. Lol.

  • rafi

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    Messi scored 73 goals in a striker’s role, and is the only and main striker, with service from xavi, iniesta and Fabregas. He’s meant to score. Ronaldo plays as a winger, and only has 13 less than Messi, even though Benzema is the Attacker. Comparing goal statistics and saying Messi is better is stupid. It would be like comparing assists stats, and then saying “Van persie made more assists in the PL last season than Gerrard and Lampard so he is a better playmaker than them”. -__-

  • djali196

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    i think pepe (from realmadrid) should win this
    years ballon d’oro, because he kicks every player
    in every single game against them, lol

  • Z

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    come on messi clearly beat ronaldo in goals assist and even trophies if anyone deserves it its messi
    messi is unstoppable.
    i think ronaldo will get it next season

  • jony

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    morinho says funny…….messi just break the record ……i think he just deserve it…

  • J

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    Messi Messi Messi Messi!!! All you C.ronaldo fans can suck it. CR7 isnt going to win the balo de oro. Messi in my opinion should take it cause hes just the BEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD!!! but also must admit that someone from spain does deserve it such as iniesta or casillas but CR7 haha dont make me laugh!

  • theOsbomb

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    funny you shouldn’t look at the individual quality in my eyes. But you have to look at how important the nominees or in the case Leo or Ronaldo.
    Ronaldo scored amazing/beautiful goals. So did Messi, but ronaldo scored more important goals than messi and that is why ronaldo deserves ballon d’or. Like mou said. But please guys! Don’t compare Real Madrid or Barcalona with FC Porto because of Hulk or with Santos because of Neymar!! Look at the whole team please is the defenders midfielders! Like baptistuta who leaved europe for asia and he scored 3 goals on his own but the team lost anyway because the rest of the team was just like a piece of shit!!

  • Raja

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    If we want to give proper justice to each player, then think from many standpoints. Enumerate these points clearly.See the importance of points too. We are comparing the players not team:

    1) La Liga
    a)Goals scored—Messi(50): CR7(46)

    b) Assists—–Messi(16)—CR7(12)

    c) Most goals in each game 4 goals by Messi on two occasions not once in the season(Valencia,Espanyol). CR7 is not in the picture.

    d) Hat tricks in a season: Messi(8) —CR7(7)

    e) La liga championship is a TEAM work and
    it goes to the TEAM , Real Madrid.

    Copa Del Rey : Let us not count , even though
    Barca won. Both scored 3 goals.

    Champions League:

    a) Top Goal scorer is Messi.
    b) Messi , the first player to score five goals in an UEFA Champions League.

    Conclusion : ???? Messi???

    In a season
    a) 73 goals

    For country:

    a) Ronaldo scored only 3 goals till semi final. Messi scored a hat-trick in one game against mighty Brazil, with Neymar playing full time.

    It is fortunate and simple to get to a conclusion since team members of both Argentina and Portugal are very close, almost the same all in all, considering the average of defence ,midfield and goalkeeper.

    I could have given a more detail explanation with the paramaters I gauge in my document.

    Regards,
    Raja

  • Ronaldo is the best, he has done more than a enough for country and club

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    I give it to ronaldo

  • rohit

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    Messi is simply bettr than ronaldo bcoz of goals but just bcoz he is a better player with a better gameplay

  • andrew kabire

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    To me Ronaldo deserves it with all his efforts to enable Real madrid to laliga tittle

  • andrew kabire

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    To me Ronaldo deserves it with all his efforts to enable Real madrid to laliga tittle and portugual to the semifinals he deserves it.

  • terrz

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    ron all de way. he truly deserves it. he was tested in 2011. hahahaha i laugh at messi fans ya suck papa. messi na, sucks…………

  • blaze

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    messi is the best player ever produced in the history of world football. Irrespective of barca losing up on la liga, they wher able to seal up 4 prestigious cups of which every club would have boosted abouts( super cup, european super cup, club world cup and cope del rey.) messi was tremendous and was at the edge to secure all such titles. Ronaldo am very sory but you need to try harder to beat the supremo. Messi all the way.

  • nanu

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    cr7 truely deserve it…..!!!it does’nt mttr det scre hatrick once in a country mtch….hw shamful he hd just score 1 hatrick….so dnt cmpre messi yet in country mtch…..i admit detz messi hv olready score so many goals…dis year bt cr7 hv plyd bttr den messi dis year….

  • eric

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    CR7 is just the person to give

  • Igwe

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    Winning La Liga title for just one season (team effort though) shld not be a reason to say Ronaldo is the best. We shld not forget that Messi had won several titles in the same season before Ronaldo suddenly came up with one. Leo Messi is simply phenomenal and remains the best, the most humble player ever seen, a team player, not eager for public recognition or any arrogant shows on the pitch for scoring a goal. Messi is simply a great role model. He derseves more than the Ballon Dór period.

  • rocco

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    Messi>Casillas>Ronaldo
    Messi= 4 trophies + 73 goals
    Casillas= 2 trophies + fine euro perfmance
    Ronaldo= 1 trophy + 60 goals.
    all ronaldo and mourinho fan BTW peace…..

  • Jørgen Aleksander Petterson

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    You are wrong Raja. Ronaldo broke the hattrick-record in La Liga this season, so don`t give us this bull!
    Btw, he broke many records this season! Hattrick is not most important anywas!!! To achieve the title “best player in the world”, I think that player at least have to be fun to watch. Its no fun watching Messi. Interesting, yes, but not fun. Of course its awesome when he does the one-touch pass with for exampl Xavi and Iniesta, but thats so rare!
    He has the best footballteam the world have seen, with the most effecive footballfilosofi behind his back every single game. Personally I think Xavi is better than bot Ronaldo and Messi.
    He control the game. Ronaldo have maybe even better team on his side, but Barcas footballfilosofi is way more effective. But the most important thing is that they are extreme patriots! They really love Barca. Every single player. And they have their supporters as their twelft player. Maybe the referee as the thirteenth sometimes!

    Messi is without doubt one of the best attacking gameplayers, most likely the best, but in my eyes, it is far more fun to watch Ronaldos amazing longshots, when he takes out 3, 4 opponents with awesome dribbleskills, shoulderpasses, scissor kicks, heelpasses, amazing freekicks and all that stuff! Before you know it he`ll smash the ball in the net with his head like a bull! Messi is more like a irritating flie who just soaring pass the opponents with the ball glued to his feet, witch also can be magnificent to watch.

    But when all is said and done, I have no doubt! Ronaldo deserves the Ballon D`or. Im so sick n tired of all ya narrow-minded Messi supporters. Anybody who does not support barca, or dislike RM or Ronaldo, will, or at least should agree to that! If not, then its no hope.

  • fran the man

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    leslie davies deserves it

  • micos

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    C.Ronaldo!C.Ronaldo!C.Ronaldo-the greatest end the best,the King off soccer!!!!!!

  • hassan

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    messi is the best player of our generation,just conside the way he play on the picth!!!kudos to all barca fanz

  • Andrey Nosatîi

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    73 Goals + 28 Assists = 4th Ballon D’or for Messi !

  • usman

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    cr is the best and should be the one to win the award

  • usman

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    we have to look at the performances of cr during laliga, champions league, and euro 2012 he deserve the award for this year.

  • Brad

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    Oh Jorgen, it’s fun watching Messi play, but Pele was funner.

    And today, Messi and Ronaldo are on an even keel there. Messi has more goals. But Ronaldo has the silverware.

  • Az

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    Can anyone ask messi to join any other club in the world and come in competition or at least on loan to proof himself as cristano Ronaldo did from M united to real where in both he proved himself.messi is been offered 325 million euro and still not ready to get transfer may be because he knows once he leaves Barcelona he is going to lose everything what he his today. On the other hand even his international career also is supported by because of Barcelona. Even in Barcelona take out inesta and Xavi and ask messi to play, I still remember the match when inesta was injured and couldn’t play the match and Xavi was replaced in 30 min because of muscle catch after that I was looking for messi in ground where is he. Both should not be compared because of their different style of play

  • chika

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    Messi surely deserves it

  • russ ru

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    the finalists should be casillas messi and ronaldo… Its easy to be a goalscorer and grab e headlines but if u got a crap keeper you will still lose… If a keeper can keep out some of the world’s best players e.g( petr cech champions league and casillas la liga and euros) then surely he also was a match winner? Just a thought. wat do u guys say?

  • obaino

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    Don’t forget that the top scorer of both Liga and champions league is the first time in history 14, and 50. And the 73 goals total is still de 1st time ever, 5 goals in a champions league match is also the 1st time, people that talk about important goals Messi scores 7 goals in 4 finals to secure 4 trophies. Finally, even pele only talks about Messi chasing him as the world best ever player, he doesn’t even remember ronaldo. Messi remains the best.

  • Franknd

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    Wit everybody making sugestiona bout messi(messing up)dat thoes not seem rigth,my Cr7.perfectly dserved d ballon’d’or award.he is wit d la liga tittle rigth now wit him dat alone gave him d award.he reeeeeely deserve it.

  • nickii

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    hahaha……messiiiiiisiaaaa,,,,,,,poor…….performance and frear to play against better teamssss………but rono no fear as his style alwaysssssss……….

  • stack

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    this year it must be ronaldo.messi failed in this years most important games,against real and in the champions league final games.messi didnt win nothing this year,nobody cares about those stupid cups that he won.goal scoring was almost even

  • oliver

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    who wrote this? could they be more bias? didn’t even mention Messi’s 29 assists. which is more assists than any midfielder, AKA the ones who are meant to be making the assists to begin with.

  • Nigel

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    Ronaldo shld leave soccer for born football icon like messi and go into modelling full time , ronaldo learnt football when his passion is being in front of the camera and not on the pitch but messi is a born footballer,hamburg is paying barcelona €1.2m if messi plays in their preseason match! can u imagine infact messi deserves much more than worlds best player

  • gorkhali

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    jai messi !

  • vakas

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    messi is the best player in the world .. he is untouchable ..!! cr7 is not even close to him ..!!

    messi truely deserves to recieve ballon d’or. !

  • Ibruks

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    .Its a pity dat many jst watch matches bt doesnt understand wat dey watch.FOOTBALL is 2 give fun nd c.Ronaldo has dat.lets talk about his amazing skils,dribbles (not jst rough dribles like dat of messi),free kicks,outside box shots,bull-like nodding e.t.c.Infact,barca is d best team in which its players are like 98%efficient… ..jst Tell messi to leave dat team 4 a while.Imaging cr7 storming england,came to spain,STORM D PLACE.BT messi,no fun,bullshits,jst running and rough dribbles,rough goals e.t.c.NOT dat of his high scores,JST LIKE 2 of his goals ar sweet bt 35 out Cr7 were good nd sweet as honey.CR7 Deserves it.,.HE IS 2 MUCH. AMAZING FOOTBALLER

  • jake centenho

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    its already CR7 winning the award. Individual and basic skills, he has the superiority than any attackers or any players. If only messi is playing in other clubs, playing without xavi hernandez and iniesta, youll be witnessed that he is not really the best player in the world. It could be neymar, instead of messi..
    Anyways, CR7 still deserves it.

  • Abey

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    Cr7 all d way. Simply d best last season. Though messi is fantastic but cr7 was ulsome, watch him play against barca last season,and against czech & spain in euro cup. D guy deserve it dis season, atlease he had bin 2nd 4 sm yrs. He nids 2 be encourge 2 giv other players hope of winin d award.

  • Isah A Makarfi

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    Don’t forget that cr7 broke the record that i don’t think there is anybody in this planet that can broke it netting every club in the season in all compatision in laliga,champions league,copa del ray even that can make him be the best player.

  • hammer

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    jj okocha never won Africa footballer award because he scored less goal, messi scored more laliga goals, uefa champions goal, more natinal team goals and more trophies than c. ronaldo.

  • cr magar

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    ha ha ha………………………….i get crazy when i hear that messi should get ballon d or because ronaldo is the best in the world. Do anyone think that Messi has ability 2 hit freekicks like ronaldo?
    Do anyone think that he can show mindblowing skills like ronaldo ? He(messi) is one of the worst player that I have seen who just toches the ball towards net kindly provided by his teammates and he just laugh and thank his teammates bending his head towards them. So Ronaldo is the best and Maradona who has commented that Ronaldo that he is nowhere near messi is himself most unsuccesful coach upto this era.

  • Martinz

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    We hav our individual opinions. But my bro Raja made ful analysis btw these 2 great footballers which we al know they are true. Then y are we here arguin? CR7 is a grt guy bt the “gods” favour messi more.

  • kiran

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    messi bcaz he p;ys like a team,on the ground he simply not only score bt also give more pass to score to other player,just watch the game of barsa their passing is so solid.

  • FARAH

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    LMAO the article already said who should win………. no opinions needed lets go Ronaldo <3

  • Monk

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    Messi is bata than CR7:YES, but CR7 deserve the ballon d’or,Y?becos he do very well more than messi during the season and odas competition.dat the answer.i wn’t lie am messi big fan,bt if u c the truth say it.

  • Iris

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    Cr7 deserve it

  • Mr kiss

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    Remain bless monk,u deserve ur name.CR7 Deserve 2 be awared

  • Siva

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    Mourinho so stupid to say like that jus bcoz wanna to defend his man… Messi is the right person to be the ballon d or winner coz messi have individual skills and talent…not only that he is d 1st player to score 50 goals in a single season and also top scorer in champions league…. Mourinho is jus a jackass wic is an dumbass…

  • Michael

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    Who spoke about CR7 being good at taking freekicks? Let me ask you a question. Out of close to 60 freekicks he took last season, how many did he score? Only 2. Messi scored more. 2 out of 54+ freekicks is the worst in the whole of Europe put together. Let’s be honest and say the fact! Although, CR7 had a more spectacular season by winning the Liga, I’ll still give the Ballon d’Or to Messi. His all-round play is terrific. Plus, he didn’t have a bad season either, considering the records he broke!

  • luuk

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    Ronaldo deserves to win. messi is also a good player but not complete enough, he can only dribble and score

  • Barca the best

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    Messi deserves it more than Ronaldo. We might argue all we want but it won’t change anything. History will remember Lionel Messi as the greatest play to have played the game. He broke all records in 2011/12 making it hard for future generations to come. Stop comparing Messi to other players because it’s a waste of time. He is number 1 and for the time being there is no number 2 then Ronaldo, Iniesta, Xavi and Casillas. Actually we can compare Ronaldo to Neymar….

  • franco11

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    raja concludedthe argument a long time ago wth stats.u rock raja a man hu reasons if nt messi truth is sm other spanish player like xavi or iniesta evn sergio ramos has a better shot than cristiano

  • kenah delano problemo

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    For me the ballon d”or this year should still be given to lionel messi for he has performed well this season more than any other player.and to add messi is talanted and skillful while ronaldo got just the skill.and the messi is the best player of his generation

  • Brad

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    ?????

    “talented and skillful while ronaldo got just the skill.”

    Anyone else not find any sense in that?

  • leo

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    haa..,haa…@michal hw stupid r u….huh? did u said det ronaldo hv scre just 2 goals in a free kick…..hee…..hee u rocks plz r u blind hw many times cr7 hv scord in a free kick last yeah.,,..!!actly u dnt knw exactly…,!!so let me tel u he hv nettd 7 times in a free kick…..or messi ve nettd only 2 tmes..we ol knw diffrenc betwen cr7 n messi..both ply totaly opposide..to each othr…,.!!sme facts det messi’s neva agree that without barclona teammates….do u think det messi can able 2 compete wid cr7……??in ma opinion he cant able 2 score 30-40 in a season…his maximum goal goal was set up by xavi n iniasta…!!!he only depend wid his teammates detz y he gves so poor perfomnce in a country mtchs…

  • Maji Unekwu Simon

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    For me Messi deserve to win the Ballon D’oh, because he is a gifted and tallented player

  • Tayo Jay

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    @Leo…So who is doing better in country matches now? Answer the question and you don’t have to call anybody names!

  • yemmy

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    @ leo you are absolute right, as for me cr7 deserve it more than any player, his performance for club and country as been great. Ronaldo fetch himself more goals than messi who should share all his goal with xavi and iniesta

  • Brad

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    Are we sure this is Leo, and not another guy called Don working under a different name? The immaturity and attitude are very, very similar.

  • Elvis

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    I’ve seen most ppl talkin of better dribles and freekicks whatsoever . Let me ask you a question . In a match (a) has better tactics and (b) nets 5 goals in one match , who gets credit? .in the past 4 seasons (a)has 1 league title and (b)3, who is the best? (a)can’t break the records set by(b), who is tough?. (a)’s talent is realised at an old age while (b) impressed a big club like barca at 13 after playing for only 30 minutes ,whos talented. (a) transfered for 80 million (b) gets a 335 million offer ,who is the most worthy. (a) gets most of his earnings frm hs clb ,most companies want to market their products with (b) konami pepsi etc ,whn is most valuable?. ! ! ! NEWS cristiano ronaldo (a) refused 2 gve a 10 yr old girl an autograph becoz she was wearing a barcelona jersey! ! Cruel , on the other hand messi (b) is a unicef ambassador helping even real madrid suppoters, who is humble? *WHO DERSEVES IT (A)cr7;-> or (A)MESSI THE GREAT;-)? IF YOUR ANSWER IS A SHAME ON YOU . If B NICE . Messi deserves it

  • gbenga

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    enikan ooo laye plz why messi alwayz……plz cr7 has work more hard this season than him……let it go’s to him…..i mean cr7

  • Brad

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    Sorry Elvis, you didn’t give us Choice B. You said “WHO DESERVES IT (A) cr7;-> or (A) MESSI THE GREAT;-)?”

    So how can we choose B when there isn’t a B? Ha, ha. . .

    By the way, an OFFER is just an offer, it doesn’t really matter unless it falls through. Man City once offered 130+ million to AC Milan for the services of Kaka. But as it didn’t fall through, it’s a useless offer. Meanwhile, 80 million DID fall through, and is the world record for a transfer.

    You’ve got Ronaldo, who has actually played his game with multiple teams and still dominates (except at international level, but even then still shows up once in a while for major tournaments), then you’ve got Messi who dominates only at Barca and hardly lights it up for Argentina?

    It seems Ronaldo is more competent, as he has put in more results at both levels, including match-winners at the Euro this summer.

  • fairest kilobyte

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    I have never seen a player campaign for ballon d’or whilst messi is relaxed b’cos is not ur words but ur performance mes broke 5 records both world and europe

  • Oybek

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    Hi Brad,

    Re your argument ( the most over-used one ever) about CR7 successful performance with multiple clubs, let me make one clarification- these clubs are superclubs as it is and it is a given that he should perform greatly.

    Plus CR7 “match-winning” against mediocres or underdogs at Euros is offset by his under-performance against worthy teams. So I would not give credit for that.

  • Brad

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    Then Messi has under-performances against worthy teams, particularly in worthy situations, when it is (or, at Argentina’s case, should) be a given that he does likewise.

    I wouldn’t credit Messi there, either.

  • michal

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    d worthy of ballon’dor candidates are cr7 and arguemntly messi…..these two plyrs r undbtly wrld class….!!thanks @leo i agree with ur point messi should b imprve his perfmnce in a country mtchs…..!!bt still cr7 has bettr recrd den messi in a country mtchs….cr7 has devlpd lot mre…since he join 2 madrid…!!!cr7 dsrvd ths year ballon dor’…

  • Tayo Jay

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    @Michal….how do you know CR7 has done better in national team games? Has CR7 won any gold medal or twinning trophy in a Portuguese shirt? Messi, on the other hand, has won age-group competitions (u-20 and u-23) for Argentina. Even though both haven’t won global and continental competitions for their national teams, it is Messi who has a better record in this regard!

    And, for the love of Mike!, when people argue, learn to argue on the scope and the facts of the context…this award is for the 2011-2012 season, not what they have done in the past! Remember, any player can win the league (if he’s in the right place at the right time), but not every player can score 73 goals in official matches in one season! We won’t be seeing that again until another century passes by!

  • Arif

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    If anybody knows football he or she should think in both way-scoring & play making. If we consider both of these two things then we see a picture of player. That picture is none but the picture of Messy.

  • Pure24

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    Hmmm… Messi or Ronaldo?
    How about non… Its time we stopped watching two players and began to watch the whole team!!! Why, when is the last time anyone even watched soccer?!

  • jjjj

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    r7,u brats

  • MR.roboto

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    The FIFA Ballon d’Or is an association football award given annually to the player who is considered to have performed the best in the previous season. —excerpt from the Wikipedia page.

    I mean, from what’s been said, shouldn’t some other players also be considered in this debate? Don’t get me wrong that I’m a big fan of CR7 so if I was one of the voters, I will definitely vote for CR7 but what about Iker Casillas who won la liga and had only one goal against in EURO2012 (also won the tournament) and if people are talking by number of titles, shouldn’t F.Torres be considered too (lol)? I mean, he won golden boots in euro, won euro, and won UEFA champs league in which he made an important goal against Barca.
    So to consider who had performed “the best” in 2012 (of course it’s too early to discuss this but hey) so far, that is, if they do poll right now, I think Casillas should win it.
    Also, I think between CR7 and Leo, CR7 has upper hand at this moment because Messi has scored more but as the others say, CR7 had what people in this debate is referring “important goals”
    I mean, hat trick against lower leveled team during league OR scoring only and victorious goal in Euro2012 tournament match, I think the latter case should weigh more.

  • George Austine

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    You can agitate for CR7 for as long as you can. It’s the football heads polls that will decide, which i’m very confident will go Messi or Iniesta’s way. For me, without sentiment, I think the best deserves the Ballon’dor; and that’s the FCB LION.

  • Stanley

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    Pls this whole argument shud stop cr7 deserve world footballer of d yr

  • NIGEL TABB EXETER ST PLYMOUTH

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    John Terry for the way he never gave up

  • KAYGOK

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    For those that are saying that without Xavi and INIESTA Messi cannot be himself I want to use this medium to tell you that you are not a football fan you are just a mere team and player supporter. Go and check last season record. Messi was in the second place behind Ozil in the la liga assist ranking, in the Uefa champions league he was the highest goal scorer and he also made the assist ranking

  • dismas

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    as 4mi cr7 is the best, his style is new school messi is old scul. cr7 takes risks messi doesn’t, cr7 takes freekicks perfectly, good dribbler, accurate, fast, can play 4 any club, and handsome hahaa jst kiddin. all this messi can only dream of, even neymar says cr7 is his idol.messi is only good at posessing the ball.

  • Nkambo andrew

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    OHHHH Messi takes it for me because of his style of playing. Apart from “give me and i run with it” done by ronaldo, look at the dodging of all the defenders by messi

  • cr bikram magar

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    cr7>xavi>inesta>al other>messi , messi(missing) is just a little guy who have just learn to touch thd ball. he only knows to dribil the ball that can b done by anyone. Have u ever sen scissors kick frm messi, have u ever sen any sorts of skills frm messi? I am sure that answer answer wil be no no…… So ronaldo is the best bcoz he is the best. Cr7 does extraordinary things but messi is just a ordinary and boring organ for xavi and inesta who always bore them by begging pass. cr is d best

  • bright

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    the only man that deserve the ballon d or is only but cr7.his the man on bode

  • bright

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    cr7,cr7,cr7 is the man!!!!!!!

  • cloud

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    why would i say that messi is nothing without xavi or iniesta ??

    remember the EUROS when Spain has no true striker ?? remember that pass by xavi to a DEFENDER named Alba ?? Xavi and Iniesta made what messi is today. Too bad there’s no recognition from them.

  • Franknd

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    Cr7 -man united{premier league title-champions league,wold club cup}=world best.Euro 2012{semi finalwit amazing goals}.Real Madrit{la liga title and 46amazing goal}wit dis he is stil gud(amazing)now who is talking about being d best.4 me cr7 have done wut no player can do.if messi try it he wil be lust 4 eva.so if messi is the best,leave bacellona and stil remain d best has cr7 have done.i think messi is not d best.cr7-is amazing,awsome.d best player in d world.

  • Brad

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    @Nkambo, hold on!! “Give me and I run with it” ?

    Haven’t you realized that one of Messi’s biggest traits is being the best DRIBBLER in the world? Ronaldo’s is his free kicks and penalty kicks, dribbling is a big part of it, too, yeah, but he’s no longer a ball hog like he was at Man United.

  • messi sucks

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    go cr7 u r da best….of all…

  • leo

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    @tayo….did u 4gt last yea copa america….n look cr7 hw perform in euro evn though european countries mch tougher den any others continent in d world…..!!definitly cr7 bcme bettr messi dis yea….!

  • Holuwatimi

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    Messi deserved the ballon d’or

  • Gentle B

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    Cr7 is the man

  • Don

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    Hey cranks ! @cloud, brad, sucker, gentle B, franknd, bright, dismas, stanley, jjjj, Tayo Jay, yemmy, gbenga shut up all u pricks and insert your fingers one in your a** and the other in mouths coz Don is back kiddos…. It’s not at all in yours(brats) hands or words to deliver that trophy in cr7’s a**!! you rats dont count in fifa! but now even a single time you praise that CR7 you guys get your a**’s kicked hard and especially Brady and Cloudy you both come in to my office as you havent told this rest about papa(Don)….. Messi of course has already won it and no body speaks for some CRRrrrrr777 or some body whom this world has not even heard of actually this guys name is also stolen one from the name of brazilian icon Ronaldo to go try making is replica and make him world famous continuing that tag of Ronaldo and while speaking about Messi…hmmmm…than listen brats Messi’s are not made they are born. Stars are not dependent on praises the world silently sees them and admires in the hears of billions not some craps like CR7,,,, Scroll messi’s records even the last years and the rest ronaldo will have to rebirth and try again and still he wont reach those touch lines. So think again and b4 any comment always think that Don might be reading it…… and get in queue to please and oblige ‘Don’ addressing the truth(Messi) and i dont want any nonsence from any one of you.. as it gets repeated then i think you may all be lying with the fishes as rest in peace as Luca Brazzi(i.e. in Godfather)…….

  • cloud

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    don, too much VIRTUAL GAMES dude ?? You live in your own world, please come back to reality.

    if messi wins, the voting body should make a letter for the public explaining the reason why they let messi win.

    again, his 70+ goal scoring record holds no weight.
    – 50 goals in la liga: did they won la liga ? NO
    – 1st player to score 5 goals in an ECC game: did they win the ECC? NO

  • Brad

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    Cloud, I think we should just leave him in his own little world, at least the people know him there and think he’s normal.

    Don, you can break records all you want, like Messi did last year, but if you don’t win the silverware to make it count, those record breakers don’t measure up. No La Liga, No CL championship, just like cloud said.

    And calling us names and telling us to fulfill your. . . . homosexual. . . desires is not going to do a lick of good. So stop the nonsense. The real world is too dangerous for you, so you might want to go away, stay away, and go back to your own little world, off Soccernews.com, before some dude from the real world makes you go. . . “lie with the fishes.”

    I swear, 12 year olds these days. . .

  • Don

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    Hey hey hey, u wont improve, hmmm! u mean u’ll not give the trophy to Messi coz barca could win the ECC or La Liga??? listen kiddos its the trophy for the individual performer and not any club related silverware or something…. sick & prejudicial people like you are like dogs tails, ‘u keep it in a pipe for years and when u pull the pipe out it again goes round’.. so nothing can be done for brats as u… u only deserve to lie wid fishes….. WATCH YOUR BACKS! coz u said something as Homo stuff, i noticed that & i still love u both for all this.. hi hi hi. he let me tell you my sectet i’ve really got a big big fish, ‘ask my GF’, and you both gotta lie wid it some day & ‘i swear by u’…..

  • Brad

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    Funny. Now I know what political party you fall into: Liberal. Makes perfect sense, seeing as you make no sense at all, and act so intolerant, and have the guts to call me prejudicial. If you want my attitude towards you to improve, I suggest you improve your own attitude. . . basically, “Brother, let me pull the mote out of thine eye, but first, let me pluck out the beam from mine own eye.”

    It mightn’t matter that Messi won no truly major trophies this year, but adding silverware to the stats sheet really does put some gold trimming on your resume. You can break every personal stats record in the book, but you need the silverware to show just where all that effort and hard work went to. It’s not just goals scored that measure a player’s success, it’s the trophies he helps the team he plays for win are also taken into account. I can already tell, had Barca and Messi won either/both La Liga and the UCL, you wouldn’t have said jack about silverware, you’d have reveled in the Catalan side- and the Argentine superstar- victory(ies).

    And you have the temerity to call me and Cloud brats, rats, sick and prejudicial people, and all that nonsense? Despicable how your attitude and language is “mucho feo”.

  • CR7

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    Theres no doubt ronaldo should and will win this year award,he won la liga…But is so sad everyone says messi should or is better,first messi does 86.7% goals for the WHOLE barcelona team while not having any teamate with more than 10 goals,now comparing it to real madrid,which has 3 players with more than 25+ goals per season including ronaldo..plus CR7 should get more credit than any other player since he plays as a winger,which is a croosing position,and its harder than ST…Meaning that this proves real madrid being more offensive than barca and meaning ronaldo is better than messi…Not better enough??? well its so sad to give the award to messi,an incompleted player(cant use his head) who makes belive everyone his better,well there havent been any player on the history of football that has won the award while being incompleted,meaning to this nonsense that sergio ramos could win the award?? well CR7 can do anything,anywhere,anytime,but to all silly goals from barcelona wich gives them credit to messi since he does all goals,then thas why he wins the award?? this make nonsense, cristiano ronaldo is the best player of the world and this flee,who makes belive people his the best??? ronaldo has won already an ballon de oro and a world cup,something that makes u the greatest of all time and a legend,and something messi dosent,overall,im saying Cristiano ronaldo is the best player of the world and should win this award so he can get back on the game and prove to the messi fans boys who pretend to know football whos boss!!!! CR7 the best!!!!!!!

  • cloud

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    @cr7, i couldn’t agree more with what you said. Ronaldo is THE complete player. His goals comes from everywhere, free kicks, direct shots, headers, magic shot even. And yes, Ronaldo’s position is much harder to score goals coz he’s a WINGER. How can a winger score more goals than the strikers Benz and Gonzo ??

    Messi is a STRIKER – his job is easy, just make sure he puts the ball at the back of the net PROVIDED by Xavi and Iniesta.

    @brad, i could just imagine don with his soda-caps sucking em all up and munching his nachos playing World of WarCraft. lol

    @don, have mercy on yourself, get back to REALITY, please. There is a REAL WORLD outside of the internet.

  • Brad

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    Cloud, I’m sorry but he’d probably be thrown out to, what was it, “lie with the fishes” if he came back to reality.

  • Clemsy

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    Ronaldo deserve dis coming player of the year

  • cloud

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    @brad, in other words he would not survive in the real world. LOL

    we still have half of a season to decide the winner. Barca is without Pep, i wonder how messi would perform.

  • Brad

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    Brilliantly, as usual. . . still trying to work my brain around that bit, sounds like an oxymoron. Now, if we were to take Xavi/Iniesta/both out of the equation, then Messi will drop down a bit.

    And only Don will say otherwise.

  • Don

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    Hey Cloudy, Brady babies how how how how r ya?? As still u can’t guess i don’t belong to Real world and i even don’t wanna be….. Shocked hmmm! congrats and keep it up wid your so-called real world, coz we live in Barca world and u’ll regret it one day and i m feeling having a sympathetic feeling for you brats as if suppose Messi wins this trophy weather you guys could get some heart attack or epileptic or paralytic attack or something as you brats for sure know that your Ronaldo guy is not gonna score even half of the number of goal up coming season compared to his last time figures and still if he tries for the past figure i fear as if his balls may fall out of his shorts on pitch and they might even be sent at the back of the net by messi. Pity on u morons u rather come out of virtual world and accept reality i’d rather say…. hi, hi, hi……

  • michal76

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    hey…!@don u shld hv learn sme mannr’s…,!!d way u criticize 2 other’s dets nt gud…!!dis arguments z nt bout us so please…..!!if u want 2 update sme 2 fact,reason or points bout messi n cr7….u cn go fo it…!!bt plz dnt gve such immaturity point….bout messi!!we knew det messi iz a fantastic plyr bt last yeah he may score mre goals den cr7….bt it does’nt mttr who loss dia league and ucl…!!!!!so without silvrwre ol hrd wrk goes vein..!!so cr7 deservd dis year ballon’dor

  • cr bikram magar

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    if messi win ballon d or i am sure that there wil b bigest strike

  • Don

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    @michal76,77,78…..,cr bik mgr….etc. etc., thanx for gud suggstns but still i’d sggst stop rubbish unlike brad & cloud or i’d b forced again to say harsh truths which u may count as immannerism, but as i’d to admit again Messi’s class is excellent & cr7 is nt even nearer to that so stopyour rap addressing cr7 as i dnt know bout you fan followings and plz stay safe from this nonsense….. better play carrom or smthng….

  • Brad

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    “harsh truths which u may count as immanerism”

    If that last one is even a real word. . . that’s one truth right there. But what else? oh right, ZIP.

    Cloud, I’m seriously wondering if they even want him in the imaginary world he lives in, why else would he come here to the real world and act like this?

    I can already tell you other Barca fans should be ashamed of his attitude and immaturity. I know Oybek is, as he gave Don a talking to some time ago, and Oybek is the only guy Don would act something near normal to. Seems like he didn’t listen.

  • Oybek

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    Brad,
    “Now, if we were to take Xavi/Iniesta/both out of the equation, then Messi will drop down a bit.
    And only Don will say otherwise.”
    Don will not be alone taking issue with your imaginary argument, Brad.
    First, football is a team sport and why would you not expect Messi to count on his teammates? To turn attacks into goals, Messi, like any striker, does need to get support from wingers and playmakers. Plus, unlike other “pure” strikers, Messi plays a crucial goal in generating, intensifying and finishing attacks as evidenced by his unmatched assists among strikers. Messi’s goal portfolio may not be as rich as those of CR7 but his multidimensional role in Barca can also make him a complete player. (CR7 (nick) and Cloud who supported the former);
    I further take issue with people lending too much weight to CR7’s being a “winger” and scoring more goals than most strikers excluding Messi. For his own reasons, Mou has always alternated strikers like Benzema and Iguauin, while CR7 has not missed a single match throughout the season. Plus, it was often the case that for the likes of Ozel and Di Maria, CR7 was a first choice to provide assists with.
    Now more about somewhat immature argument about CR7’s being more complete players because of his wide-ranging goals. I do agree that CR7 boasts a richer portfolio of goals. However, let’s consider his free-kicks, backheels and headers. Out of tens of tries, he scored a few free kicks which can be translated as “the mercy of luck” and he scored a single backheeler which he himself admitted being unexpected and headers- well I have seen better. I believe no one except those desperate CR7 fans having tough time finding valid arguments in favor of him would care about how a goal was scored so long as the numbers are the ones that matter at the end of the day. In my nation a saying has it “ just eat the grapes and ignore how they got here or from which garden they are”
    To sum up, let me ask the very question you posted: “ would CR7 keep his performance level being devoid of the likes Ozel, Di Maria among others?

  • Brad

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    Oybek, thanks for a real argument. Of course, Messi is supposed to rely on his teammates, EVERYONE is. But the thing is, Don is just one of those people who seem to think Messi alone is the reason why Barca is so dominant. Worse still, on a different article, they like to ridicule Pele for only being so good as he was “because of his teammates.” Both of those things annoy the heck out of me.

  • Koyolyn

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    Yeah.. No 1 disgrees abt cr7 being a great player.. He real is.. No dought abt tht.. Cr7 and leo10 debate is ovr.. The only debate tht dsturbs our mind is between leo and pele.. I never heard cr7 get compered to these real legends ( pele or maradona) so pls guys.. Stop nonsense arguments.. Abt who is the best btn cr7 n messi.. Coz messi znt cr7 level.. He z in pele n maradonas level.. Al in al.. The best wl win..

  • pure24

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    At Oybek. No hard feelings man, just thought u would get a laugh out of this… Well, if you eat any grape you find without question, you may get Salmonella or E. coli!!!

    Anyway, we also have this saying in our local language which translates – the one who does not travel thinks his mother is the best cook

  • Brad

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    Coming from the South part of the USA, that last quote by pure24 is actually insulting. But I couldn’t help but at at the salmonella!!!

  • Suomi

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    Andrea Pirlo.

  • don

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    messi

  • david

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    messi deserves it. How many records broken in a season!!! In athletics there honour one for brking 0ne record!!!!

  • cr bikram magar

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    excellents goals frm cr7 vs ac milan while 000000000000 goal frm incomplete messi vs red devil ha ha ha…………………

  • cloud

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    let me quote your question oybek

    let me ask the very question you posted: “ would CR7 keep his performance level being devoid of the likes Ozel, Di Maria among others?

    my answer to that is Ronaldo’s performance in the Euros. He helped his team reach the Semis and got it to a PK ShootOut against eventual champions Spain.

    And if we’re to ask who is fundamental in Barca’s success, i would say it’s not Messi, but Xavi and Iniesta. These two proved their geniuses during the Euros that they don’t need a striker, they can make goals out of anyone, even the defender Alba scored a goal created by Xavi. It’s really a shame that these two hasn’t been recognized.

  • cloud

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    and oybek, you saying that football is a team sport but you only acknowledge one player – messi – is such a confusing stand.

  • Oybek

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    Cloud,

    This discussion is mostly about C. Ronaldo vs Messi so it is normal I should focus on the latter. If you do stick to the fact that football is a team sport, why would you among others attribute RM’s success in La Liga last season to C. Ronaldo? Despite the fact it was a collective achievement, La Liga trophy is the key if not only argument being used to promote CR7 candidacy for Ballon d’Or, isn’t it? The players like Ozel, Higuain, Benzema and Cassilias among others were equally decisive in securing La Liga, yet why aren’t they getting any recognition? CR7 was mercurial in EURO 2012 and should not deserve any recognition in Portugal’s mediocre performance there.

    Both Xavi and Inesta are unique players of this generation, but they do count on players like Messi to finish the attacks. Spain’s mostly a single goal advantage throughout EURO 2012 and World CUP 2010 can be attributed to the fact that the squad is devoid of finishers like Messi. Messi is fundamental at Barca in that almost all attacks go through him and most of the times he is the finisher if not a key distraction by attracting most defenders thereby opening space for goals. Barca hosted Sporting Gijon last season without Messi and they did have tough time adapting throughout the match.

    I do share your concerns about strikers’ getting all the credit and the player makers like Xavi, Inesta and Di Maria, Ozel going unnoticed despite their determining hard pitch- work. It has always been an epidemic among football. community, unfortunately for them.

    Messi boasts unparallelled individual performance, whereas CR7 enjoys advantage with a key trophy ( according to most people), so it is going to be a tough decision for the board to make a balanced choice between the two. To this end, I think they should hand this accolade for someone like Cassilias or Inesta among many and many others for a change.

    PS. Sorry for my failure to be concise with my comments. Just can’t help it being non-native speaker.

  • Oybek

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    Pure24,

    Most sayings can be interpreted differently and most of the times they can be self-contradicting. The saying I mentioned above is aimed at discouraging too much inquisition, so I may have brought it up improperly.

  • Pure24

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    At Brad am from Southern Africa myself… And I never travel!!! I’m sorry 4 any wrong things you got from that; I was just trying to make a joke. Eish, its becoming harder to joke nowadays without hurting someone’s feelings – what with the being politically correct and grammatically accurate. Every time you write something you have to make sure that its not going to hurt Geeks, Atheists, minority groups, smokers (is it politically correct to say ‘smokers’?), and Penguins. And these are just a drop in the ocean (I didn’t even mention the Mexican’s – my bad, too much Top Gear UK…)

    Anyway, back to the main story at hand.. What team is number one in Spain? What is Portugal’s world ranking? How about Argentina? How many First-team Spanish players play in Barcelona (I’m saying this to capture the success of Spain – and transferring it to the success of Barcelona)?
    Once somebody gives me an answer, don’t say “I know where you are going with this.” I’m not going anywhere – this part of my comment is over. Its not a rhetorical question. So just answer without additional comments.
    We are talking player of the year as a human being (home and club). Not most entertaining ‘Barcelona’ player or hat-trick-scorer-against-the-under-23-Brazil-squad-that-sucks-like-hell-and-still-managed-to-score-three-against-Argentina!

  • leo

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    @koyoln…..i dnt think dat debate betwn cr7 n leo z ova….!!d real debte z jst hv 2 bgin btwn cr7 n leo……..i ve neva seen a plyrs like messi n cr7 snce i ve startng watchn futbal….many’s r cme n gne bt these two r really special n so plz dnt yet cmepre messi 2 pele…it does’nt mke anysense to me….!!r8 nw messi evn nt surpass d cr7 saga completly…..i do accpt det messi hv ply fantastc last year so far bt d wy cr7 hd plyd… der’s no doubt …he z nt mch behnd 4rm leo….so wen we luk upn d last year perfomnce of both plyr i thnk cr7 hv plyd mch bettr den messi… smehw he mssd top scorr bt his goal led him to tital winnr…..!!diz z a huge succss fo evry single plyr in world….!!!abve 2 bcme cmpion wat we want…huh dets a real diffrnce betwn fo messi n cr7..for ballon’dor race…so dis tme my vote goes to cr7…!!

  • Pure24

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    To add to what Leo is trying to say, CR scored when it really mattered. Not against the to-be-relegated teams

  • Oybek

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    Fact 1. Messi scored well over 70 goals this season breaking the all-time record set by Cruf
    Arguments by CR7 fans: Well, most of them were scored against weak sides and didn’t really matter
    Counter Argument: Do the math and deduct the goals out of 50 that were scored against such weak teams and see if Barca would have still secured the second spot in La Liga. That’s excluding the assists he provided throughout the season.
    Fact 2. Barca won three trophies ( Spanish Super Copa, Copa Del Rey and World Club Cup)
    Arguments by CR7 fans: Well, these are not as important as La Liga
    Counter Argument: Barca won the first two trophies as a result of directly crushing RM and in both cases Messi’s performance was all decisive; in the latter Messi’s goal was match winner and the former his crucial assists paved the way for Barca
    Fact 3. Messi’s performance as a part of Argentina is off to a promising start to say the least;
    Arguments by CR7 fans: Well, friendlies are friendlies and especially Brazil side is too weak
    Counter Arguments: Football is football and there is no side entering the pitch wanting to lose. Most of the guys starring in Brazil 23 are already front-runners (Marcelo, Hulk among others). Plus matches between Brazil and Argentina have never been a joke.
    You guys couldn’t be more subjective. You say CR7 put a great performance against Czech Republic and Netherlands (the former being clear underdogs and the latter putting their worst ever performance throughout EUROs) but when it comes to Messi’s performance against Eucador and Brazil, you sing totally different tunes.
    All in all, the selection panel should know better whether individual performance or trophies matter more in choosing the deserving Ballon d’Or. In all fronts, goals, trophies and national team, Messi claims an explicit advantage. That being said, however, we are living in the age of information in which media have a lot to do with guiding mindless masses. Considering that CR7 and Mr Mou and virtually all RM and Portugal players are leading widespread campaign in favor of him, I wouldn’t be surprised if he would be selected in the end. For, he has no other advantage by far over Messi.

  • Oybek

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    Pure24

    It is fun to see you contradicting yourself by stating Brazil23 sucks but they managed to score three goals against Argentine. While I see you trying to belittle Messi’s performance there, I observe how tough it is for you guys to bring valid and reasonable arguments to promote your CR7 and/or to weaken Messi’s superiority. But no matter how hard you try, you can’t reject facts as much as you can’t make them up!

  • NthaniRolex

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  • messi sucks

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    @oybek….so wen messi hv scre against madrid..chelsea ac milan last year huh…..!!actualy he did score mre den 60 goals wid underdogs….!!please dnt gve such a fake facts we hd a eyes too…..!!did u forgt last seasons madrid vs barca mtch…did messi scored?npe cr7 scored…

  • waqar10

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    @oybak u did a grt job to revealing the info about messi and such a nyc a valid argument…so i hav to say here most of the guys saying tht messi scored against weak teams…guys ths is football..out there on the field no one wants to lose…every body tries their best…and one thng more…la liga is a leauge..not a group stage tournamnt…so y cr7 surpassed messi in the battle of goals..he also played against those weak teams…????

  • waqar10

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    FACT 1:”thts the best player in the world wdout shadow of doubt.he is notably better than c.ronaldo,and by far i hav to say ,Lionel Messi is absolutely fantastic,believe me,this guy is a genius and he can change a match all by his own” (Frank Lampard)
    FACT 2:”Messi should the b’odr,he is the best player in the world right now”(Neymar)
    All i hav to say these are the players…who realy go to the field and they know the pressure and strss out there,they know who is the best out there…so tell me guys they are wrong? are they just tryng to promt messi?
    cr7 played incridble ths season no doubt…he scored just against barca in tht match so they made through..and guys tht was a brilliant assist by ozil…one of the best assist from ozil…
    So guys just thnk about the reocrds messi broke ths year…he scored more than 70 in one season…50 in la liga…more than 10 in champion league…8 hatricks….man come on..he is the player compared wd pele and maradona..he is level is a step high than ronaldo…
    FACT 3:C.Ronaldo (Madrid): “Rivalry with Messi? He does his job at Barcelona and I do mine at Madrid. I like challenges, but not against one player.”

  • Raul

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    ” Koyolyn says:
    August 8, 2012 at 12:00 pm

    Yeah.. No 1 disgrees abt cr7 being a great player.. He real is.. No dought abt tht.. Cr7 and leo10 debate is ovr.. The only debate tht dsturbs our mind is between leo and pele.. I never heard cr7 get compered to these real legends ( pele or maradona) so pls guys.. Stop nonsense arguments.. Abt who is the best btn cr7 n messi.. Coz messi znt cr7 level.. He z in pele n maradonas level.. Al in al.. The best wl win.. ” Holy hell was that hard to read, Ronaldo isnt being compared with maradona or pele, because they know if Pele and Maradona played the game as it is now, they wouldnt have a chance on him. Messi on the other hand, they would stood up against in a quite close race. Ronaldo should win the Ballon, but he should of won it last 2 years too, definately last season, but barcelona as a team won everything there was to win, making it a nobrainer to give the prize to Messi. If Ronaldo didnt win, the next one on the platform should be Iniesta and then Messi. But all in all they are all amazing football players and everyone of those 3 should get the “trophy”

  • Pure24

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    To be honest, I don’t think goals make player of the year. But then again, player of the year is not necessarily best player ever – that’s one for another argument. Still, goals are an important factor.
    I don’t think four more goals make for the player of the year. Just think, would there be a ‘season’ without the league. Nope, the rest of the tournaments are just a 100m dash. The league is a real marathon, a real long-standing test of stamina and a test of performance throughout the year (of which Messi/Ronaldo were both magnificent) and the best tournament to judge Ballon d’Or from. And I will not even state who’s contribution has had the most impact.
    After all, the fact remains Messi cannot perform outside this Barca side, but this Barca side can perform pretty well without him (Spain won the WC). Therefore, its Ronaldo against the greatest team so far – the team to beat, and beat them he did… Well, we can all agree that its been awhile (sort of) since Messi did that

  • leo

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    yes….@pure u hv a fair points i do really appriciate det….

  • tayo

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    hey….!!@koyolyn plz dnt yet cmpre messi wid pele r8 nw…hu knws ol barca fans ashamed of ua cmments r8 nw…..!!coz dey knw hw difficlt z it…..!!like olmst impssble fo messi….!!itz really funny 2 say diz bt its true….pele hv olready won 2 world cups….!!messi excpt barca nthng……!itz so early to cmpre wid pele dude….!!u need sme vry strng points 2 cmpre wid pele….!!atleast won copa america den i wld say he z dne smetng special.,.!!bt copa america would nt b in hs destiny…..!luk cr7 atleast he hd prvd hmslf he has a gutts 2 cmpete wid cmpion in euro 2012…!he led his team into semi final n cmpre 2 messi in copa america dets really gud enough…..fo cr7 coz messi neva gnna win d wrld cup….!!its so hard to say det messi z ntng outside barcalona bt its true detz y he did nt mke any huge impact in outside barca in der 5 years international carrier….so far!!n i dnt thnk messi wld do det…in future he z just a club hero…

  • Oybek

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    @pure24
    I would like to address some hollow parts in your arguments.
    You argue “I don’t think four more goals make for the player of the year.”
    Why do you think the selection panel should focus solely on La Liga to determine who led the most outstanding performance throughout the season? How about CL, Copa Del Rey and International games? It is altogether fitting to reason that in recognition of these tournaments Messi enjoys a greater margin.
    You say “the fact remains Messi cannot perform outside this Barca side, but this Barca side can perform pretty well without him (Spain won the WC)”
    Spain National is not Barca and their success does not necessarily make Messi any weak. In fact, Barca (not Spain) CANNOT perform pretty well without Messi as evidenced by their hosting Sporting Gijon at the absence of Messi, where Inesta, who by the way is the backbone of Spain NT, admitted how hard it was for them to play without him.
    You pretend to stress “And I will not even state who’s contribution has had the most impact.”
    Well, you would sound more objective if you said “I CAN not even state whose contribution has had the most impact”
    If you are referring to CR7’s goals against Athletic Madrid and Barca by the end of La Liga, RM would have still been leading without these goals by a point margin. Why would you pay so much “homage” to a single goal to Barca which CR7 merely finished thanks to a brilliant pass by Ozil, who has not gotten even the slightest recognition for that, by the way? Let me guess because there aren’t many such deeds by your hero.
    Finally, you state “Therefore, its Ronaldo against the greatest team so far – the team to beat, and beat them he did…”
    Barca and RM met six times last season, out of which Barca won three classicos as opposed to one by RM, the rest having ended in draws. Could one be more desperate to claim CR7 “beat” Barca seeing these stats?

  • Brad

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    What Pure24 meant is that a whole lot of the Spanish national team players are signed with Barca (He has a bit of a point; Villa, Puyol, Xavi, Iniesta, etc.). Yeah, I know it’s not really a “whole lot” but still quite a few. Look at the WC Final for one, Fabregas and Iniesta combined in OT to give Spain the WC.
    Messi has the misfortune to not have teammates of the same caliber/chemistry level/both with Argentina as he does at Barca. Nonetheless, it is Barca’s Spanish players, and not Messi, the golden boy, who have a WC championship medal to their name.

    I hate how people love to only talk about the good of Messi’s performances at Barca. It’s like in gridiron football, only reversed: people only talk about the bad of Tim Tebow. You do have to take into account the short-comings, not just the successes (in Tebow’s case, vice versa). And for Messi, even with those hat tricks over the summer, that means not rising to expectations while with El Albiceleste. (I will say that the hat trick against Brazil is fairly big bonus points in Messi’s favor to me.)

  • Pure24

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    Oybek
    Mate, this is not an English test. The fact that you noticed I said will, and not can means you knew what I meant.
    Then you say Ozil provided 4 Ronaldo; I think the same can be said for Messi… Check out how many goals Barca players other than Messi scored in La Liga. This shows that while being the primary target-man, he was also the only target-man (He even played as center-forward most season). But compared to Madrid, Ronaldo did his work even when players like Benzema were the target-men.
    You say Messi had more La Liga success than Ronaldo, then why doesn’t he have the medal to show for it?
    About the CL then. Messi was total crap in the semi-finals against Chelsea, but Ronaldo bagged goals (and scored a penalty, although our dear boy hit the cross bar). I CAN not even comment on Copa Del Rey!
    Finally, and I repeat: the FACT remains Messi cannot perform outside this Barca side, but this Barca side can perform pretty well without him (Spain won the WC). Thanks Brad for clearing it up on what I meant on this point

  • Ray

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    you are the biggest moron on earth if you think messi is better than Ronaldo, all messi can do is dribble and shoot

  • Brad

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    Your welcome Pure.

    Oybek, I don’t want to sound like I’m always against everything you say (believe it, I’m not) but this time I thought you just didn’t think of something in a particular way. Understandable if that’s the case.

  • sagar

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    messi should be ballon d or …can other players can dribble than him and that ronaldo sucks

  • sagar silwal

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    messi should be the ballon d or champion because he is the young pele……and that ronaldo sucks

  • sagar silwal

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    the argentinian gaint (messi)is the symbol of champion n he will be ballon d or champion for 4th time
    any doubt mr..ronaldo,torres

  • humbe

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    Do dat domotion quest wateva I think cr7 did it in 2007-08 season with a diffrnt team in man utd so u cn c dat its not a matter of di maria o ozil

  • Ray

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    Messi can just dribble and shoot Ronaldo is the complete package though. besides it is just Xavi and Iniesta that make him look good

  • Oybek

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    Brad,

    “I thought you just didn’t think of something in a particular way. Understandable if that’s the case.”

    I am not sure what you are hinting at by the above comment. Can you expand on that?

  • mgogo

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    messi

  • Brad

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    I didn’t mean it as an insult. I just thought that you might have missed something. That’s all.

  • Earl

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    messi10 has played great footy so has CR7. Messi won the award 3 times in a row. CR7 always closely followed. Messi only played for Barca will he do the same elsewhere. CR7 proved in both league & last season he really upped his game & scored in important games eg. vs barca (which counted against him prev BallDOR) He is a fighter might not b as gifted as Mess10 but fully deserves the award this time round all on merit. Messi is great but cannot b compared to pele ,maradona not yet anyway. He has to perform at the greatest level World cup even once to be a legend same applies to CR7.

  • Oybek

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    Brad,

    I didn’t take it for an insult; just couldn’t ascertain what you meant or re your last comment what I had missed.

  • Oybek

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    Pure 24,

    While your arrogance toward my ideas is uncalled for (your bringing English test and reluctance to elaborate on your position Barca vs. Messi), another FACT remains- the very player you are trying to slight has bagged three Ballon d’Ors so far and enjoyed unmatched individual performance last season. So be it- he cannot perform outside Barca. Nevertheless, he is still considered the best by the people who know more about football – much more than you and me. Alternatively, CR7 who is constantly being promoted to be “more complete” player having the same level of performance in different settings has yet to claim his second Ballon d’Or and help his RM at least reach CL finals.

    I do understand why you won’t comment on Copa Del Rey- it wasn’t won by RM. Realistically, though, Barca won this accolade defeating all time La Liga leaders such as RM, Valencia and Atletic Bilbao.

    I never said Messi had more successful season at La Liga and CL. In response to your claim that four more goals by Messi does not make much difference for Ballon d;Or, I had meant that Messi’s combined goal toll ( La Liga, Copa Del Rey and CL) was much more than that of CR7.

  • michael greene

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    Of course Barca’s amazing success is due to their team work and not to any indiividual…..but that is exactly why Messi is truly one of the greatest players of all time. Its not as simple as scoring goals. If it were, Messi is the winner already. But it is his contribution on the field and his understanding and capacity to combine with the great players around him and vision of the game which makes him such a unique player to watch and enjoy. Plus, he never falls !!!

  • Earl

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    Micheal green , messi tries to stay on his feet more than CR7, but to say he never falls is ludacris what have u been watching.

  • Faisal Islam

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    Frankly CR7 will win the award..
    May be messi breaks many record but he also brakes his fan’s heart (when missed the penalty against Chelsea)…. lol.

  • misko

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    Messi is the best player EVER to play game of football, in my entire life I never saw anyone who can be compared to this little guy, not Pele, not Maradona and sertanly not Cristiano Ronaldo. I can only hope that he will not be injured because he and Barca redefined the game of football to the point that you can compare it to poetry and I just want to enjoy watching that for years and years to come.

  • cloud

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    reading comments about Messi being the best player EVER is completely insane. These people clearly haven’t seen Zidane in his Prime.

    Messi: success only in Barca.

    How can a player who’s only good in ONE TEAM be considered to be the best ever ??

    Back to the arguement, we should only focus on the previous season and the first half of this year.

    Messi bagged 70 goals which is astonishing and he won Copa Del Rey and other minor trophies.

    Ronaldo bagged 50+ goals won La Liga and got to the Semis in Euros.

    If we are to consider stats, Messi will win, but then again, how can 70 goals be important when he has only won the Copa Del Rey ?? I’m not discrediting the Kings Cup but isn’t La Liga more important ??

    And why are people making a big deal with Messi’s 50 goals to Ronaldo’s 46 ?? That’s just a 4 goal difference but Ronaldo has the La Liga Crown.

    Biggest point to Ronaldo would be his Euro heroics, everyone was saying that Ronaldo is crap playing for his country, but he proved them all wrong.

  • Brad

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    exactly, but just so you know, cloud, you forgot to mention Pele along with Zidane!!!

    In sports, there are pioneers. Then, there are record-breakers. Then, there are the people who don’t necessarily break records or start something new, but are fantastic at what they do and win the things that are most important, which is silverware.

    Pele and Zidane fit all three of these categories. Messi fits record breaker. Ronaldo fits the last category. If I had to go for just one or the other, I’d go for silverware. Records are meant to be broken, but when it comes to winning stuff, do new records really matter? Not really, they’re just nice trivia compared to having you and your team’s name on a trophy.

  • cloud

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    .. sorry Brad for not mentioning Pele, no need to mention him anymore coz he’s on the very top in the football world.

    .. I mentioned Zidane coz he’s the latest of them gods of football, coz many people here are only focused on the NOW and are low on football memory. If you know what i mean, hehe.

    .. if Messi wins this year then football won’t be a team sport anymore, it would an individual sport, coz praising a man who’s only have an individual record but no IMPORTANT trophy to back him is purely an act of greed.

  • Brad

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    Sure is. To be frank, some of these people probably don’t even have a memory, just a bunch of band-wagoners for the most part.

  • Blaugrana

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    Once again the most disgraceful manager in football runs off at the mouth. The man who can only win one title per year for 2 years while his counterpart at Barca wins 14.
    CR7 is a good player but is always overshadowed by Messi because Messi is that much better. Messi broker how many scoring records last season including one that had stood since 1969, and CR7 did what……37% of his goals from the spot.
    Sorry Mou back to the institution you and CR7 will win nothing this year, and maybe Madrid will finally see you for what you truely are…….. a fraud.

  • cloud

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    .. funny how you talk Blaugrana, yes, Pep won 14 trophies, but are they completely clean ?? The Champions League games of barca against Chelsea, Milan, Arsenal and Madrid, are they all clean ??

    .. and yes mourinho is a disgrace to football, he only won in the top three leagues in the world, England, Italy and Spain. of course he doesn’t know what he’s doing.

  • Pure24

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    Will people please stop saying Copa Del Ray + CWC + Spanish Super Cup COMBINED are greater than La Liga? Just stop.
    Messi has some beautiful football. Nobody disputes that. Messi may gro to be the best there is in football, thats the future – we do not know.
    Now about a quick random history lesson – Ronaldo has a Puskas award, Messi has none. Messi has three Ballon d’Or’s, Ronaldo has one. 2010/2011 season saw Ronaldo with NINE more goals than Messi, but Ballon d’Or went to Messi!
    I don’t know how FOUR more goals can guarantee you a winner… Of course there are more tournaments than just La Liga.
    Now this is not the past, so as of this year 2012 – Ronaldo has La Liga while Messi only has Copa Del Rey…
    About the internationals then. While its true that there was no Copa America this year (not my fault by the way), we still have to consider the internationals… Three friendly goals Vs. three continental championship goals – come on, this is not even a contest. Ronaldo’s effort has led Portugal to be 5th, to spaces higher than Argentina. You want facts, there are the facts!
    My opinion then; Ronaldo has the completeness of a soccer winger (though admittedly, he is a terrible defender). he crosses, he finishes, he shoots from distance, he has Messi’s lane changes, step overs, dribbling e.t.c
    And this year (not last year or 2011/2012. No, THIS YEAR), he has made the most contribution to club and country – Thanks Brad for pointing that out

  • Mardon

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    Why are these people here talking about the past and prehistoric players to belittle Messi? Last time I checked this article is about Ballon d’Or for 2011/2012 season?

    Cloud, for crying outloud, forget about CR7 and RM for a second to get rid of the “cloud” blurring your vision- 70+ goals are important because it is a new record in FOOTBALL not Media or RM Ball?

    Brad, it is ok if you prefer silverware to records. Messi has a bunch of both silverware and records unmatched by the players on the pitch over the last ten at least! 15 trophies as a part of Barca, 2 as a part of Argentine, 3 Ballon d’Or. He is the only football player to have been covered in TIME magazine!

    I am not saying Messi should win this year’s Ballon d’Or; let anyone the worthiest win it but trying to belittle Messi’s most successful season by biased opinions only because you support RM or whatever club and only because you admire CR7 is highly intolerable. Learn to give credit where credit is due!

    Messi has yet to leave Barva and become a flop at some other championship. Until this day comes, your dire prediction of his potential inability to fit in or keep the same level is not even worth paying attention to!

  • Mardon

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    Pure24, when some truth is inconvenient for you, that doesn’t mean you should try to silence people by saying ” just stop’. That’s not a normal channel of communication. Oh, I almost forgot. You support the most arrogant people from Portugal, then why wouldn’t you?

    CR7 must be lucky to have supports like you who embellish his mediocre performance to the heavens. Wasn’t the same guy a big flop in some games in EUROs? Wasn’t he too coward to take the first or second penalty against Spain?
    Will you please stop saying his goals against Czech and the Netherlands ( true flop of EURO2012) are important? JUST STOP!

  • cloud

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    mardon, you’re living in an illusion. you’re the one who’s belittling the great players. Messi would be so little if he is to be compared to Zidane, Pele, Ronaldo R9.. you’re just a member of the messi band wagon, such a pity.

    .. i’m not discounting the achievements of Messi, i give credit to where credit is due. But this year, I can’t see messi winning it.

    .. 70 goals !! hurray !! a new record !! but what did he win from it ?? Copa Del Rey ?? Spanish Super Cup ?? Club World Cup ?? Those are LESSER TOURNAMENTS. Copa Del Rey are played by teams within La Liga, Spanish Super Cup a one-off two leg tie and CWC, no need to mention coz how can a J-League nor brazilian team compare to a La Liga team ??

    .. yeah, Ronaldo only has La Liga to brag about, but it has 38 games on it. you have to be consistent to win it and besides, he’s a WINGER not a STRIKER, how could he have more goals than the strikers Benz and Gonzo ??

  • Mardon

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    By the way, Mr Mou has recently declared that he prefers to be called ” the only one” to ” the special one”. He IS a disgrace to football, cloud.

  • Mardon

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    could, Messi IS being compared to true legends like Pele and Maradona, which I think prompted Pele to disgrace himself by constantly saying he is or Neymar is better than Messi.For what it is worth, Messi deserves credit for that, which I think your pseudo hero CR7 and Zidane and Ronaldo haven’t.

    I know why CR7 has more goals than Benzema and Gonzo. CR7 being Mr Mou’s compatriot and favorite has more games than them: more games more goals.

    Again, messi’s breaking the record of four decades along with three trophies may not be enough to claim Ballon d’Or but trying to nullify it by lost La Liga, which could be explained by anything but Messi’s underperformance at Barca (50 goals) is not giving the due credit!

  • cloud

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    mardon
    .. of course Jose can declare himself to be THE ONLY ONE, what’s wrong with that ?? Truth of the matter is, he is the only coach to have won in four different countries. Who else have done that ??

    .. by the way, you didn’t catch my sarcasm when i said that Jose doesn’t know what he’s doing.

    .. sorry but you’re a disgrace to football fans everywhere saying that r9 and zidane are pseudo heroes. you’re not worth my time..

  • Mardon

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    Dude,
    i meant CR7 pseudo hero. See above hero is singular. While i never asked for it, u did spend time on ur last comment, so what is the use of ur last sentence?

  • Brad

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    Mardon, convenient of you to say “the past 10 years”. Maybe, but he’s still not performed in a tournament while wearing a certain blue and white striped jersey as he does for Barca. Meanwhile, Ronaldo managed to turn what was originally a bad performance at the Euros this summer into a vital one for his country.

    by the way, I’ve given credit to Messi, be it here, or on another article, I’ve done it! He truly is the best player in the world right now, but that doesn’t necessarily mean he deserves the Ballon D’or this year! Had he won La Liga, or the CL for that matter, go ahead and give it to him. But he didn’t. That’s why I believe it should go to Ronaldo this time around.

    Besides, don’t you think it gets old when the same guy wins a personal honor year after year after year. . .? Especially when one of them (2010) probably was questionably awarded to him (still think that should’ve gone to Iniesta or Xavi).

  • bizzy

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    No matter how much u guys argue..The result will be d same.CR7 fans wants him to win on d other hand Messi fans think he should win..soo what am trying to say is all the CR7 fans don’t push too hard if u don’t wanna end up crying coz The ballon-dor is going to none other then MESSI umm agiain..soo F U C K -OFF LOOSERS

  • sameera

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    its the cristiano ronaldo sure receiving the award

  • rocco

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    …eithr its messis or casilas in ma view, bt i think judges ll choose MESSI….

  • cloud

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    .. but i’m sure the Spanish players are scratching their heads to why none of them have yet to win the Ballon D’Or.

    .. in 2010, as Brad has recalled, Iniesta nor Xavi deserved it much much more than Messi. It was an historic FIRST World Cup win for Spain, both Iniesta and Xavi were sensational in Barca and was even more with their country. But they give it to Messi instead, stupid injustice.

    .. and now, with Spain making another historic feat with the only team to win back to back Euros and a World Cup. Aside from Ronaldo, Casillas should win this award to give recognition to Spain’s Three-Peat.

  • Brad

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    Casillas is on that list, and high up too. But I wonder if they’ll even consider a keeper. ..

  • cloud

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    .. Fabio Cannavaro won it being a Central Defender. And Iker was sensational both for Madrid and Spain. In the Euros he only had one goal allowed inside the net.

  • Brad

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    And only 2, if I remember right, at the World Cup. Either 1 or 2, but no more.

  • danny

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    messi is the best and will win once more

  • don

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    go cr7 dis year u truely deservd for ballon’dor…!!bdwy cr7 he z nt a arogant guy!!!people whu jealouse hm dey thnk…he z d mst arrogant guy bt he becme mature a lot day by day…

  • cloud

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    .. exciting news: Iniesta just have been named UEFA PLAYER OF THE YEAR. At last those blind fools have opened their eyes and gave credit to Iniesta.

  • Brad

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    maybe they opened their eyes and noticed that they shoulda gave him his due credit 2 years ago as well, and are trying to make up for it.

  • James Pidd

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    Come on! This is not even debatable. Lionel Messi not only set new standards for goals in La Liga he also set a record for total goals in world football. To top it off he also scored the most goals in UEFA Champions League competitions. Moreover, Messi led his national team in goals. Tellingly, last year Mourhino thought CR7 should win because he set, at that time, a new La Liga scoring record.

  • justme

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    MESSI is the best by far and last year broke some amazing records. Cristiano is the most overrated player in history. Also Pirlo had a great year, Iniesta, Dogba, Casillas. I think the 3 finalist should be Messi, Iniesta and Pirlo or Casillas.

  • cloud

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    .. james, you’re way behind the news. No matter how many goals Messi scored but he was beaten by Iniesta for the UEFA PLAYER OF THE YEAR award.

    Read it here:: https://www.soccernews.com/iniesta-wins-uefa-best-player-award/101597/

  • Mardon

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    So was ur pseudo-hero!

  • cloud

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    ..mardon, ur prejudice and ignorance has no bounds. It’s obvious that all you do is SELECTIVE READING, reading only those that appeals to you.

    .. kindly read my statement above, dated august 27, time and time again me and Brad has voiced out that Xavi nor Iniesta deserved this stupid award more than anyone else.

  • Brad

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    I’m beginning to think it doesn’t matter cloud, he has eyes, I’m sure, but he fails to use them.

  • messi d10s

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    Messi will win ones again! Mou just runs his mouth like always ! Messi is a better player.christiano is good but he lives in the shadow of Lionel Andres messi ! Like the best player in euro it will never go to Christiano! Haha I love the look on his face .you will see messi come out with ballon d’or and Christiano bitch again.messi the greatest player to play the game ! Viva Leo messi!

  • Mardon

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    Cloud,

    That’s what you said in the comment you are referring to “aside side from Ronaldo, Casillas should win this award to give recognition to Spain’s Three-Peat.”

    U never mentioned UEFA award in there,and you specifically mentioned RM players as your favorites. Seeing that Spain’s success in EURO 2012 has a lot to do with Inesta’s being selected for this award, why do you think your Cassilias or CR7, both of whom had won La Liga and participated in EUROs, have not won it?

    You are blaming me for being selective in my readings, but why would you say Inesta beat Messi in landing this award given that your very hero was there too? Thats also being selective!

    This selection is testament to the possibility of Messi’s winning Ballon d’Or in that it is more about individual performance rather than club trophies that really matter in determining who was the best. For instance, Torres was a top scorer at Euros, landed CL and Kings Cup or something as a part of Chelsea but was not even shortlisted for this award as he failed to demonstrate consistent performance throughout the season. Pirlo has also enjoyed a great season as a part of both Juventus and Italy but he wasn’t shortlisted either. So trophies by nature being the results of combined efforts of all players and sometimes the results of sheer luck ( Chelsea ( humiliated by Falcao yesterday) are not the passport for Ballon d’Or. All I am saying is you better not keep your hopes that high for your CR7 for Ballon d’Or!

  • Anjanesh Vatsa

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    CR7 must win it !!!!!!!!!

  • Oybek

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    I remember this website posting an article titled something like ” how the heck did Chelsea become UCL champions?”. I think now is the most fitting time to ask this question.

    Let me congratulate all the people in favor of the position that it was sheer luck that made Chelsea quasi champions as the game itself has proven us right when Chelsea was trashed by At Madrid. The game also suggested that Chelsea always needs a double-decker bus not to get humiliated and they are not meant at least to try the so-called “offensive football”.

  • cloud

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    mardon, here’s proof of your selective reading, the statement i’m trying to remind you of is this:::

    “both Iniesta and Xavi were sensational in Barca and was even more with their country. But they give it to Messi instead, stupid injustice.”

    .. i clearly stated there that either Iniesta nor Xavi deserved it better. now that Iniesta has one the Euro Player of the Year, things have finally gone their ( spaniards ) way. And that is proof enough that the 70 goals of Messi don’t mean anything. I’m glad that they gave Iniesta the individual award that he deserves. He was robbed last 2010 WC.

  • Don

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    Hey guyz stop stop stop! I m back and my special hello to my buddy Mardon. second but first thing from where do this another Don came from, and praising junk like CR7 by my name, hmm! I sure do believe its non sense from Cloud or Brad, and if not than here u red girly don, its always about ‘Black’ and its me. Hey still brad and Cloud busy proving CR7 better then mighty Messi, i m sure they have some private battle going on….
    Mardon if u’ll keep convincing this two rats they’ll never believe you and in fact they didn’t want to. These guys are like dogs tails, ‘u keep’em in pipe for years and when u pull out, that again goes round and round and round’. By the way papa’s back cloudy and brady, the so-called CR7 advertisers, i know responding to you gives you importance and level up as u both don’t have any.
    Mardon let me tell you these brats are always wanting to keep the lines of Messi’s achievements behind any comparable player to him and always in try to upgrade CR7, i don’t know whether they are paid. But lets talk some facts why no body talks for spanish performance in olympics where the spainiards looked so ordinary without messi, hardly finding nets and successes. Ok! leave it they’ll never say why CR7 didn’t won the best european award where as they’ll keep comparing messi with his own team mates, so that you or me never focus on biggest flop, CR7. I openly say no iniesta or Xavi is even nearer to Messi’s standards and especially no CR7 who actually copied name of the legend Ronaldo(Brazil) but remember stupids no name makes or produces legends unless its destiny and the world knows, it lies beneath the foots of Messi. speaking of 70 goals doesn’t matter to u, u surely are some cricket fans who think scores are made in running between wickets and legacy of scoring in football and numbers like 70 are of none worthy to you, it simply makes me laugh when u include silverware. U hammer heads this is in fact an individual performer award which proves a player superior(Messi) and inferior(CR7), and put any present silverware up in your A**. And Sameera u might be loving CR7 for his looks but bebe come lez hook up, i can make experiences much much wilder, believe me!
    In short Ladies and Gentlemen, the award for Ballon D’or goes to the all time footballer, the history of soccer has ever seen, hold your breath its none other than mighty mighty Mr. Leonel Messi.
    james pidd, justme, oybek, messi10, bizzy, rocco, blaugrana, danny all my buddies, my warm hello to you and don’t worry at all as we are definitely winning on this and this pimps will always cry as this is also a destiny… HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA…….

  • Brad

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    hmph, I wondered where he got off to. . . haha

  • bitko

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    Ballon d’Or is about a player, not about a team. I believe CR7 should win it, not because he scored less goals than Messi, but because he helped his team to win the La Liga, and he did that with more assists than Messi. So Messi might have scored more goals than CR7, but CR7 made more assists.

  • ike

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    ron all de way

  • ike

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    ronaldo has no size therefore these tym around he takes it with de world best big ups to him

  • cloud

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    .. thanks for the ice breaker don. hahaha. that made me laugh so hard. hahaha

  • sid07

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    it should be CR7 surely without any doubts.
    He is a great performer on big ocations ,he had scored against barca on last 5 matche unlike messi who had scored just twice and that too through panelty

  • Don

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    Hey Mardon, praise me for such a big paragraph for you & mighty Messi, and i surely don’t get paid for. you should at least appreciate this as i helped u get relaxed for a day or two from the clutches of Brad & Cloud. As commenting and proving Messi against Brad and Cloud might have came up for u as Pain in the A** for sure, i know it..

    Brd & Cld i was no where but sat back and was reading & enjoying your so-called expertise and debates wid that Mrdn guy. Never forget that Eye in the Sky always watches you both, and that is non other than Don’s eye. Now you guys should i think change the topic of CR7 and should concentrate on the rest of the football world, which also is. And also ultimately giving rest to Mrdn & that he can at least sleep for some needed hours….

    I think owners of this site much concentrate on both of yours paragraphs and start paying you if they are not, coz sometimes i think this site would break down without your comments, and fifa should i think decide for the best players award reading comments on this site, coz even CR7 or Messi might not be worrying for their selections as I, Brad, Cloud & now a days Mardon also are worried of…..

    But still lot lot of love from Don to all the people who have stressed their fingers on key boards in order to prove their favorites, i can only say take care of you and may god bless us all.

    Hey but that doesn’t means its a white flag btwn, coz winner is only & only Messi, remember that for sure……. HO HO HO HO HO HO!!!

  • russ ru

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    my good friends don cloud and brad! Long time old chums. Without doubt messi is the best offensive player without doubt. Ronaldo did win a trophy but if truth be told i’m more convinced that iker cassilas deserves this award as e days go by. As captain of both spain and madrid i believe he has been instrumental to both in their pursuit of silverware. Back to back euros and a world cup sandwiched in between! Messi and ronaldo can duel next time. Give this year’s award to a true legend Cassilas

  • Brad

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    Well, here I have nothing else to say. The matter’s been closed, Iniesta won it if I remember right. Anything after this is worthless “what if?” scenarios if I do remember right.

  • Juned

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    I think cr7 deserves it…..
    For sure
    His performance is really very Gud

  • messi should win he was better. he does everything better than not just ronaldo but everyone else.

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    messi should win he was better. he does everything

  • Saint j

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    Cristiano Ronaldo is d better player, come 2 tink of it, messi hav xavi nd iniesta playin wit him in d same club dis ar d best mid-fider’s in d world. If Ronaldo hav does dude wit him in madrid he wil score 100 goals in a single season. messi can nt do without xavi nd iniesta

  • washed

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    only messi should & must win ballon d or for the sake of football wwell being

  • Umar Najim

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    First of all, i will start frm records. In d history of football CR7 was d ONLY player to score against each team in a league, he help his club (madrid) to set a record of goals, he help his club to won d league with 100 points dat no club has done b4, he went to euro and droped in semi. About assist as a player both of them has two legs (CR7 & messi) but one leg of messi is iniesta and the other one is xavi without them he IS nothing or can HE go to any club and succed the way he is doing at barca. Unlike ronaldo dat used tO shoot frm any angle and he belive on his own dat IS why he liv man u for real madrid. Finally ladies and gentle men, in the history of football nobody have won world best footballer of the year without winning your league or champions league. Am 100% sure that RONALDO WILL WIN THE AWARD, BCOS HE IS THE god OF SOCCER. HALLA MADRID (07068483628)

  • Marius

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    Messi didn’t score a single goal in both the last world cup and copa america, and in the latter he was up against the might of Bolivia and Mexico’s u23 b team, this award is a popularity contest for strikers, the fact that Messi has more awards in his career than someone like Baresi or Cafu, is probably the reason why sooner or later football will be a sport played in an handful of countries (and mostly with a ball in your hands and shoulder pads).

  • Brad

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    A little subjective towards the end there, Umar, but very good facts to prove your point.

    For the sake of football’s well being, one player can’t win it every year.

  • Lesley Ruzvidzo

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    i think LIONel messi should be the one to grace it no one lyk messi

  • big joe

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    Lionel messi deserve the ballon d’or because he is fantastic.

  • big joe

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    barcelona coach should be worn to not to come and spoiled the grate team Pep Guadiola builded before he left with the wrong sellections he has been doing.

  • Deven

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    Messi deserves it.

  • Luis

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    Fuck Messi. Ronaldo is better and will always be better. This article says it all. Messi fantastic? Only with Barcelona because with Argentina his crap. Don’t let tv shows fool.

  • Kaling pertin

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    Messi wil win it again

  • Badhon

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    Of course Messi. Aftar watching what he has done in previous games, it must be Messi. Even the phenomenon Ronaldo has praised him. Messi’s performance shows everything. He can score goals, make other score, he can change the games condition. Aftar watchin his international performance, nobody can say him crap. He is still improving day by day. So he deserves ballon d’or.

  • sudharma

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    CR 7 WILL SURELY WIN

  • Pure24

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    I think Messi is absolutely magnificent. To be honest, I prefer Ronaldo anyway. But true brilliance must be appreciated. Messi is loads of quality better than Ronaldo in certain, not ALL, areas. And overall Messi has my vote for the best player of his decade, generation even. Ever? That’s pushing it!!!
    But, and please before you argue take time to consider this, Messi is not so much better than Ronaldo – for example given the option between two Ronaldo’s and one Messi, no honest person would choose Messi. Two Ronaldo’s would totally destroy Messi! My point is, Messi is not so far better than Ronaldo to be twice the player Ronaldo is. And he is human. He is not perfect, nobody is. And before you slit my throat, Ballon d’Or is not about who is better, its about who deserves to be the player of the year. Ronaldo is way better in terms of raw skill… Messi just has a better way of refining and displaying it on the field.
    Messi fans have to take a step back and judge impartially. They thought Messi PERFORMED better when Ronaldo scored more goals than Messi, broke the La Liga single season goals record, and the fastest one hundred goals in a single season record, and they still think he has performed better now. They think Messi has PERFORMED better than Pele ever did.
    Think outside the box, and then you’ll realize that Messi is great, a legend. But not as good as you think

  • Brad

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    Certainly not level with, or better than, Pele.

  • Prince pikhel

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    Ronaldo deservs to win ballon d’or..He is magical player & has maximum numbers of fans..I don’t think messi deserves ballon d’or….Ronaldo made great victories in Euro 2012 also..so ronaldo is great than Messi..

  • Pure24

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    Just to correct (ever noticed how people love to work on the mistakes of others): I meant …record, and the fastest one hundred goals in the entire La Liga history.
    At Brad, I cannot even begin to imagine how Messi is even eight kilometers (or is it five miles? Depends on where you stay) close to Pele… And some people say he is better!

  • Abraham C. Kandakai

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    messi is all a fans need to celebrate not about just the goal he score ok. it about how he go about managing his performance in the game, the love of soccer is to accept what the game is to offer not about you winner it all. if you have watch the europe 2012 award you will see it all. the game is not only on the pitch. ronaldo should learn to be graetful of others. good things comes slowly ok .he a great player but selfish.

  • san

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    inesta….will win 100’%

  • san

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    i think inesta wii win,,,,

  • Aisanho rex

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    messi is fantastic, but has not don’t enough this season as compared to to Ronaldo. Ronaldo should be given this trophy he deserves it. no politics should be involved.

  • Tebrick

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    Ronaldo deserves it,messi is not worth for the award this year…if messi is given the award then i’ll know that there was cheating

  • Dobrev

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    Nor Ronaldo or Messi win Ballon d’Or because of what they do on the pitch… Surely it has some effect, but it’s mainly because of their names.. Messi is Messi and Ronaldo is Ronaldo… Someone just thinks that they must be nominated every year, or the award won’t have any “prestige”. In terms of skills and what they’ve done on the pitch, this year’s and next year’s winner should be Radamel Falcao, for he’s done so much for Atletico with his tallent. But I’m sure he’ll never win it unless either Ronaldo or Messi retires… And I don’t think it’ll happen soon… Though Ronaldo will soon be thirty and it shows up a bit.

  • Pure24

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    Hmmm… You know, I’ve never thought of it that way Dobrev. We’ve all got our favorites; and we’ve all got our reasons for the player we side with, but Ballon d’Or does not mean ‘Messi or Ronaldo’! Or personal feelings stop us from really seeing the light in others – and from being honest enough to realize and be persuaded. Indeed, there are exceptional performances from other players – from the goal stoppers to the pure poachers

  • ampong

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    l think messi is the best ever playe in this planet and he deserv every thing in foot ball

  • ndeh rene

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    i think messi is going to win again, he is still to good for ronaldo

  • faruk hasan

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    Messi will win Balon d’or again….and for the 04 times…

  • Hamson D Madridista

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    Well, messi is a great player, but CR7 did a great job this with winning La liga, spanish supercup scoring winning goals 4 Real, This time RONALDO deserve BALLON D’OR

  • indra r

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    Messi still the best for this planet

  • Tayo Jay

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    It’s very funny sometimes how humans think!

    Messi is definitely not as great as Pele, but I think he has an edge over C. Ronaldo. As I have said before, CR7 may have won La Liga, but Messi was a better goalscorer in all competitions, won more official trophies and broke more important records in the 2011/12 season. Having said that, I think Iniesta may settle this unending dispute for the time being!
    If Iniesta is shortlisted in the final three and goes on to win it, then the Messi-CR7 rivalry may be resolved at least for now. Each would not be happy if the other wins it; Iniesta should and justifiably so!

  • Tejas

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    Ronaldo helped Madrid with the title agreed . But if it was not 4 messing , Baca could have lost by 20-30 pts to Madrid. Besides that 73 goals takes some doing. 5 goals in a match , just brilliant. Messi should win the player of the year

  • EDI-MIKE

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    Good &fine..when talkñ abt c-boy &LEO messi 4dis year’s ballon d’or. bt if its judged by individual statistics per season den Leo-messi dservs it (77goals,joint highest goal scorer in ucL with 14 goals,5goals in a single uefa match&14 hatrick in a single season).if by UEFA competition xavi Henandez dservs it folowing his record breakñ pass in d euro ‘012 & 4 wining d trophy.if by wining league,den evry good player dat won His league deservs it not only cr-7.

  • Brad

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    You’re right Tejas, but the problem is this: Where’s the silverware? Messi only helped Barca get the Supercoppa. They didn’t win the CL, or the La Liga.

  • NATHANIEL SAMSON

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    I’M SURE LIONEL MESSI REALLY DESERVE THE BALLOON D

  • NATHANIEL SAMSON

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    BECAUSE MESSI IS A FANASTIC PLAYER

  • chris white

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    Ronlado should win it not bcs messi won three times already, but bcs CR7 deserves it. Played better thank messi, last leason beten him in allmost every meeting – last and this season. Let truth be told.

  • chris white

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    could there be a football match btwn R madrid and Baca. Let messi play for madrid and CR 7 for Baca, lets see who is better under every circumstance.

  • Eesuola Babatunde Adeoluwa

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    Ronaldo deserves Ballon ‘d

  • cloud

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    @ chris white; we are seeing that scenario already; with Ronaldo on Portugal and Messi on Argentina.

  • Brad

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    It would be close, too close to call, really. I’m not going to even bother predicting the outcome. I was surprised this past season as I predicted Barca (and Messi) would win against Madrid (and Ronaldo). In a case of Argentina vs. Portugal, the only surprise would be if the final score is 0-0.

  • emeka

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    guess what guys: cr7 doesnt even get short-listed in d final 3. it’s leo, iniesta & iker period. with cr7 coming a close 4th. leo, cos of his individual brilliance, equalling & breaking of age-old records in the season under consideration. his(&iniesta’s) loss of d liga to cr7&iker’s real, is off-set by d winning of d copa del rey; supercopa d’espania & europe; d club world cup; & a superior head-2-head against iker & cr7’s real. cr7 only comes 4th cos of his individual skills. any cr7 claims to d award cos of la liga win is crass cos d argument can be made that d liga bbva is not as strong as say d epl in terms of spread of strength in d top tier; else top players in each club that won d league in each of d top leagues can also lay claim to d balon d’or. UCL affords us a platform 2 compare across leagues. here, cr7,leo,iniesta&iker finished at d same level but leo had an edge having scored d highest goals with his team playing beautifully(we must always honour beautiful attacking football over negative, defense-minded football when it comes to awards of this nature & that’s why d UCL winner, chelsea goes off d radar. bayern is reckoned with but there was no really outstanding player, comparatively). in d euros, iniesta & iker’s spain beat cr7 hands down. infact cr7’s portugal qualified thru d back down even if they finally got to the semi’s. messi’s albiceleste still top d 2014 qualifying group. In the final analysis,for me really, the choice is between iniesta & leo but ill say it’s leo 1st, iniesta then iker. daring to put iker before cr7 &/or pushing 4 a salary raise has led to the cr7 nebulous sadness. why tell us you’re sad if you won’t tell us why. soccernews, please pay me for this analysis else i’ll let it be known that i’m sad even writing this!!!

  • Pure24

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    At Tayo Jay, I also think Messi has the edge over CR7, bt which ‘more official trophies’ did Messi win over CR7 in the 2011/2012 season?
    @Emeka… Th@s rily putting personal opinion over the actual happenings. Honestly, I wud rather Casillas wins it, bt do not just ignore CR7’s outstanding performances last, AND this, season

  • ameh

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    Messi or Ronaldo are all good players but if i were to give the award or ballon d, i will allow messi to change club to determine if he can really perform well because i have seen Ronaldo moving to about 3 clubs and he is performing very well or adapt easily.

  • Anu

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    Messi deserves it…
    He was the top scorer in La Liga(50), UCL for the 4th consecutive year(14), and Europe(73)….
    And All of them are current records….
    How could we demand more from a player…
    moreover this award is for a player, not for team, so consider performance first…..

  • Brad

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    Need silverware to back the record breaking up. Otherwise, the challenge for the award is not bulletproof. The records only make it robust, and the Supercoppa only more so. Get La Liga/CL/both, then it’s bulletproof.

  • success mhoswa

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    ronaldo deserve to win this time cr7 is better than messi

  • andy vans

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    i think messi is the best player the world has ever had. So he deserves it again

  • ssebuliba paddy

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    To me i think and am so sure that christiano Ronaldo had a better season compared to messi ang Iniesta.Ronaldo single handedly led madrid to la liga victory last season and he scored the most crucial goals which most of us saw.To me Ronaldo deserves it.

  • sumit sunar

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    i am sure that ronaldo or fernando torres will win.

  • sumit sunar

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    torres,ronaldo

  • rajin

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    ronaldo every clasico he has to fall just to get a free kick but he still cant get that right messi should win it again because u cant compare him to messi.messi is the best ever way beter then that black cake pele ronaldo can compare himself to flcao or xavi end of story.

  • Aklilu

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    ronaldo is better than messi so the Ballondor is belonges to Ronaldo

  • AKLILU

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    RONALDO IS BETTER THAN MESSI . SO BOLLANDOR IS BELONG-ES TO THE RIGHT PERSON RONALDO.THANKS

  • pure24

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    At Rajin, th@ was such a racist comment!!! I’m so offended… Need I remind u th@ Ronaldo is the only player to have scored in six successive El Clasico’s – and none of them were free kicks!
    And anyway, so w@ if Pele is black? Hope you die of cancer!

  • ebenezer

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    leo messi desreve it at all cost. NO MESSI NO BALLON D’OR!!!!!!

  • pee

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    are u prople campainin for ronaldo or wat ………messi all de way

  • peter

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    ronaldo deserves it… he achievd alot wit madrid combined wit his effort wit portugal in europe 2012… he won laliga n scored 66 goals last season.. Wat more do u want?

  • villa

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    ronaldo should win ballon’dor dis year…….!!!!to b honest messi z nthng expct barcelona….he may hero in barca bt excpt barca tell me guys wat hd been he achieved yet…..i agree he’s got many silverwre in barca…..oviously y dnt others acheive 2 for a while he ve been plyng in same team mre den 15yrs….its so easy ply wid lads hus plyng wid ther childhood time…..luk cr7 he’s a truely unbelievle his entry z wz awesme in laliga even though he might changes d club bt his passion futbal waz nt change he scores mre goal den lionel messi……n he adapt very quickly to spanish plyng stlye….suppose cr7 hv been plyng fo madrid since he wz child…like messi…..ohh for god shake”none can comparable 2 cr7……..he z juz complete plyer……!!messi z just a crap…ass hole!!

  • leo

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    yes he shld hv wn this year….rm’talisman cr7 he is undoubtly mch much bettr den leo……i agree villa u hd a very gud point messi was plyng barca at the age of 8 or 9 compare 2 entry of cr7 ix madrid unbelievble truely unbelievble….in a vry sort of time in madrid…he blast evry1…….

  • Jack

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    Ballon d’Or goes to the best player, not team, yes Madrid won La Liga, but it was a team work, Messi did the best season ever, in history, that’s a fact, better than Pele or Maradona ever played, best scorer in La Liga and Champions League, second place in assists won by Ozil. 4 Years in Real, CR won only 1 Liga, 1 cup and 1 Supercup, and 1 golden shoe and Messi won 16 prizes. Ronaldo is great player, but is not Real best ever, Messi is the one to become the best ever of the world. Legend.

  • Jack

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    Just look this way, all Argentina votes for Messi, and half Portugal too, just go to Portuguese football forums and see the battle between Portuguese’s about who is the best, i vote for Messi, is more complete, is the only one to score a goal even with hands, Ronaldo is not capable of make a run against a whole team like Maradona, Messi did it. if you take hes super strong kick, Ronaldo is a Di Maria.

  • pure24

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    People, CR7 keeps showing remarkable performances in Spain – I knw El Clasicos dnt prove who’s worthy, but six consecutive El Clasicos? Never before…
    Also, contributing to a team’s premier league success, leading Portugal to third on the world rankings. Even Messi hasn’t done the things Ronaldo showed. Sure, five goals in ONE GAME, leading the La Liga top goal scorer sheet by FOUR GOALS – with nothing to show 4… Does that really min u deserve to be player of the YEAR?

  • pure24

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    @Jack Contribution towards team success is one of the criteria for world player of the year… Means your performance actually did something.
    Scored a goal with his hands? so he deserves to win Ballon d’Or…
    And in which universe did Messi make a run against a WHOLE team?

  • Luemer Nnah

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    Fifa shud stop playing games wit ballon d’or, wat is so special about messi, it has bin luck all d way. Remove barca watelse is left 4 Messi. Why qualify him even to win it last 2Years.

  • Timothy

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    Messi deserves it all……some people say messi should try another team and see but the fact remains that u cant be in d best team and opt for a lower team.Barca is rated one of the best team becos it has d best players such as messi.Messi is a calm,tactical team player and i cant resist his style play.He’s a sensational team player……He deserves it the fourth time.CR7 is good but messi is my best!

  • abu audu

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    messi deserve it bcs play soccer and that is what they call sport manship messi is not talking on pich when u
    hite him but cr7 when u come to pumpos u will see cr7 dear so i am a marid fans i says the true messi deserve it pls .great player in world messi

  • michael heaven

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    christaiano ronaldo is far better than messi. he deserves to win this years balon do’r. it’s obvious and there shouldn’t be any argument about this. cr7 is the best player in the world.

  • mohamed kallon

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    messi is better than the past players and the present players.even cr knows that messi is better than him,is either messi wins ballon’or or i will never watch football again.ronaldo your time is over so go take care of your kids,fuck u ronaldo and madrid as a team.messi just play the best u can cause u are the man born to be the greatest of all time.

  • Ahmed

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    @ leo, have ever seen a legend without world cup? Is like u are a baby in the world of football

  • kakashi

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    same old driblng 4rm messi…new2 tricks n skills 4rm ronaldo….!!wow just luvd it.

  • Dearboy

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    Robot V/S Phenomenal.
    Ronaldo is equal to ego and he will only be backed by such fools like Morinho. Madrid is not playing well now, both the manager and the protege are not happy, Morinho shows that he apple polishes a stupid self centered egoist like Ronaldo, anyone who scores for Madrid. We see a normal celebration, sometimes not even the emotion, Ronaldo scores the guy has to buy a new suit. To me Messi is the best and if he does not win it is because he lacks the arrogance of CR7. Morihno should consult Ronaldo’ Portugal teammates to find out how popular he is in Portugal.
    I rest my case

  • ANGELO

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    CR7 IS THE BEST ALL ROUND FOOTBALLER WITH MAN U WITH REAL MADRID WITH THE NATIONAL TEAM. MESSI PLAYS WELL WITH BARCA THATS ABOUT.IT ? CR7 THE BEST WITH BALOON DOR OR WITHOUT IT,.

  • kakashi

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    hey….@Dearboy” r u illitrate…huh?..first of ol u shld ve 2 learn eglsh……..dnt mind k… i dnt undrstnd wat ve u writtn hee…hee!!…afta den u may join d arguemnts…poor boy”

  • leo

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    yes…..@ahmed i ve seen many legends hu were nt able 2 win wrld cup….1)zinedane zidane2)raul gonjalez3)luis figo….!!k so did leo meSSi win d wc?….@ahmed…atleast cr7 led der team 2 semifinal in euro12….!!messi z just a crap..his goals machine wz activate wen he z in barca….excpt barca he z useless…got it….

  • leo

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    cr7 deserve it..

  • Brad

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    Looks like Don has taken on a new name. ^^^^

    Disgraceful.

  • saran

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    messi is phenomenal in terms of individual footballer as well as team mate.

  • Denen

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    He set a new world record of scoring over 70 goals in a single season. He set another world record for scoring 15 goals in UEFA Champions league. Messi, Messi, Messi.. he deserves it.

  • Samuel

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    Leo is the best,he is creative,he can dribble,he scores,nw added a new technics of freekicks..,c7 is jst support by d best coach.

  • Kenyir

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    Barcelona was there even without messi… But ronaldo made the difference with madrid,last season… I don’t know who’s the best? Still i consider ronaldo should win the award, this time. Not because he deserves it,instead he earned it. Although both are record-breaker, individually. Last season ronaldo broke record by scoring highest number goals in Laliga, but this year messi breaks ronaldo’s record. Who knows?? ronaldo might break messi’s,this season.

  • Manzo

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    Yes,there is a rumour messi is best in the world. I say, only in Barcelona…there also he needs dry cell (xavi and iniesta). It’s really sad he plays for argentina.

  • Heskey

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    I don’t know why everbody in Barcelona selling brand ‘messi’. Just look at ronaldo he’s fighting the battle all along all these years.
    I guess ballon d’or is about playing well and making the difference in football,however not in who sells himself or someone how well.
    Messi and Barcelona ought to prove they played well.

  • leo messi

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    the only reason for ronaldo winning the ballon d’or is “ronaldo won la liga” when madrid won la liga not ronaldo. This means that the best player from the most successful team which was didier drogba. But messi has to win it!!

  • Brad

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    Breaking records are nice, leo messi, but if you’re gonna do it, make sure you help your team get silverware while you do it. Otherwise it’s just another little tidbit that’s nice to know about.

  • M&M

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    If you compare BARCA and RM as a whole, rating the players for both team you could probably say RM will come on TOP. BUt which team plays the BEST you have to give it to BARCA. Balon D oro is individuality accomplishment. Not only for the team you’re playing, but overall. I personally believe Messi is probably going to win again. He has broken records and probably will continue to break more records by the time they announce the winner.

  • raskelly prince.

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    hei who told u ronalo is arrogant?it is b’coz of his freshness,he is older than messi but still fresh and dat is de reason why u say he is arrogant but he be fresh guy and he deserves this year’s ballon dor for so many reasons and after all,he is better dan messi .NO RONALDO,NO FOOTBALL,CR7 ALL THE WAY.

  • Dread

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    the self proclaimed special one is a dreamer. Messi is a team footballer in a league better than the selfish speed merchant cristiano. cristiano might get it when the Magical Leo is retired. his award should be that of a cry baby as he is always on the turf complaining when dispossessed of the ball. you will cry again cause its Leo’s.

  • husky

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    Leo shud b da best playa,cos he has broken so many records lyk being the1st player to score 5 goals in champions league and that,CR7 wuld never be able to do.

  • Brad

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    ^#Yet another arrogant Messi fan# smh

    Ronaldo has stopped flopping considerably, you’ll notice.

  • Tari

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    I c no reason y d name of ronaldo shuld b mentiond. All diz stupid fans of arrogant ronaldo and sentimental coach like mourinho, i tell u, u knw notin cos ronaldo has playd notin. Messi all d way.

  • Tari

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    I always read abt dat if messi wants 2 b a legend or d best dat he shuld win world cup witt his country and not 2 b d best in barca. I want 2 ask wat has ronaldo carried wit portugal. Beside wat careless xcuse dat he took is country 2 seminal of europe, is dat an xcuse y he shuld win d balon d’or shame 2 u all ronaldo. Messi we all gat ur back u deserve it.

  • norman

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    the fact is, Every year in the best competition in europe, there is so many ggod player won the league title but they’r not won ballon d’ or. ronaldo won la liga title wth RM, the only reason for him to winning ballon D’or….. but who like messi . He set a new world record of scoring over 70 goals in a single season. and almost broke pele’s goal record, broke uefa CL goal record. and many more record… not every year or every ten or fifty year periode or more… the football player might set like messi does… messi is the football history…. in he did last year… he must win ballon D’or…

  • Luz SyChalwe

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    Lets swap these two players, Messi to Madrid and Ronaldo to Barcelona, then you’ll have your answers. Ronaldo is a complete player and can fit in any team. He really fights for the ball I watch him make those tedious runs for the ball, of which Xavi and Iniesta just know where to set the ball and Messi will come walking. But in the end both are great players but I like how Ronaldo as staid from the time of Ronaldinho, Kaka, and Messi… To put an end to this lets give it to Iker Casillas

  • TTL(oyekunle wasiu oluwasanjo)

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    If we want to determine who deserve this year Barlon D OR btw messi and ronaldo . this is a clear something that messi deserves it.base on the tittle, messi won more than ronaldo. ronaldon won just laliga while messi won 2(world clud cup and kings cup).base on personal achievement, nothing to discuss on this because messi won everything. highest goal scorer in laliga, champion’s league as well as all time highest goal scorer.MY PEOPLE LET US SAY THE REALITY BY GIVEN THE HONOR TO WHOM DESERVE IT.MESSI IS THE BEST AND EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS EXCEPT OF……………..

  • >Derst Deam

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    People that have eyes knows the bst, cr7 is a good player not best play. Messi have all the qualities to win wold best 20 times bcos he is the best

  • >Derst Deam

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    CR7 is a good player not best player u people have to understand that, Messi is the best ever he deservs wold best even 100% more than CR7. people that have eyes knows the best is only the blind ones sees CR7 as thier best player

  • doga

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    messi should win the award

  • cloud

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    .. messi is the best, ronaldo is the best, could you one liner people give at least the reason to why you say so ??

    .. i came back to this discussion coz i read an article:: https://www.soccernews.com/messi-rules-out-move-to-france/105906/

    .. messi said this “””” “Paris Saint-Germain’s project tempting? No, no! I have the best team-mates in the world at Barcelona. We fight for trophies every season,” Messi was quoted as saying by France Football. “””””

    .. he is afraid to leave Barca coz he knows that he can’t do well without his team-mates Xavi and Andres. he is a sissy boy.

    .. compare that to Ronaldo, even if he was the Gem of United, he still wanted to leave and joined Madrid coz he is confident of his own ability that no matter who his team-mates are, he can still make a difference. And we all see how good he’s doing now with Madrid.

  • Mardon

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    Cloud, that’s solely your interpretation. Now here is mine: Messi thinks PSG is a team envisaged by the temporary hobbies of big pockets and lacking the so-called club philosophy and history. Only players solely motivated by financial interests would accept their offers. I would be hardly surprised if your icon joined them sometime soon. You would call this ” he is after challenge while to me he has always been after money and attention”

    Barca is the best team in the world now and is bound to be one in years to come with their unmatched youth school and unique football phiosophy. Only a fool or someone greedy would leave them for some fledgling PSG.

  • Lawson D Law

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    Messi is more dan CR.

  • cloud

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    .. welcome back too mardon. Well, i didn’t say that Messi will go to PSG. My whole point is Messi leaving Barca altogether, a different set of team-mates and let’s see if he can adjust that well like Ronaldo did at Real.

    .. as for Ronaldo going for the money – if he wants the money he would have been in russian team Anzhi right now with 30 euros a year, but he didn’t go there now did he ??

    .. as for Ronaldo wanting attention ?? He doesn’t need to do anything fancy to get attention, he is even trying to shield himself from all the press and take the attention off him so that he can have a normal life.

  • cloud

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    .. sorry for the error, i forgot to put the word MILLION after the 30. 30 million euros.

  • transfer haberleri

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    messi is better than ronaldo and he deserved that !

  • Hjitkk

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    Cloud, U point is so good n i think CR7 deserves the ballon d’or award. and without barca leo messi is USELESS.

  • jangchup

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    i think christiano ronaldo should get the balloo.de. award because in most of the competition his playing skills and how to play the football and not only play for football but also he make all the people who see the match more attractive and people are more like to see the football and also for roanldo…..he also makes the remarkable goals in the champions league and laliga…..

  • Hjitkk

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    CR7 is a game changer, and he can adapt in any team in this world, bt Leo Messi don’t want 2 leave Barca. coz he knows dat after leaving 4m Barca his carreer will be finished. So, think who is better between CR7 n messi.
    CR7 is the right person to get this BALLON D’OR AWARD 12.

  • Footpath

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    Everybody should know that Leo Messi is a number 1 player in football world.In his long carrier he gets various kinds of award.ballon d’or one of them that, he got last three times.this season Leo messi playing his best of his Carrier.He getting goal in club and country every match.And a HOT news that Leo messi going to breaking Brazilian star pele’s record “max goals 75 in one season”.So Ballon D’or, thats 1ly for Leo Messi………

  • ISRAEL

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    LION DE MESSI, should win this year’s Ballon d’O award. he deserve it. he is a complete player,not selfish, not full of pride,he is entertaining and magical with the ball.

  • norman

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    remember…..not every single year or ten years or fifty-years and more periode a big name player in history could set many new record like messi did last year.

  • nurul

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    i dont believe in Morinho because last yaer he said CR7 was hieght scorer .. so he sould get it…… but now he saya that cr7 won la liga so he should get it .. ha ha ha ha ha fuck him……. man city., juventus,, dotmundo also won their title.. there coachs dont claim balon d or….. chelsea won UCL… but D Motteo does not claim it for Drogba…..

  • john dias

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    lionel Messi should win the ballon D O award he is complete player than ronaldo

  • lionel messi

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    i deserve to win it

  • F.joshua Joe

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    Messi will set the greatest records in football history, because he will win the ballon D O award 12. If U ask CR7 now he will tell U that this award belong to PAPA MESSI

  • Taplus

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    Messi is d best player to win d ballor d

  • Isah

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    I say Ronaldo because he is a player that can play in any club in the world not like messi that can not play any club after barca but he is a player

  • Gift shimishi

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    I give my vote 2 leo mess bcoz he deserve it 4 da fourth time.mess dose not need cr7 shots to compete.leo is talented but cr7 need hard trianing to reach leo level

  • Pema Dorjee

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    Messi should win this years ballon d’or coz he is a great player given by God..In every matches he used to score a goal for his country and club..he is super…..God Bless Messi..i like him so much…….

  • chuks

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    LONG LIVE KING MESSI

  • DAVID

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    Cristiano Ronaldo is my man. i think he should win cos he has been imprssive through out this season

  • Champional

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    Ronaldo should get it, because he is competing with a magician and the fight is indeed competitive and above all one can learn winning technics from him

  • Chebbi

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    Cr7 never makes any diffrnce in the game.he allways try to score only.he never passes in dpost.becoz he never wanna others to score. but evryone know that messi allways comes with dffrnt game.and also scores and assists.then thr will be no justice if cr7 gets ballo…
    Cr7 only know to make fancy dribbles…
    If u r a true fan of football u just watch messis videos in youtube.
    We cant compare messi to anyone.
    I dnt know why c.ronaldo is now 2nd.iniesta plays better than cr7.
    Benzema plays better than cr7.
    If benzema gets 90 min on the pitch like cr7 he wil score more thn him.

  • Baraka msombai ssack

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    We know that Messi is a best prayer than cr7,so messi will win Ballon d’or.i would like 2 inform everyone that MESSI will win the Fifa Ballon d’or.

  • Eazyboyy

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    Am a Madrid die hard fan. No matter the hatred most of u have for us,it’s Madrid forever. Putting sentiment aside CR7 is a player whom shoulders almost all the club responsibilities but in terms of play making,I will go for Messi. I think he (Messi) deserve the top prize too.

  • Eromosele

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    All hail king of football leo messi. He deserve it & he is going to win it the 4th time in a row.

  • Kanjibai##teamcristiano

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    I think CR7 deserves this year Ballon d’Or because he had a fantastic season, winning one of the best league title in the World but also steering his national team in Euro 2012 and YES to me he is a complete football player i.e he can shoot with both legs, dribbling skills and for the record he is one of the fastest player in the pitch.

  • Best in the world

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    Messi,falcao,iniesta.all of them suck give it to CR7
    CR7 is the best player in the world and sho get the B D Or

  • David Esienhover

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    I think Messi should win and he will win no doubt guys…

  • sam

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    Leo Messi iz merciles when comes 2 footbal, cr7 should be busy taking some notes frm Messi fo him 2 be è future winner not this time. Mourinho wishes 2 be Leo’s coach thats why he iz jelous. I vote fo Messi

  • 2sine

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    Messi and Ronaldo are very very talented but one of have to pick it up and I as a person is giving it out to Lionel Messi

  • denao

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    i had chebbi….. i dn’t kow wat he say in his coment
    i think he dn’t knw how to chose gut player …i want to say he is mad guys….
    n i suport cr7 ronldo

  • Arrey Raph

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    i think both players are heavenly gifted however, i really likes ronaldo’s football skills just like ronaldinho, ronaldo makes football more lively. i strongly be leaf ronaldo should get it this time.

  • ikechukwu iwuchukwu

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    messi is the best.messi win

  • EL EUGENE LUTANGU

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    MESSI SHULD RETAIN HIS TITLE BECAUSE OF THE GOALS HE SCORED AND THE BALLO ITSELF ITS AN INDIVIDUAL PRICE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL GOALS.THEY LOST THE LEAGUE BUT HE WON THE MOST GOALZ.PEOPLE THIS IS A STRIKER TROPHY NOT A TEAM TROPHY.HALLAH

  • Amaka

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    THE MESSILESS ONE DESERVES IT….MOU WILL ALWAYS BE A BAAAAAAAAD LOOSER

  • caron

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    Cr7 is THEEEEEEEEEE KING OF TH WORLD NOT THE OTHER ONE FAKE…CR7 IS A COMPLETE PLAYER THE OTHER CANNOT PLAY ON HIS OWN.IF CR7 DOESNT GET THEN THE WORLD BOYCOTT RM AND NOT WATCH IT SOMETHING IS VERY WRONG .THE OTHER …..IS NOT FOR REAL

  • caron

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    The other one is fake and not very inteligent ugly and not a complete player. Cr7 is THE ABSOLUTE PLAYER THERE IS NO ONE ELSE WHO CAN PLAY THE WAY HE DOES. Cr7 is THE KING OF EUROPE. NO one in this world likes him accept the press who are being paid by barca to make the midget look good. Have you people noticed how the press never ever say anything negative about him!!!!!!! It is very evil they will pick on Cr7 for everything he does right or wrong they twist it just to make the world gainst him. Well, they havent succeded yet because the world still love him and prefer him to the other.Th midget is not for real

  • caron

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    The midget is a loser and gay

  • caron

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    God made THE KING OF THE WORLD IN SOCCER SIR CRISTIANO RONALDO TO SHOW THE MIDGET HOW IT IS DONE HOW TO PLAY AND HOW TO BE HONEST AND TO BE A DIRTY PLAYER FAKE AND CANNOT PLAY ON HIS OWN NEEDS HELP FROM THE OTHERS NOT FAIR FOR THE OTHER PLAYERS THAT HE PLAYS WITH.

  • nell nelson

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    i believe cr7 has some unique characteristics ahead of leo,ie shot,use of both foot,aeria,long range strike,individual stylish skills.with this,i think cr7 must win the balon dor

  • jemigbeyifestus

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    Messiless messi is head of d house why cr7 is tail of house ok ,messi is d owner of d award cr7 ur pride wil nt take u 2 anywhere

  • jemigbeyifestus

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    Real madrid board im using dis oportunity 2 inform jose mou dat cr7 kill 60% game of real madrid , if d oportunit givin 2 cr7 is givin 2 benzema i bet u benzema wil perform beter.

  • babs beejay

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    Every body know that CR7 is the only player that can play in any club in the world so in this case CHRISTIANO RONALDO deserve it than any player in the world is a multipulpose player it can play any wing on the field.RONALDO 100% loaded

  • Coco master

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    Anyone can deserve it,like Mata & Torres(uefa,fa,euro,world cup)Iker cassilas,Xabi Alonso(world cup,euro,la liga),Iniesta&Xavi(world cup,euro,copa del lay),Didier Drogba(Afcon,Uefa,fa)Neymar(top scorer,brazilian league),Cristiano Ronaldo(La liga) but Lionel Messi has broken the football records that weren’t thank that there is someone who can do the same,to break a Pele record who is among the two fathers of football your honour must be more the ballon d’or!all deserves but Messi is the best of the best football player in the World!

  • lumuna mbwambu

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    i think messi shold take it nt just because i don’t like ronaldo messi has broken countless records won more laliga cups than any player in madrid although last season he did not make it and the team came second place,i think messi is good in everything dribbling,he got speed,he shares the ball,listens to the coach and he is a team player but ronaldo tries stuipd things and stiupd ways to score goals and ends up complaning about injuries and he is always faking messi is a very strong player he can paly all 39 matches without the banch and plays to his fullest and messi with pep are unstopable

  • sallu

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    obviously messi…. all others are hell pussys worth….

  • nsajigwa mwasokwa

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    Christiano is a good player out of talent and hard work, Messi is a product of Pure genius…
    Had there been no Messi around, christiano should have won, just like had there been no Ronardinho that year, Tiery Henry should have won…

  • clinsman

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    christiano is gud bt messi is best eve in history of football and if u ask me i will said dat messi is d world best play of d year.. is obvious dat messi is d best………………….

  • magai jessy

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    well a lot has been said,everybody is entitled to his opinion, but lets rather keep sentiment aside and call a spade a spade, cr7 is a talented and a very good player but messi is the best, for now he simply has no equal.anything short of this is a manoeuvre and an unscrupulous attempt to deny the poor child(messi) of his hard earned glory.

  • Poth Madit

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    Leo Messi is a different class from anyone at the moment. He makes and scores goals weak-in weak-out and this is what makes a player gr8. He should comfortable win it.

  • Abdul Shakur Abubakar

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    Some people are saying that leo is incomplete becoz he cant use his head, is that true? They are saying this becoz he will win the ballon D’or

  • enjamam cu

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    None but L.Messi

  • enjamam cu

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    Messi

  • Elizabeth M

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    Have never seen a player like Messi,he is the greatest of all time,he is the winner

  • Brad

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    All time? That’s bull, you took it too far Elizabeth M.

    For starters, how many World Cup winner’s medals does Messi have?

    I know for a fact the true, all time greatest: PELE, has 3 medals.

  • charles

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    all madrid fans were went you when they gave messi the best player in the league despite he did not win the tittle

  • ozbertinho yakuza

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    iniesta beat these two guys as best player in europe but what is this nonsense that ronaldo or messi are the best?

  • Erick Edger

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    GO LEO GO EVEN PELE IF PELE HATES U COZ OF UR RECORD BREAKING. GO LEO GO

  • Erick Edger

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    On my perspective LEO is going to be the winner of the FOURTH year consecutive of the BALLON D’OR he shows his efforts on assisting the team as well as scoring important goal. He ca be judged while he has his fourth prices on his way PROUD TO HAVE SUCH KIND OF PLAYER IN THIS CONTEMPORARY WORLD

  • me

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    Morinho said ronaldo’s goals won the league so he deserve the ballon dor? What about drogba’s goals that won the UCL, aguero’s goals that won the EPL. And so on… Its so sad for a good coach to analyze football as mourihno did. This shows that he doesn’t understand football analysis. The simple truth is that messi or iniesta desere the award.

  • philip john

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    Even a blind man knows that Lionel Messi is well ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo in the race for the Ballon d’or sentiment apart. At the moment, messi is the best footballer around.

  • jerry

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    obviously ronaldo. since his move to spain he has been a complete team player. yes he struggled a lot from the start of his career in spain. but his performance last season was owesome beyond compare as he finally silenced over 90,000 fans inside the camp nou with his goal that helped to beat barcelona 2-1 and finally win the la liga after 4 years for real madrid.

  • jerry

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    ronaldo is truly the best. what else does the world want to see do. he has survived playing in 3 countries, Portugal, england and now in spain. he joins a team when they are struggling and help turn them into champions in Portugal with sporting lisbon, in england with man united and now with real madrid in spain. what else is there for ronaldo to prove. what team can messi survive in if he leaves barca today?

  • Breezy

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    Mourinho can neve bacK Messi or Iniesta coz thoz are his nightmares! How cn such a highly proffesional coach say Ronaldos goals won the league therefore he shud be given the Ballon D’or award! When even Drogbas goals that won the UCL title cnt evn make him a nominee!! Wht abt Sergio Aguero’s goals 4 EPL!

  • ezekia oxade chamblane

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    the winner of this issue is lionel messi no coment about this am gona wait march 2013

  • mike

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    y is mourinho crying foul when it comes to the truth even ronaldo knows messi is better than him if we talk of trophy then the award should go to iker but it is an individual award thats were messi the record breaker comes top and for ibrahimovic he should stop bein jealous of messi

  • mou you better close your mouth bcause messi is the best and nobody can compare with him ok

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    Mou you better close your mouth bcause messi is the best among the bests

  • IMMS

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    messi is the best.messi is the best no matter what

  • ercm17

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    cr7 is the best he is going to win the ballon de oro he is better then messi and falcao real madrid

  • Ricardo

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    Yes, it will be fair if RONALDO win Ballon d’Or. He has show peak soccer skill playing in 3 countries, Portugal, England and now in Spain. Messi only good in Barca with Xavi and Iniesta. Without Xavi or Iniesta, Messi will suffer.

  • Eduado

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    My dear Ronaldo is d best he has prov both country nd club,he tak his country to Eruo2012 semi final nd also his club 2win la liga after years,he prove himself by playin purtogal,England and is now in Spain to compite wit messi to tel d world that he can in any country or club,messi should go out 4rm baca nd prove himself Ronaldo the winner

  • Rajan

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    There is no doubt Messi is the best. Ronaldo is only a striker and there are players like Van Persie who can match his skills, while Messi is an all round player, a striker, feeder and a play maker. No question about that. He is half the strength of the Barcelona team. He deserves the top spot

  • AHTSHAM ZAHEER

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    Surely Lionel Andres Messi deserves the 4th consecutive FIFA Balon d’Or due to his consistency, team play and utmost effectiveness. If Balon d’Or is an individual award, it has to go to non other than Messi. Messi already have a record breaking season:
    1- 50 goals in a single season of La Liga.
    2- 73 goals for Barcelona in all competitions of a single season.
    3- Most goals in a single edition of UEFA Champions League.
    4- Most goals in a single match of UEFA Champions League (5).
    5- Most goals in a calender year for his club and country (already 86).
    With all these all time records broken in one year, if Messi does not deserve the FIFA Player of the year, then who else?
    5-

  • gafar qudus

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    Ronaldo deserve the award of the year

  • olushola simeon

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    what do u xpect from mourinho?
    even blindman knows that messi is the BEST and the best should go to the BEST……….

  • Tari thomas

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    U guyz re mentionin abt ronaldo playin in different teams in different countries, dat messi shuld go out 4rm barca 2 shw is worth, if i may ask wer do u rilli want messi 2 play again is der any team beta dan barca dat messi shuld sign 4, wel u guyz re jus bunch of idiot 4 saying all dis tinx.

  • Brad

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    Tari, it’d be a good idea for him to do so, though, to actually prove himself. He’s always dominant at Barca, and he’s beginning to hit his stride this past year with Argentina. But let’s see Messi do these things more often, without the likes of Xavi and Iniesta to supply him with the opportunities.

  • rick

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    ronaldo is gonna win it this year

  • rick

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    leo is not better than ronalsdo …. ronaldo is the complete player

  • Holardiplenty

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    if the winner is to be judge by their performance i think Ronaldo deserve to win the 2012 Fifa Ballon d’Or ,because Ronaldo has better achievement that Lionel Messi and Andres Iniesta…….he won La liga with his 46 goals and another Spanish cup,he also lead his national team to reach EURO2012 semi-finals which they lost on penalties,Iniesta has won what he deserve already,so the best player should not be judge by likeness….but by their achievements…..

  • Cortez

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    Im not fan of real madrid even barca.. or Messi, inesta n c.ronaldo.. but who is deserve Ballon D’Or this year 2012.. is…. LIONEL MESSI! please Check the Individual Achievement! Not Team Achievement! if u say CR deserve.. u blind! u choose bcoz CR is your favorite player only..not his individual achievemnt.. so plz ok..

  • Timo

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    Cristiano deserve the Ballon d’Or due to his performance at Real madrid because atleast he improved than we he was in Man United. Ronaldo deserve that respect! for he is Awesome.

  • oybek

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    Hello, everyone. I can’t believe you are still debating on this topic. Even Mourinho, albeit sarcastically, admitted that Leo should win this accolade. Seriously, look at what he is doing out there and how he keeps improving day-by-day and match-by-match. I do believe that CR7 had a fantastic season but I fear that his recent instable form and his team’s unlikely performance this season may cast doubt on his being selected. Theoritically though, Ballon d’Or nominees should be assessed against their performance over the previous season which spanned Aug2011 thru May2012, where CR7 does have a slight advantage!

  • Spartanvincent

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    Who in dis planet can do d tins dat leo do wen his wit d ball,he deserves dis evry season. His simply d best in d world.

  • Ghani Rasmussen

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    Ronado can beat lio messi because the goals of ronaldo was efficient for him team.

  • Great Pepe

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    messi no go fit play any other club incase u no know bcos him na barca pikin and no get long troat 4 money like ronald. if ronaldo like make he go psg\ juventus\ or warri wolfs messi stil day there

  • Doni

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    Too many subjective comments here. If we speak based on data and statistic than no one can beat Messi this year. How many players can score 90 goals in a year? I can only think of one man, that’s Messi. Not to mention how many assists he made. Last season he give Barca a trophy (Copa del Rey), La Liga top scorer, CL top scorer. This season he take Barca lead the La Liga by 9 points above Atletico and 13 points above Madrid. Correct me if I’m wrong.

  • Gloria

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    Ronaldo should not win becos he scored goals that won la liga. I mean what of drogba, aguero and rvp? U make noise about messi proving himself in another team? Cr7 moved to manu and then real madrid. Tell me why he wont perform well. He could have gone to stoke city and then mallorca. Let me see what he will do there. Messi has nothing to prove. That he has xavi and iniesta? Are u aware that of his 90 goals this yr the duo of xavi and iniesta only assisted 10? Whats wrong with u guys? Stop analysing soccer in d air. As for me, ballon d’or should go to iniesta or messi. Ronaldo does not deserve it. Real madrid won la liga cos of higuain, benzema, de maria and cr7.

  • cr7

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    Messi may be best player.but not this 2011-12.this year is ronaldo’s.la liga.euro12. Messi 90 goals is in the season2012-13.u idiots messi fan are illiterate.why didn’t Ronaldo win in 2010-11 when he was top scorer with only copa del rey.

  • Brad

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    And Barca dominates everything because of Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Valdes (sic), Puyol, and co.

    If it has to go to a Barca player, it should be Iniesta. He is more integral to Barca than a certain number 10.

  • abr

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    ronaldo is the best b/se ronaldo survive in all environments and situations even not found in his club like iniesta and xavi but he does!!

  • Frederic

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    people all over the world just think twice don’t be like coach for real madrid he wish something he can not happen he talk about winning la liga. if so is not to chose in la liga only! check 1
    bundasliga2english premier league olso ther are champion …….
    My self i can say that the winner is MESSI.

  • Khair fortune

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    guys plz do not abuse murinho bcz each person in the world knows that murinho is the best coach in the world. he won different trophies in different countries with different club, such as chelsea, inter milan, real madrid so then what he said is right. coming on Ballon d ‘or,,, so we know that ronaldo deserve to win it becoz last season he won the la liga title from barca and then copa del ray as well from barca. so then we go for the goals scored by messi, the goals doesnt mean anything that messi score in year more 84, so now ronaldo scored less goals but really important once.

  • john essandoh baidoo

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    leo messi is best ever player in the world & he is going to win this year best player award ones again

  • Brad

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    I’m sorry but Messi is only the best player in the world RIGHT NOW. Get your facts straight, John. Best EVER player is Pele.

  • rowland

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    Without question messi is d best ever. Messi all d way. Without him Ω̴̩̩̩̥o football

  • Julius

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    How can you compare a messless Messi and Ronaldo in this year’s ballon-dor.

    Mourinho has to support Ronaldo this time because Ronaldo accused Real Madrid Mgt of not supporting his candidature in European Best Footballer award which Iniesta won.

    Lionel Messi is unarguably the candidate for this year’s ballon dor award.

  • Brad

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    where’s the facts? and remember, records are made to be broken, so the record breaking moments aren’t as much help as silverware, especially international level.

  • derrick

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    its tym for ronaldo

  • Pago

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    I think it’s CR . You have to prove you can play in other clubs and with different players. Messi has not done that.

  • omonigho austine

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    if messi want to prove himself as the best let him leave barca becos wen ronaldo win d world best in he leave 4 and still prove as d best so ronaldo deserve d best

  • chris tyko

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    usually all ronaldo fans are either women,gay or idiots and messi fans are intelligent so there for messi should win

  • chris tyko

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    ah… brad dont be an idiot pele hasnt scored 90+ in a calander year

  • Parag

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    One and only The King Leo

  • Mumu

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    Sachin Tendulkar 😀

  • Vishal Kisto

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    It’s not only about how many clubs and Ligue you have played. Ballon d’or is about the performance of a player’s individual performance, collective performance both for club and country during the year. If it was in which club and championship he has played during his career as a player, then it’s Ibramohvic. If it is country measures, it is about Pirlo, Iniesta, Casillas, Xavi and Alonso followed by Messi, Ronaldo and Ibramohvic. If it is club, then it is Messi, Pirlo, Casillas, Ronaldo, Alonso, Xavi RVP, Falcao and and probably Iniesta(because he missed so many games at the start of the 2011/12 season). Then, if considering overall individual performance, then there one winner (not debatable), Messi clearly with 91 goals and 34 assists for club and country is very far away from 61 goals and 12 assists to that of Ronaldo. One important thing to consider about Falcao and RVP goals contribution, they were far more important than those of Messi and Ronaldo for their respective clubs. In the overall best performers during year 2012, they were as follows: Pirlo, Messi, Iniesta, Casillas, Xavi, Alonso, RVP and Ronaldo respectively. Overall accolades, Messi was best Liga player, in which Ronaldo was third. European golden boot, Champions league leading Goalscorer, in which again Ronaldo was third. Iniesta won the European best player especially for his performance in Euro 2012. While Torres has won the golden shoe ahead of Ronaldo in Euro 2012. The most amazing thing in 2012 is that Torres won the Euro 2012, the Champions League, the FA Cup and the golden shoe for the European championship and his goal that eliminated Barcelona in the semi final while Messi and Ronaldo failed to score and send their team to the Final of CL. If Torres performed at his best level, this would have gave him the edge of Messi for Ballon D ‘or but at the end it is Messi grabbing the Ballon d’or

  • TOM

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    i really feel sorry cut for all u messi fans…COZ RONALDO HAS PROVEN HIMSELF the “BEST” INDIVIDUAL AS WELL AS TEAM PLAYER. NO DOUBT HE IS THE BEST AT THE MOMENT

  • LIONEL MESSI

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    FOR ME RONALDO IS THE BEST N BETTER THAN ME. HE IS SIMPLY EXRRAORDINARY . I LOVE RONALDO!!! AND PLZZZZ DONT COMPARE ME AGAIN WITH CRISTIANO RONALDO.

  • Kolez p.h son

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    Mad man totally knw dat messi is the best who else can score 91goals in a year

  • kaleelcbk

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    messi why win the ballon d’or because messi in Barcelona easy to goal score fuck messi go to another club you lose scorin

  • James Bonds

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    Really Tom and Jerry (The above post)

  • James Bonds

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    All the way, Gaynaldo praising his usual runners up position as the case of Liga player of the season

  • Incarsus

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    for me, Messi should win the Ballon d’Or, he performed better than Cristiano Ronaldo, and Messi showed more improvement through the years than Ronaldo. Messi’s goal is increasing through the years while Ronaldo is just, you know, the usual stuff, lower than Messi. Though Real Madrid won the La Liga, it’s not the big factor on winning this award,it’s more on individual performances and by scoring 91 goals in a calendar year it’s equal to Ronaldo’s awards in 2012. So Messi should win the award.

  • fanaikyratovonarinirina@yahoo.fr

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    i like was c.ronaldo

  • rafa-el

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    Well Messi may have performed better as an individual, but it didnt show on his team. I believe the accolade ought to be given to a player who performed as an individual and worked in a team resulting to the team’s collective victory. So for me the battle is strictly between C. Ronaldo and Andres Iniesta

  • Jumacris ramsey

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    For me mess is more than the best player and ronaldo has fail to drop him.co MESS IS SUPORSED TO GET THAT d’Or.

  • KILIAN

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    i don’t understand why people should debate on issues like this. it is obvious that this is an individual award not a team’s award. if we are looking at what a player won, we could as well say that Alonso is a better player than Iniesta because he won la liga and Euros while Iniesta had only the Euros. i think the ballon d’or has not got to do with the number of trophies, it has to do with individual award. Ronaldo won La Liga but his performance couldn’t be compared to that of Leo Messi. i believe if the ballon d’or is really what it is claimed to be, Messi deserves it without any further analyses

  • michal72

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    @kilian u ve just mssd out ua point…probably ova writtng….?der z only 1 plyr hu’s surpass messi’s shadw n det z only cr7…..!!n bdwy i dnt thnk messi z far bettr den ronaldo..i assured det messi wil lose his wrld best plyr crown if he apart 4rm barca…coz his speciality z to plyng wid barca’s teammates……n ronaldo’has evrythng he can ply wid any team newhre around d wrld……ronaldo truely deservd dis year’s ballon.dor

  • THE TRUTH

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    Let’s face it….without Xavi and Iniesta Messi would not get close to half the goals Ronaldo scores.

    Messi+Xavi+Iniesta>Ronaldo
    Ronaldo>Messi

  • katleho biggy

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    Guys Messi won the baloon d’or 3 times in a row so what would stop him from winning another…………but without Xavi and Iniesta….Messi wouldn’t have won the baloon d’or………….C.Ronaldo deserves the baloon d’or because he scores goals from out of nohere and L.Messi scores obvious goals in the box so yeah………..

  • Khesraw Sarwari

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    Ronaldo Ronaldo Ronaldo Is Will Be The Winner 100% BE Sure All Of You!

  • jose marinho

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    messi is super human so this time also he gona win. he is much more thn cr7.

  • CoLay CoLe

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    I think Kilian should win it for he / she’s rational & sagacity explanations towards
    Judgement of what the actual representation of what the award actually means…!
    Yes, in this particular regard, this award is of an individual achievement, not team!

    It should go to La Pulga – That wonder kid Lio Messi…!

  • fisi

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    On january 7 2013 Cristiano will be Decleard the best player in the Planet

  • pring john

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    Ronaldo is deserve to win the best player in the world. his playing is best both legs and head. he can play somewhere in the world like mancher ,porto, real madrid and International team , he always find scores all time.for messi he is better too. But he can play only with Barcelona.for other clubs I think he can. and for his kick only short side.for Ronaldo both sides and the strongest. I think Ronaldo is deserve.

  • chalee

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    messi is the best now and for ever ever 100 times more better tha cr7

  • jobayer hossain

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    messi should win the balon d’or.coz he is the best player in the world.he is a highest goals scorer in a year.and he always well played…

  • Yemite

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    I U PEOPLE WE SEE GOOD THING AND U WE CALLED IT BAD. I wonder y all is debating who is the best. 25yrs old that break the record of 40yrs. Only that is enough to will the ballon

  • ewane modeste

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    todays nite will tell us who de best on de planet for de moment

  • cristiano ronaldo

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    ohhhhw,i dnt feel sarow if i didnt win the ballondor because being second in the world is also one of the things that make me happy.messi is a good player i agree with that!

  • me

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    Messi had 91 goals 34 assists for both club and country while Ronaldo had 61 goals 12 assists for both club and country. Messi won best player in laliga and higest scorer in UCL & laliga. In euro, iniesta won the best player while torres won the golden boot. Cr7 didn’t even win any major award in 2012. Messi truely deserves the ballon d’or

  • chondaen

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    for me definitely, ronaldo was,is and will b the best for all time. as he has shown the world that he is the best in every aspect of team game s well s individual game. so really sorry this time messi… it is the time forn ronaldo.yap

  • TOM

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    hey hey CRISTIANO RONALDO has won the Bollon D’or award 2012. An obvious news.wow.

  • Nesreddin Esmael

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    I hope every footballers were best players but some one should win to desrve the ballondor if zt is true? The ever best footballer who could won soccer audiances confidence,who could make lasting difference in difficulties,who have talent,knock the hearts of soccer audiances,laid finger prints on soccer & who have an answer for supporters will be the right candidate stand up on this,Every ones heart knows z Guy.who Grow up in Camp of lamacia for sure Ask Ronaldo by himself that will be Leonel Andrias Messi.

  • nelvis noel

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    Messi d messiah of football deserve to win it over and over again

  • Pete Higgins

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    Ronaldo is faster stronger better with his head scores from all places and with both feet, he also does this with no xavi iniesta! Look at the past years la Liga team of the year and its same old Barcelona no debate Barcelona are the best but messi isn’t proven in any other league and as for country “yawn”. Ronaldo is by far the better player no jst by attributes, but because he is proven in most leagues! Ronaldo plays on the wing and scores incredibly!

  • douglas

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    messi is the best player on the earth so far nobody can be compare to him.

  • yosy kin Ethiopia

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    guys lets write the truth what our mind tell us.
    messi is the special one may be a man from another planet. i can’t compare messi with anyone on earth.
    We all are lucky to see him.
    “God Bless L. Messi’s Legs”

  • Mardon

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    Congratulations! Messi officially ends this debate by claiming 4th time in a row thus being 1st ever! Congratulations to all the fans supporting the true legend!

  • tesarem hailu

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    i think all the above posts are mad in fact RONALDO IS THE BEST SO HE WIN THE BALLON DOR AWARRD……. !!!

  • sainey sanneh

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    Guys Messi won the baloon d’or 3 times in a row so what would stop him from winning another….4 what i am thinking messi is the best

  • mustafa

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    the 2nd and 4th should gave to another person for 2nd Snider or Ineista and 4th Ronaldo

    the should change the voter because some countries just like him for scoring and the dont see the ligue and result,performance,wining and reaching with club and national team

    if not , we should wait for other golden balls for messi until he retire.

  • richmond anum

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    messi is the best

  • prasad

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    rooney is the best allround player

  • Ghosh

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    Here is why messi deserved to win. 1. He scored more goals and assisted more(last year they were tied on goals and messi had more assists) 2. Messi broke an individual record which stood for many decades. 3. It is based on a calendar year performance, so messi played well for whole year and ronaldo played well for half a year and played average after that(same reason why sneijder wasnt given it in2010) if it was season wise well, ronaldo would have won by a mile. Hope you understand what I’m saying.

  • Ghosh

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    Pring John please learn English properly. Prasad don’t speak rubbish.

  • Ghosh

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    Tesarem hailu doesn’t seem to realise the truth!

  • Ghosh

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    Hey Mr THE TRUTH. Let me tell you something Ronald’s has ozil, di Maria, alonso sometimes modification and kaka. Why didn’t other barca players like Ibrahimovich or deco etc get so much fame???

  • Ghosh

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    Mr THE TRUTH I forgot, how come messi equalled the record of most international goals in a calendar year without xavi,iniesta,etc.

  • Ghosh

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    TOM stop daydreaming

  • Ghosh

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    Rafa el don’t you know ballon dor is an individual award , it has got hardly much to do with the team winning trophies.

  • Cristiano ronaldo

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    Bwaa haaa haaa I’m crying so much if I dont win ballon dor I should retire

  • lionel messi

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    Thats four in a row nice sorry crybaby ronaldo please be bit humble and accept your defeat from now, maybe I’ll vote for you next time

  • Gerd muller

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    Messi deserves it!

  • Brad

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    ^Pretty creative, but it’s so obvious that one person made all 3 of those comments.

  • I think c Ronaldo deserve it bcox he win the crowd..wit those of his super strike.

    0 0

    Next level

  • Caleb

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    Surely will won

  • Ibrahim Ateequ

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    C. Ronaldo deserved the ballon d’or because, he is the best among the rest.

  • Rasczerck Sheu

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    Cristiano Ronaldo deserve this year ballon d’or, because he justify his self among other players.

  • patrick

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    Ronaldo deserve it why since 2011 it was always Messi Messi, CR7 is the best

  • halefom

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    THE BEST RONALDO DESERVES IT

  • halefom

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    RONALDO ENJOYS IT.

  • lokendra

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    messi is the best then ronaldo

  • mokili giova

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    Messi’s’the best no one like him,always the best ,even he have CR enjoying is because messi have a problem now bt messi is the best

  • Farah

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    lokendra
    P.S learn grammar first maybe?

  • clement

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    Messi is the greatest among the two. He deserves it, God bless you Messi.

  • arnora

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    messi is undoubtful king of football wish he wins again,i wnt stop voting fr u king messi

  • boboskeng

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    messi is the best footballer in the world. the reason why they should give c.r7 is bcz he socer alot of goals in the league and bcz messi was on a bad injure. c.r7 booooooooooooooooooooo

  • Pure24

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    Hold on now… wait, wait, wait just a sec. How come this is about the “best” player? Has Ballon d’Or lost its original idea. I thought this was all for PLAYER OF THE YEAR – there is no such thing as best player because that means we would have to look at a lot of criteria (e.g, has Messi EVER saved a penalty? Has Ronaldo?)… seriously, to be THE BEST, you’d have to outdo everybody in every field, and goalkeepers therefore deserve just as much of a chance. Then there’s non-European players, some faring so well, way better than ANY player in Europe.

    So back to topic; isn’t the award for the best PERFORMING ‘player’ (not team, not most trophy-achieved player)???

  • Adane Melese

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    His performance, technical and precision skills, personality as social being and overall respect enable Messi to win the Baloon d’Or

  • Rakib Islam

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    CR7 really deserve ballon d’or 14/15 <3

  • Kingsley

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    Messi for the Ballon d’

  • Minista Gabriel Ponchwat

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    CR7 deserved it.

  • Kasi

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    Messi deserve this balon dor than ronaldo, he is the best and the greatest soccer player in dis generation even this season

  • Brad

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    good grief, people are still commenting on this one? let it go people. . .

  • femstra

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    CR7 is d1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111

  • sirkay walex

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    critiano ronaldo kudos to u cr7 deserve it not messi

  • Ismail sani

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    Critiano Ronaldo is deserve ballon d’or

  • sunusi haruna usman

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    messi is deserve ballon d’or

  • olami

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    Cr7 is d best

  • Theo Kanmoh

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    ohhhh OMG the Best is always talk about, but what’s about the rest who make the work okk NO PROBLEM I PREFER CHRISTIANO RONALDO FOR D BEST N BALON
    D’OR

  • Ibrahim

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    I think……………messi worth it ,he has been performing better in all competition. now let’s luk into his recent matches is not struggling on hw to score alone BT made some superb assists…….he worth it I think…….. but c.Ronald if he did not score in a match he won’t response positively and very rude…….. futbol is just for fun I think dat must not happen….. messi world best greatest player ever

  • Asuquo Duke

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    Itz all about Messi,as far as 2014-2015 season is concerned,Ronaldo has undoubtedly scored more la liga goals than messi,but Messi has won virtually everything Ronaldo has played in this year,itz not all about fanatism,but being Analytical,Messi,as far as am concerned is the key behind the success @ camp nou dis year,especially taking a very critical look @ de game against Bayern Munchen,d@ goal was a cracker,till today Boateng has not yet realised de formula messi used to throw him to the ground,the Almighty Bayern were kicked out single-handedly by One man-Messi,his magical moves against Athletic Bilbao earned Barcelona their third major Trophies,Manymore things I’d like to say,but,itz needless because the truth has already being let-out-of-the-bag,Cr7 tried and won it @ last minutes last year,even he himself knows that as far as this year is concerned itz Leo-best all the way,infact what has he won,apart from the pichichi award,hmm i think we all now know,the truth
    Leo-Best all the way!!!
    Blues for Life

  • rajendra khadka

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    messi win ballon d’or 2015

  • rajendra khadka

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    messi win it

  • Morera

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    Hi,what has CR7 done this season that he deserve to have the d’or 2015?nothing.I say Messi deserve the d’or 2015 with no doubt.For he is the best and will be the best as of now.

  • Tesfaye Tilahun

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    If what their respective clubs have achieved and what a soccer as an art is expected to deliver to the world, no doubt Messi is by far better than Cristiano. still if the value of goals scored is taken into account, Messi surpasses Ronaldo at a very far range. if valuing team members and helping colleagues counts , no words can explain that Messi is better. if football is merely scoring finished goals with no respect to friends, this time I admit Ronald is better.

  • ALEX PAUL

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    MESSI IS THE BEST NOW AND FOR EVER

  • sanju

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    CR7 is the one of the most greatest player in the world, but this ballon d’or is waiting only for MESSI and messi will be win the prize. just wait and see…….

  • clement

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    Messi is surely to be the second and Asamoah Gyan will be the first.

  • clement

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    Asamoah Gyan will win it.

  • Brad

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    as annoying as it is seeing that people are still commenting here, I have to stop by and express my amusement at the above comments. Nice one, clement, you really made me laugh there!

  • Ansee

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    Messi diserve the ballon de or becouse messi dont play only for goals he share with friends when messi saw that goals is to him he start doing assist and also hurt ball if u watch champions league u will how he walk the second goal which was give by suarez

  • Ansee

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    Messi diserve the ballon de or, becouse messi dont play only for goals he share with friends when messi saw that goals is too hard for him, he start doing assist and also hurt ball if u watch champions league u will how he walk the second goal which was give by suarez

  • Ansee

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    Messi diserve the ballon de or, becouse messi dont play only for goals he share with friends when messi saw that goals is too hard for him, he start doing assist and also hurt ball if u watch champions league final u will see how he walk the second goal which was give by suarez

  • Godfrey

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    Messi will take it why not

  • Godfrey

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    Mess is the king of football he deserve it

  • Tinah

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    It goes to messi as he is the king and the leader of football

  • Moe

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    Arjen Robben deserves it because of his value to Bayern without him they are not not nearly as big of a threat.

  • diamond says

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    really cr7 top messi this year with five goal so he deserves the ballon d!or 2015

  • dayo

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    Rinaldo deserves it

  • Carinton

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    I think Ronaldo deserves the price cus looking at the both teams the quality of players differ with barca obviously the best but Ronaldo has all the work on him in Real so i think he deserves it

  • Lio

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    Messi deserves the ballon dor by all means possible

  • KHALIL AKA INIESTA

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    MESSI IS THE BEST THERE EVER WAS,AND I THINK HE RELY DESEARVES CAUSE IT IS NOT JUST A MATTER OF GOALS BUT WHAT HE DOES BECAUSE I DONT KNOW ABOPUT BUT FOR ME MESSI IS THE MOST UNSELFISH PLAYER

  • MATTHEW B SAYGBAY

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    NOW;THIS YEAR BALLON D`OR HAD ALREADY BEEN PRESENTED TO THE ALL TIME OWNER.IN CASE YOU DIDN`T KNOW IS THE KING OF ALL TIME[MESSI ANDRES LIONEL]EVEN THOUGH I SAY A GREAT THANK TO CR7 FOR KEEPING IT FOR FATHER MESSI THIS IS THE TIME TO GIVE IT BACK MY FRIEND CONGRATULATION.

  • mam

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    no matter what people use to say even if we are cr7 fans but but the truth will remain messi deserve it this year

  • Emric Lansana Kamara

    0 0

    Messi deserves this year world best. He has the power and skills to possess another title this season.

  • amindehnkafu

    0 0

    in how messi deserve this year world best he is ready to figth this and have a title this season again

  • Dashingstan

    0 0

    shut ur mouth jose mourinho

  • Daniel

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    ALTHOUGH MESSI IS BETTER, RONALDO SHOULD WIN THIS WITHOUT A DOUBT. HE HAD MORE GOALS AND PLAYED LESS GAMES THAN HE DID.

  • allen

    0 0

    Messi really deserves the title ballon di or 2015

  • Adebayo

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    The words best is for ronado nt for messi

  • MOSES Y. PAYE

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    CR.7, deserves the title of ballon d’or

  • alex knoebel

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    ronaldo does not deserve it bc its not all about goals it should be messi or neuer

  • Hakeem Dotz

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    RONALDO DESERVES BALLON D R

  • Hakeem Dotz

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    CR7 DESERVES ITTT….

  • Hakeem Dotz

    0 0

    Ronaldo or neymar
    NOT Messi

  • Kelvin da great

    0 0

    messi played finals like:uefa,copa,laliga,world cup including chile vs argentina

  • Zin'o

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    Cr7 is a good player no doubt abt dat, but Lionel M10 is better

  • Zulkiflu

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    Messi is the best player in the world

  • Kabelo Kabeka

    0 0

    I’m a real madrid fan but onestly without any doubt…lionel messi deserves all this awards guys!!!

  • Olumbi Richard

    0 0

    Nationality shouldnot make us subjective jose its 4 Messi p’se!

  • Abass B

    0 0

    leo messi deserve the baloon d or

  • Joseph Ojo

    0 0

    Everyone knows it that messi deserves ballon dor more than any footballer not even ronaldo

  • Joseph Ojo

    0 0

    Mourinho is just talking trash because ronaldo is portugese . Messi has the ability to influence all the games that he plays unlike ronaldo

  • daffetz

    0 0

    top 3 for me should be MSN, and the winner should be messi.

  • Adetunji of god

    0 0

    CR7 IS BETTER

  • leo messi should win baloon d'or

    0 0

    leo messi will win baloon d’or

  • kim chandarith

    0 0

    messi winnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn it

  • kumah Andrews

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    it is for the incomparable one, MESSI!!!!

  • wf lastborn

    0 0

    Messi deserve the balloon d’or this year.

  • Britt collie

    0 0

    Messi deserve the world best.to that of CR7.

  • cyrus

    0 0

    messi is the best

  • Info Bola Terengkap

    0 0

    Messi will win this time

  • dennis

    0 0

    Ronaldo

  • Ifeanyi Nworie

    0 0

    Messi deserve it. He is the world best player.

  • jathro

    0 0

    MESSI really needs the world best this time around

  • locus

    0 0

    Cr7 also deserv it bcus messi didn’t do anytin 4 2010 b4 they gave it to too

  • locus

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    But I tink buffon also deserve dis year award bcus they all realy try.we av pirlo,xavi,iniesta,nuuer ,even b4 choosen ronaldo nd messi they suppose to be given all dis….pls nd pls tell FIFA nd UEFA to stop spoiling football for we fan by choosing better people nd giv dem der deserve honour nd stop denying dem der right

  • Olawale

    0 0

    Ronaldo is good but messi is better.thank you

  • Samuel Varnie

    0 0

    CR7 THE MOST DESERVED EVER

  • Kilishi

    0 0

    We shldn’t b bias,lets b realistic ds year Baloon D’ or is 4 messi.

  • Eric B Ben

    0 0

    Cr7 this yrs ballon d he is complete to win

  • LISOK

    0 0

    messi without doubts for the ballon D’or; he is very loyal to his opponents and not selfish to crate chances to his fellow players

  • LISOK

    0 0

    messi again contributed alot to see barcelona winning lucratively all trophes; league cup, ucl and copa d’el ray

  • freeman

    0 0

    Lionel Messi all d way, he don’t just deserve it ballon d’or is his right bcos he is d best and better player in d world.

  • lubega rogers

    0 0

    CR7 will n alwaz be da best ov all…he deserves this years baloon d’or

  • troy

    0 0

    Cr7 is good but Messi is brilliant,the magician deserves to win

  • adeniyi

    0 0

    cr7 derves it y bcs in 2010 messi did’nt win any major trophy plus includng w/cup dey did nt even get 2 semi yet he won it n d criterial dey gv was highest goal scorer dia 4 y nt cr7

  • vince

    0 0

    Messi is d winner ,we dnt need any comment again

  • Smart

    0 0

    Cr deserves de awrd messi is 2 pompus,

  • Patrick

    0 0

    Ah is it all about goals we want player who is very brilliant when on pitch not the one who will only run for goals abeg Messi is far better than CR7.

  • DAVID RICHARD

    0 0

    MANUEL NUER

  • STANKYARMY

    0 0

    Lionel MESSI deserve this year ballon d’or because he’s the best, he’s brilliant, and professional player.

  • MOHAMMED

    0 0

    CR7 deserved it

  • Johnson Emmanuel

    0 0

    Hey guys! what’s all dis argument for, look at all d football tactics of Ronaldo n Messi, I think Lionel Messi deserve d ballon d’great(World Best)…

  • vitalis

    0 0

    C.R .7 Deserves this award this year he is the best player ever

  • Asante Maxwell

    0 0

    Messi is the best player I have ever seen.cr7 only scores but Messi dribbles,give assist,create chances and scores as well.cr7 cannot compere himself to the football Messiah Lionel Messi.Thank you

  • horllarmie

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    Ronaldo is the best player that I have ever seen because he was the first player who figure out the ballon’or in two different league and he. Was also the first player that scre all team in a league in a season both his team also wich is madrid so he deserve the award

  • Taha faiz(Bawa)

    0 0

    Messi deserves the ball on d’ ore because of his performance,age,searched and broke all time records in football ,history

  • bockcliff

    0 0

    Christiano Ronaldo is the best player in the whole word and he deserve to win the ball on d’ or.

  • joe

    0 0

    I don’t know why people argue and argue as if they don’t know that Messi is the best of all and He deserves the Ballon

  • patndedzu

    0 0

    messi is the best last won,the laliga,copa d’rel,and champions league, what did ronaldo did last season. messi even helps his team (agentina to reach final in the copa america yet ronald is crambling to qualify for the euros with his portugal.messi the best and will remain

  • yusif soba

    0 0

    Cf7 is the best and he deserve the award

  • bakare opeyemi

    0 0

    Lionel messi deserve the 2015 ballon’d or,not because of distingushing,but he gives his best of all moment. Messi is born talented,but ronaldo is working to be great. Leo messi commitment has shown the world he really deserve it(2014/2015) great era.

  • adewale

    0 0

    Wonder shall never end,Messi remains the best,the best answer to the definition of football is MESSI.ronaldo goes with Nymar

  • Terence Smith Nkundimana

    0 0

    Leo Messi is the Best player in this world,He is performance than Cristiano,so Messi Deserve Ballon d’Or

  • johnson

    0 0

    Pls lets stop arguing, we all knw that C Boy is the best & he deserved it again. If C Boy does not win, that means FIFA are now Nigeria PDP.

  • Mayor

    0 0

    I dnt no why people confuse their self.We talk about one achievement and people are talking about their entied life performers.Ronaldo can be scoring and he team can loss trophy,in football creativity matters,be creative,dribling and scoring goals.Three in one that is who messi are,while ronaldo is one in one.So i urge you people to keep sentiment aside look into what i say and you will see eliment of truth. Thank you all and GOD bless.

  • Stealas

    0 0

    Ronaldo is and will always be the best player in our era. Messi is to leave Bacer and win the champions league with another club. CR7 has done with The two best clubs in the world even GOD support MAN U n REAL MADRID and endorses Ronaldo to win the BALLON DOR

  • fred mmei

    0 0

    messi messi messi is always the man,ask seek from the legents and they’ll share the same views ishare here .

  • Daniel

    0 0

    I think is messi becourse he won champions league ,champion spain and coup of spain and 2place in euro one year if you like c7 dont compare with messi

  • Najah Jo

    0 0

    Let’s stop confusing ourselves . Saying messi can he be compare to Ronaldo , crn is the best and he deserves it

  • Ohis

    0 0

    Their is no need for u all to argue becus CR7 is the best and he deserve the ballon dor

  • chilllexJNNande

    0 0

    according to ma personal point of view C7 deserves that award but i can`t argue to different opinion

  • Menelisi Zvimba

    0 0

    lionel messi deserve the ballon dor

  • jeremiah sumari

    0 0

    ronaldo always remain the best player over messi.

  • Jonathan Gaya

    0 0

    Let us be candid there is no current player of the world to be compared MESSI so he deserve it.

  • Brighton Mashiri

    0 0

    CR7 is the best player ever. He deserves to win the ballon dor

  • Richmond stages

    0 0

    The only player who breaks all futball records.#MESSI LIONEL

  • Date

    0 0

    All these jokers arguing. If you’ve read that RVP is in the running (back when he was red hot at Arsenal) and the date, this is old news. However, the next award will probably go to Messi since no one is really firing at the moment but Messi has the edge with Barca playing really well.

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