This year the only players nominated for Ballon D'Or that doesn't represent a big football nation were Yaya Toure, Drogba, Falcao and Zlatan, they had all finished very strong personal seasons.
When you look at nominees for individual awards like Ballon D'Or it's pretty evident that those who come from big football nations are heavily favored simply by association to those teams status (and not necessarily having played well for them) while those who come from smaller football nations have to prove much more to be recognized.
Coaches and pundits vote for those awards, so how about coach and pundit Jorge D'Alessandro who finds the idea that Zlatan is a quality footballer impossible simply because he is Swedish! D'Alessandro ridicules "He's Swedish! He's Swedish!"
His whole rant is in the video below from 5:30 (in Spanish, but this article has a a little bit of it: http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.periodistadigital.com%2F24por7%2Ffutbol%2F2012%2F11%2F02%2Fdalessandro-ibrahimovic-sueco-messi-barcelona-punto-pelota.shtml
D'Alessandro: I fail to catch the light of a superhero ... he's Swedish! In football players have pedigree.
D'Alessandro: Barca erred paying 78 million euros. I would not pay that amount for a Swede ever, pay for ... speaking Argentine football history and is not a laughing matter.
Pedrerol: And a Portuguese?
D'Alessandro: There's a football elite. There is a breed of players ... the players have a race [...] There is a race of champions in football, and they are not the Swedes .
This year the only players nominated for Ballon D'Or that doesn't represent a big football nation were Yaya Toure, Drogba, Falcao and Zlatan, they had all finished very strong personal seasons.
When you look at nominees for individual awards like Ballon D'Or it's pretty evident that those who come from big football nations are heavily favored simply by association to those teams status (and not necessarily having played well for them) while those who come from smaller football nations have to prove much more to be recognized.
Coaches and pundits vote for those awards, so how about coach and pundit Jorge D'Alessandro who finds the idea that Zlatan is a quality footballer impossible simply because he is Swedish! D'Alessandro ridicules "He's Swedish! He's Swedish!"
His whole rant is in the video below from 5:30 (in Spanish, but this article has a a little bit of it: http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.periodistadigital.com%2F24por7%2Ffutbol%2F2012%2F11%2F02%2Fdalessandro-ibrahimovic-sueco-messi-barcelona-punto-pelota.shtml
D'Alessandro: I fail to catch the light of a superhero ... he's Swedish! In football players have pedigree.
D'Alessandro: Barca erred paying 78 million euros. I would not pay that amount for a Swede ever, pay for ... speaking Argentine football history and is not a laughing matter.
Pedrerol: And a Portuguese?
D'Alessandro: There's a football elite. There is a breed of players ... the players have a race [...] There is a race of champions in football, and they are not the Swedes .
This year the only players nominated for Ballon D'Or that doesn't represent a big football nation were Yaya Toure, Drogba, Falcao and Zlatan, they had all finished very strong personal seasons.
When you look at nominees for individual awards like Ballon D'Or it's pretty evident that those who come from big football nations are heavily favored simply by association to those teams status (and not necessarily having played well for them) while those who come from smaller football nations have to prove much more to be recognized.
Coaches and pundits vote for those awards, so how about coach and pundit Jorge D'Alessandro who finds the idea that Zlatan is a quality footballer impossible simply because he is Swedish! D'Alessandro ridicules "He's Swedish! He's Swedish!"
His whole rant is in the video below from 5:30 (in Spanish, but this article has a a little bit of it: http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.periodistadigital.com%2F24por7%2Ffutbol%2F2012%2F11%2F02%2Fdalessandro-ibrahimovic-sueco-messi-barcelona-punto-pelota.shtml
D'Alessandro: I fail to catch the light of a superhero ... he's Swedish! In football players have pedigree.
D'Alessandro: Barca erred paying 78 million euros. I would not pay that amount for a Swede ever, pay for ... speaking Argentine football history and is not a laughing matter.
Pedrerol: And a Portuguese?
D'Alessandro: There's a football elite. There is a breed of players ... the players have a race [...] There is a race of champions in football, and they are not the Swedes .
Punto Pelota is a shit show, anyways. Rarely anybody takes what they say seriously.This year the only players nominated for Ballon D'Or that doesn't represent a big football nation were Yaya Toure, Drogba, Falcao and Zlatan, they had all finished very strong personal seasons.
When you look at nominees for individual awards like Ballon D'Or it's pretty evident that those who come from big football nations are heavily favored simply by association to those teams status (and not necessarily having played well for them) while those who come from smaller football nations have to prove much more to be recognized.
Coaches and pundits vote for those awards, so how about coach and pundit Jorge D'Alessandro who finds the idea that Zlatan is a quality footballer impossible simply because he is Swedish! D'Alessandro ridicules "He's Swedish! He's Swedish!"
His whole rant is in the video below from 5:30 (in Spanish, but this article has a a little bit of it: http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.periodistadigital.com%2F24por7%2Ffutbol%2F2012%2F11%2F02%2Fdalessandro-ibrahimovic-sueco-messi-barcelona-punto-pelota.shtml
D'Alessandro: I fail to catch the light of a superhero ... he's Swedish! In football players have pedigree.
D'Alessandro: Barca erred paying 78 million euros. I would not pay that amount for a Swede ever, pay for ... speaking Argentine football history and is not a laughing matter.
Pedrerol: And a Portuguese?
D'Alessandro: There's a football elite. There is a breed of players ... the players have a race [...] There is a race of champions in football, and they are not the Swedes .
So, it's a three game suspension? I really thought that the game sucked before the red card. I feel so empty...
Hmm...
Guess he wanted some rest after all. Cost P$G the game as well Maybe money isn't everything hmmmmmmmmmm??
So, is he missing a CL match with Dinamo Zagreb?