Ballon d'Or (Golden Ball)

akewander · Jan 10, 2011

mourinho such a softie at heart, getting teared up from sneijders speech

coach of the year is jose mourinho, could be a sign that iniesta wont win the mens?

puskas award goes to hamit altintop

womens world player award goes to Marta, her 5th

The most important, the mens world player award goes to ................................. messi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

omg !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! some members will have alot to say about this

first to retain it since ronnie in 05, feel sorry for xavi

FC Barcelona now equal the eight awards picked up by players from Juventus and AC Milan. Juventus won it with Sívori (1961), Rossi (1982), Platini (1983, 1984 and 1985), Baggio (1993 and 1994), Zidane (1998) and Nedved (2003), whilst for Milan, Rivera (1969), Gullit (1987), Van Basten (1988, 1989 and 1992), Weah (1995), Shechenko (2004) and Kaká (2007) all won the award.

World XI: Iker Casillas (Real Madrid and Spain); Maicon (Inter Milana and Brazil), Gerard Pique (Barcelona and Spain), Lucio (Inter Milan and Brazil), Carles Puyol (Barcelona and Spain); Andres Iniesta (Barcelona and Spain), Xavi (Barcelona and Spain), Wesley Sneijder (Inter Milan and Holland); Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid and Portugal), David Villa (Barcelona and Spain), Lionel Messi (Barcelona and Argentina).

lot of players representing the worlds best league

Wet Ones · Jan 10, 2011

akewander said:
feel sorry for xavi

FUCKING JOKE RESULT! :mad:

Should have known this award would be tarnished as soon as it joined hands with FIFA.

Fuck sake!

akewander · Jan 10, 2011

if you wanted to blame anyone, blame the coaches and captains, best chance ever of xavi getting it and he misses out

fiume_1987 · Jan 10, 2011

feel bad for Xavi, this should have been the crown of his career, but I guess votes for him & Iniesta were divided so Messi grabbed it, probably undeservedly (although he is still the best player in the world IMO).

zizousama · Jan 10, 2011

Best player in the world and biggest flop of the World Cup. It's a joke he won it. It should have been Snjeider or Xavi.

acm55 · Jan 10, 2011

diehardmilanist · Jan 10, 2011

Ballon D'or is not really won by the best player in the world anymore

it is won by the player almost all the world likes the most I'm tellin u

nicu34 · Jan 10, 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZAkiSvZVMI

respect messi but i liked xavi

Dottore Joey · Jan 10, 2011

Xavi deserved that

Az. · Jan 10, 2011

Poor Xavi,such a nice bloke.He really deserved this one.

Sasha · Jan 10, 2011

Wet Ones said:
FUCKING JOKE RESULT!

Should have known this award would be tarnished as soon as it joined hands with FIFA.

Fuck sake!

Exactly! No way that fuckface MourinHO deserves best coach! :mad:

genc · Jan 10, 2011

Everything Fifa touches turns to shit!

Messi and Iniesta didnt even deserve to be nominated!

Sneider deserved this award in my opinion won the treble plus had an mazing WC !

Ashish · Jan 10, 2011

Wesley or xavi nobody else
Fifaaaa but i love Blatter

Calum1903 · Jan 10, 2011

Ultimately though, who really gives a fuck? Individual awards in a team sport are bollocks anyway.

Congo Powers · Jan 10, 2011

Calum1903 said:
Ultimately though, who really gives a fuck? Individual awards in a team sport are bollocks anyway.

+1
i dont give a fuck

glad a spaniard didnt win tho

MilanMB · Jan 10, 2011

Calum1903 said:
Ultimately though, who really gives a fuck? Individual awards in a team sport are bollocks anyway.

huh, never thought of it that way tbh. Makes a lot of sense though.

Ashish · Jan 10, 2011

Calum1903 said:
Ultimately though, who really gives a fuck? Individual awards in a team sport are bollocks anyway.

you are born to serve the state, no individual entity exists

Australiano1980 · Jan 10, 2011

Van Bommel and holland coach had their vote canceled.
they vote for a fellow citizen.

Calum1903 · Jan 10, 2011

Ashish said:
you are born to serve the state, no individual entity exists

Exactly.

Does anyone remember who won last year's award for North Korean of the Year? No. Although I imagine it was Pak Doo-Ik.

Ashish · Jan 10, 2011

he destroyed italy :proud:

Sven · Jan 10, 2011

Calum1903 said:
Ultimately though, who really gives a fuck? Individual awards in a team sport are bollocks anyway.

It's either a team sport or a Mourinho team sport.

JohnnyWunderboy · Jan 10, 2011

WTF... Messi?!

Sneijder should have won, or at least been nominated.

Sven · Jan 10, 2011

Robinho vote:

Messi; Xavi; Forlán

Mourinho; Del Bosque; Guardiola

GreatKalu · Jan 10, 2011

diehardmilanist said:
Ballon D'or is not really won by the best player in the world anymore it is won by the player almost all the world likes the most I'm tellin u

Its been that way for a long time now. Wonder why some of you are shocked.

Calum1903 said:
Ultimately though, who really gives a fuck? Individual awards in a team sport are bollocks anyway.

Exactly.

Wet Ones said:
FUCKING JOKE RESULT!

Should have known this award would be tarnished as soon as it joined hands with FIFA.

Fuck sake!

Why weren't you also as vocal when Pirlo didn't win it?

Ok, jokes aside, highlights for me were Archbishop Desmond Tutu's speach, Weah and Van Basten in the stands, and that little girl from Haiti coming onto the same stage only moments after Ronaldo, Messi, Sneijder, etc.

Huge disappointment was the Barthamedia once again clogging up all nominations and awards. For crying out loud, what did Guardiola win to deserve being nominated alongside the two best coaches of the year? La Liga? That joke of a league where the main challenger (Madrid) started Raul? FFS ... and what exactly did Messi win? Even his goal that was nominated for the Puskas award wasn't anything special ... glad he didn't make a clean swoop :rolleyes:

Honestly, this Barthamedia is beyond pathetic. Forgive me if I don't think that they are the only righteous club left in football ... playing the game the way its supposed to be played :proud:

I'm pretty sure thats the only reason why Pep was even nominated. Or even David Villa, who did shit last season, ahead of Drogba ... pathetic.

Anyway, nothing new. I don't take them seriously, and for me, the best player last year was Sneijder, without a doubt.

Brazil · Jan 10, 2011

GreatKalu said:
Its been that way for a long time now. Wonder why some of you are shocked.

Exactly.

Why weren't you also as vocal when Pirlo didn't win it?

Ok, jokes aside, highlights for me were Archbishop Desmond Tutu's speach, Weah and Van Basten in the stands, and that little girl from Haiti coming onto the same stage only moments after Ronaldo, Messi, Sneijder, etc.

Huge disappointment was the Barthamedia once again clogging up all nominations and awards. For crying out loud, what did Guardiola win to deserve being nominated alongside the two best coaches of the year? La Liga? That joke of a league where the main challenger (Madrid) started Raul? FFS ... and what exactly did Messi win? Even his goal that was nominated for the Puskas award wasn't anything special ... glad he didn't make a clean swoop

Honestly, this Barthamedia is beyond pathetic. Forgive me if I don't think that they are the only righteous club left in football ... playing the game the way its supposed to be played I'm pretty sure thats the only reason why Pep was even nominated. Or even David Villa, who did shit last season, ahead of Drogba ... pathetic.

Anyway, nothing new. I don't take them seriously, and for me, the best player last year was Sneijder, without a doubt.

Oh please bro!!! U know better than that. Just try to forget a bit bout hating Barca and give Messi credit. 47 goals...I too think some other player should have won, but really to be honest he is the best in the world. Only hardcore fans of Barca opponents think differently...It was disgrace when Cannavaro won it 4 years ago too. Should be Dinhos...2010 Milito and Sneijder should be contenders alongside Xavi or Messi

SpartanMilan · Jan 10, 2011

Snjieder should have won this year hands down. Led his team to the treble, led Holland to the WC final, won the Silver Ball and Boot. He was the best player period in the world period. And its a freakin joke that Milito wasnt in the top 20, he was one of the best strikers in the world last year without a doubt.

I would have gone-
1.Wesley
2.Xavi
3.Forlan
4.Messi
5.Inesta
6.Milito

Brazil · Jan 10, 2011

spartanmilan said:
snjieder should have won this year hands down. Led his team to the treble, led holland to the wc final, won the silver ball and boot. He was the best player period in the world period. And its a freakin joke that milito wasnt in the top 20, he was one of the best strikers in the world last year without a doubt.

I would have gone-
1.wesley
2.xavi
3.forlan
4.messi
5.inesta
6.milito

+1

GreatKalu · Jan 10, 2011

Maybe its my dislike of having Bartha and their pure football being shoved down my throat talking ... I mean Villa ahead of Drogba? Thats like Del Piero or Toni being the best striker in 2006. Also, I thought Pirlo's goals against Madrid and Parma were better than Messi's ... and he should have won Ballon d'or in 2006, not Dinho :tongue:

crazy4milan · Jan 10, 2011

Calum1903 said:
Exactly.

Does anyone remember who won last year's award for North Korean of the Year? No. Although I imagine it was Pak Doo-Ik.

I'm pretty sure somehow that award would've end up in Kim Jong's hands

.

Meh. Eitherway pretty sure Xavi and Iniesta splitted votes, which resulted in Messi's benefit (at least it wasn't Iniesta who missed a lot of last year due to injuries + got the nomination for scoring in the final).

I expected someone from Spain getting one of the awards. Though guess someone from Inter also deserved some mention, and thats where Mourinho beat Del Bosque (who I'll give lots of credit to, for impossing a defensive possession style, contradicting most of Spain's principals and winning a WC scoring that little amount of goals, that's pretty amazing).

manutd fan · Jan 10, 2011

Apparently Puyol recieved loads of votes.

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