Bertus
New member
Sorry, to me it's just tales since there's no proof.
I'm past of the age of rewriting history to fit what I want to believe in.
Ballon d'Or 2014
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I'm past of the age of rewriting history to fit what I want to believe in.
Bertus
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Nope, about the WC in qatar, there are proofs from newspapers and reports that it's highly likely that the voting was not done rightly.
Come to me after the guardian and other serious newspapers and journalists post their finds about how the ballon d'or voting was falsified
I'm sure they searched and so far didn't find anything it seems.
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Alik
Moderator
There's no proof obviously. Doesn't mean it's not questionable.
Also the results weren't "falsified". The voting was extended for no good reason.
Bertus
New member
Did I ever say people can't question it if they want?
I just wanted to state that we can't state something as fact without proofs.
If you want to believe in something, do it, no one will stop you. As for convincing people that what you believe is the truth, sorry in this case it's not enough to convince me. I'm sure you guys will convince many Barca fans tho. But I'm sorry if I feel that it's not enough.
Alarcón
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There is no other explanation why they extended the voting. Blatter had just made Ronaldo angry with his remarks, everyone was talking about how FIFA favours Messi, and Ronaldo scored 4 goals in 2 games against Sweden (no other player with chances for the Ballon d'Or was playing any game at that time). They said at the time they want people to think over who they voted for, and change their vote if they want to. There is no reason anyone back then would have changed his vote from Ronaldo to the other 2 players, only the other way around, and they knew that of course. If Cristiano was already leading, there would have been no reason to extend the voting as they knew he would win regardless. That's no proof, but it's the only viable explanation to me. I don't see any other reason to extend such a voting when they had never done it before and probably won't do it for a long time now.
Alik
Moderator
I agree that they shouldn't state it as a fact. It's more of a deduction.
Sorry, it's just that your post gives the impression that you are fully confident in the process. Which, even if there was no concrete proof otherwise, you'd still have to agree it was highly irregular and fishy.
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Daemul
previously known as Jonathan28
CatalinR10
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This isn't Goal. com, source your shit.
Ronaldo won with only 3% votes more than Messi after the voting were reopened. Imagine how many votes he got because of that.
Icarium
Lifestealer
After sweden match everyone was acting as if he just won the WC. WC qualifier is the main reason why he won the ballon d'or that year. They did not win a single trophy that year and losing to barca in the league by 15 points does not make ronaldo case any better. Last year it was very debatable why ronaldo won the ballon d'or and i don't think he deserved it too. But this year i don't have any complaint for ronaldo, i would still vote for messi but cr7 also did very well this year.
Daemul
previously known as Jonathan28
I don't want supposition, I want a source.
TornAndFrayed
Banned
There is none.
People also conveniently forget to name the reason that FIFA actually gave for reopening the voting (or extending it, don't remember) which was that participation was at a record-low. And, just to clarify, I never said I believe this to be true.
That said, if I had to bet, considering the 3% figure (which is official somewhere, too lazy to pick the source sorry) it's clear to me that Ronaldo would not have won
People also conveniently forget to name the reason that FIFA actually gave for reopening the voting (or extending it, don't remember) which was that participation was at a record-low. And, just to clarify, I never said I believe this to be true.
That said, if I had to bet, considering the 3% figure (which is official somewhere, too lazy to pick the source sorry) it's clear to me that Ronaldo would not have won
Trophys bro, altough neuer should be up with him
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linetty
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World cup should be the main determinant and we know how that went for Cristiano.
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