Ocurrente
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Let's be real, Robben it's not even on the race, should he be considered? Yes, of course. Bayern played so well as a team that you could choose some of them to win it, but it's already chosen and already won European Footballer of the Year. We all know the ones that could win it, the three all media is talking about: Ribery, CR and Messi. So, forget about Robben. Let's talk about the ones that will probably be the finalists.
Ribbery is not an average player, he is a skillfull one and performed well all year, he's obviously not as good as CR or Messi, but the treble success gives him the extra points he needs. And remember he played very well against Barcelona (Messi), meaning more extra points to him. In the end, all i'm saying is, if he wins it, I wouldn't think is undeserved.
If Messi wins it, it wouldn't be a surprise at all, because it's Messi, he is special, the kind of player that keeps you on the edge of your seat on a daily basis, plus he scored tons of goals; 60 and 16 assists last season. Broke i don't know how many records. He doesn't need to win trebles to be considered the best. And if we're talking about Messi under the Guardiola's system, he was a monster those 4 years (4 ballons d'or). But still, I think that injury at the end of the last season could hurt him in the voting. Why? Because as I said before, he didn't played well against Bayern, and Ribery did play well those matches. That 7-0 is going to be in the mind of people voting.
Finally, if Cristiano wins it, it would be a surprise to me. Because... is he better than ribbery? YES!!! better than messi? NO. He scored lots of goals; 55 and 12 assists. But Messi scored more and he is not the kind of special player Messi is. His strongest attribute is that he scores for fun, that's why, when you want to show how good CR is, you need to talk about statistics. And talking about statistics, whatever Ribery did last season Cristiano did better, but whatever CR did last season Messi did better, and CR won no trophies at all, and he needs to win trophies to win the ballon d'or against Messi, in order to get those extra points that Messi already have for being special.
IMHO, Ribery will win it, maybe Messi, but no Cristiano.
Ribbery is not an average player, he is a skillfull one and performed well all year, he's obviously not as good as CR or Messi, but the treble success gives him the extra points he needs. And remember he played very well against Barcelona (Messi), meaning more extra points to him. In the end, all i'm saying is, if he wins it, I wouldn't think is undeserved.
If Messi wins it, it wouldn't be a surprise at all, because it's Messi, he is special, the kind of player that keeps you on the edge of your seat on a daily basis, plus he scored tons of goals; 60 and 16 assists last season. Broke i don't know how many records. He doesn't need to win trebles to be considered the best. And if we're talking about Messi under the Guardiola's system, he was a monster those 4 years (4 ballons d'or). But still, I think that injury at the end of the last season could hurt him in the voting. Why? Because as I said before, he didn't played well against Bayern, and Ribery did play well those matches. That 7-0 is going to be in the mind of people voting.
Finally, if Cristiano wins it, it would be a surprise to me. Because... is he better than ribbery? YES!!! better than messi? NO. He scored lots of goals; 55 and 12 assists. But Messi scored more and he is not the kind of special player Messi is. His strongest attribute is that he scores for fun, that's why, when you want to show how good CR is, you need to talk about statistics. And talking about statistics, whatever Ribery did last season Cristiano did better, but whatever CR did last season Messi did better, and CR won no trophies at all, and he needs to win trophies to win the ballon d'or against Messi, in order to get those extra points that Messi already have for being special.
IMHO, Ribery will win it, maybe Messi, but no Cristiano.
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