Breaking: The Ballon d'Or will not be awarded in 2020
France Football have confirmed there will be no Ballon d’Or awarded in 2020 due to the “exceptional circumstances” the Covid-19 pandemic has had on the season.
It is the first year since 1956 that France Football will not hand out the prestigious individual award. Lionel Messi won last year to pick up his sixth Ballon d’Or overall, with Cristiano Ronaldo a five-time winner. Only Luka Modric broke this 12-year duopoly when winning in 2018.
France's Ligue 1 was the most high-profile division in Europe to cancel the remainder of its campaign due to coronavirus, with the Premier League, Serie A and La Liga all resuming after a three-month break.
This imbalance has prompted France Football to postpone this year’s award, with editor-in-chief Pascal Ferre stating this cannot - and should not - be treated as an ordinary one”.
"From a sports perspective, two months (January and February), out of the eleven generally required to form an opinion and decide who should lift the trophies, represent far too little to gauge and judge; without forgetting that the other games were played – or will be played – in unordinary conditions (behind closed doors, with five replacements, Champions League’s Final 8 played in a single game).
"Finally, the equity that prevails for this honorary title will not be warranted, especially when it comes to accounting and preparation : all the award seekers will not be in the same boat, some having seen their season cut short. Therefore, how can we establish a fair comparison? To avoid overly convoluted calculations and projections, we chose the least bad of the options.
"This decision, which was taken of course with all the Group stakeholders, does not delight us but it seems to be the most responsible one. Protecting the credibility and legitimacy of such an award also means ensuring its flawlessness over time.
"The Ballon d’Or will gather again the football big family and enthusiasts in 2021, to relive the happiness that surrounds the ceremonies as we have experienced them in recent years."
ronnie_luv
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Lewandowski has now turned to LewanROBski 😥😥😥
yunusmo
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Official: Lewangoalski robbed off Balon D’Or 2020
ELLYICON
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because Messi had a difficult season. 😂😂
MrSadat
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yesterday perez says,benzema deseves ballon D'or.. And today-
SH3012
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Just Because Of Messi Had A Worse Season,They Are Cancelling It And Putting In 2020,UnFair! Lewandowski Really Deserves It👊😏
Rajendracr17
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I think Ballon dor committee don't want Bayern players to be awarded the award They always gets robbed
Shresthahimal
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Everybody are saying Lewandoski Deserve it? Why? Has he won UCl?? or What?? After the UCL final only we can see who deserves it.
Bikis2
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Since Ligue 1 was cancelled with 11 games left and Ballon D'or is given by France Football so it's a good decision keeping everything in mind because players like Mbapoe and Neymar would have a disadvantage in comparison with other players
JamesWalker
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LewanGoALski be like:- So my Scoring Campaign was all for noThing.
JamesWalker
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Official:- Covid 19 won the 2020 Ballon d'or award.
sufyrumu
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This is the biggest robbery to Lewandowski since Chelsea vs Barcelona in 2009.
ⓜⓞⓞⓢⓐbaloch
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Feeling sad for Lewandowski
BarryLama
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LewanGoalski really deserves it this year,I feel so Sad 😞 for the Bavarians Goal machine although I’m a Messi fan
SH3012
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Lewandowski Dream Was About To Come True Then He Woke Up😂
Mosanya
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You Mean That Sir Lingardinho Will Have To Wait For Another Year ?
Beeikmn
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Everybody are saying Lewandoski Deserve it? Why? Has he won UCl?? or What?? After the UCL final only we can see who deserves it.
did messi win the UCL last season no right🙃😏
SelvaKumar6
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because Messi had a difficult season. 😂😂
AngelBhusalBarçafan
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This is the biggest robbery to Lewandowski since Chelsea vs Barcelona in 2009.
You forgot Ribery and then Real Madrid vs Bayern twice. Then, Real vs Athletico.
Camrade_Wilson
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Everybody are saying Lewandoski Deserve it? Why? Has he won UCl?? or What?? After the UCL final only we can see who deserves it.
Bud, he has already won the double, scoring 51 goals in all competitions the most of any player in Europe, and is also the top scorer in the champions league rn.
Bikdikprsu
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Just Because Of Messi Had A Worse Season,They Are Cancelling It And Putting In 2020,UnFair! Lewandowski Really Deserves It👊😏
seriously some of this Real fans are really stupid
PhaEL
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because Messi had a difficult season. 😂😂
How do u call 25goals and 21 assist a difficult season 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️😁😁
THEBLAUGRANA
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Just Because Of Messi Had A Worse Season,They Are Cancelling It And Putting In 2020,UnFair! Lewandowski Really Deserves It👊😏
it's not cuz Messi had off season..it's becuase of pandemic 😑
hoddlmnsz
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Everybody are saying Lewandoski Deserve it? Why? Has he won UCl?? or What?? After the UCL final only we can see who deserves it.
did Messi won the UCL Last season????
YassoTG
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because Messi had a difficult season. 😂😂
Nah wtf not at all You are so fucking stupid Saying that cuz u shitty chelsea fan?
yunusmo
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Who the is lewandosky? Benzema was much Breyer and won the laliga which they have not done in a while wat the gel has lewandosky done scored goal? Tap in Bayern as a te is good this season it’s not like lewandosky carried them to bundes liga Bayern has always winning the pig with or with out lewandosky only scoring goals don’t give u bollondor look at Messi he has most goal and asist in laliga still he can’t win it u must do emoting great
Lewy has way more league goals than Messi and Benzema. Lewy won the Bundesliga and the DFB Pokal with Bayern, currently has the most goals in UCL, and *Bayern will probably win the UCL*. If tap ins were that easy, Benzema should have also had same goals cuz after all they are both number 9’s. And this season Germany even has better top 6 teams than Spain.
Däryl Då Gwãp
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because Messi had a difficult season. 😂😂
Test still better than everyone one in Chealse💯
Yozortuyz
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because Messi had a difficult season. 😂😂
Top scorer by playing from middle of the season 🙄
Absolutegenius
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Lewandowski has now turned to LewanROBski 😥😥😥
it should rather be Lewanrobbedski
Zankorsu
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Just Because Of Messi Had A Worse Season,They Are Cancelling It And Putting In 2020,UnFair! Lewandowski Really Deserves It👊😏
21 assists & 25 goals in a single season is a record....this is a bad season for BARCA,not for messi......