raskolnikov
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Wasn't Ribery the runner up for the balon d'or that year? Then Cristiano scored that hattrick against Sweden and everyone thought he should be the winner
Odds where between Messi and Ribery with Ronaldo far away in september after the best player of Europe award where he didnt show up becaus he would not win.
Then these things happened.
- Messi got injured
- Ronaldo went on a pre ballon d'or scoring run
- Blatter made a joke
- cr7 and his pr team jumped on it bombing the media daily with coments on it ( "everything becomes clear to me know", "If I say what I thought about Messi winning it last year I would be in jail now" )
- Messi won the voting
- Ronaldo edged the Sweden game, Blatter re-opened the voting right after to save face
- Ronaldo wins the ballon d'or by a few procent difference.
- He cries