Former Barcelona player Rivaldo has claimed that Lionel Messi should win this year's Ballon d'Or.
The Brazilian explained that the Blaugrana captain deserves the award despite not winning the Champions League title.
"In my opinion, Messi should win the Ballon d'Or this year for everything he has done," Rivaldo said.
"He didn't win the Champions League, but it's an individual prize.
"He has scored many and important goals and I think he deserves it."
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Athenkosi01
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Messi deserves the Ballon d'Or indeed. Top scorer in UCL.π La liga top scorer.π European golden boot.π La liga winner.π Spanish Super Cup winner.π 18+ Assists.π 35+ dribbles completed in UCL #1.π 20+ MOTM awards #1. π No player deserves Ballon d'Or more than Messi in terms of individual performsπ―π
takblmsuz
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de ligt Deserve THe MOst Bcz oF HIs Transfer News
Desmondeyum
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Ballon dor is an individual award. Messi was the best individual this season. By an absaloute mile
Desmondeyum
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My ballon dor TOP 5 Messi No Body Came As Close To The Goat Allison Van Dijk Bernado Silva Mane
Diubkmnru
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Important goals??What does that mean really?.. I thought important goals are those that result in winning trophies..In Messi's situation those goals are supposed to be the following hypothetical goals. 1.1 goal at Anfield to make it 4:1 allowing Barcelona to proceed on away goals 2.2 goals against Valencia to make it 3:2 and win Copa del rey. 3.3goals against Brazil to eliminate them from Copa and proceed to score in the final and lift COPA The list can go on and on..That is my understanding of important goals.. But for all the so called important goals Messi only won La liga.. If criteria was important goals then even the outsider Ronaldo can win..His hattrick can be deemed as important goals
Sekbcnsuy
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Then Mbappe deserves it more because he had more goals than messi in league if remove the useless penalities ! His goals only lead to one local trophy which he wins it from 2008 till now ! How This man deserve a ballon d'or why there are players from Liverpool really worked hard and made wonders and really deserves it ! So you say no matter how good the other players played and no matter what did they do to help the team to win trophies But once messi score useless goals he became the best automatically ! The man even refused to get rested against the small teams so he could score his goals
rionrz
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Barcelona fans is at their dirty works again, give your goat the B,dor for Barcelona and Spain, he deserve that one. only Barcelona fans see that messi should get B,dor ball,. if rivaldo really say this in which I don't think he did, he was in a RUM bar when he say that. stiff stone drunk. now we should get back to reality and forget about Barcelona selfish and greedy fans. After all that just revealed about Barcelona and messi bin sailing high on favoritism and referees help, they still have the nerve to come and talk about more favoritism on messi,? you people have done enough damage to this beautiful game already, now you want to turn true football loving fans from football? where this nerd comes from still talking about messi and B,dor ? be gone silly billy.
Zukaemnty
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Rivaldo must be crazy and is getting older if Messi win ballon d'or then football doesn't make sense anymore cause so many players this year play so phenomenal like sterling, win triple with City, jesus wins triple with city and copa player Sergio aguero , like Sergio mane win champions league soon Africa cup of nations like defender from liverpool Win champions league and play final with Portugal UEFA national league you can win balloon d'or only if take your team to the finals like Cristiano Ronaldo win serie A and wins uefa national league that kind of players deserve to win balloon d'or old man.
Rodadlstz
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Being one time in a certain club shouldn't make each and everyone of us to just eliminate others regarding his/her former teammate to have done well beyond others of which the whole world football fans don't see globally there was to be a hopefulness qualification for Barca to champion league final of having beaten Liverpool in first leg where by result at Anfield became an unaspirated and unexpectedly knocking messi with no mercy and indeed not by surprise so for him to get such should have made 4:1 so as to let people take about him whoever says so"like Rivaldo must be crazy or I may say that it of low reasoning capacity since is becoming older
Kubdios
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Messi deserves the Ballon d'Or indeed. Top scorer in UCL.π La liga top scorer.π European golden boot.π La liga winner.π Spanish Super Cup winner.π 18+ Assists.π 35+ dribbles completed in UCL #1.π 20+ MOTM awards #1. π No player deserves Ballon d'Or more than Messi in terms of individual performsπ―π
and best penalty goal in Copa haha
Athenkosi01
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van dijk won an international trophy and ucl what did messi win
VVD didn't win international trophy mate. Varane last year won world cup & UCL. but Modric won it. it's not about winning UCL... Rivaldo said it it's an individual award mate
Liverpoollfc8
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Messi deserves the Ballon d'Or indeed. Top scorer in UCL.π La liga top scorer.π European golden boot.π La liga winner.π Spanish Super Cup winner.π 18+ Assists.π 35+ dribbles completed in UCL #1.π 20+ MOTM awards #1. π No player deserves Ballon d'Or more than Messi in terms of individual performsπ―π
van dijk won an international trophy and ucl what did messi win
vinaysingh316
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Then Mbappe deserves it more because he had more goals than messi in league if remove the useless penalities ! His goals only lead to one local trophy which he wins it from 2008 till now ! How This man deserve a ballon d'or why there are players from Liverpool really worked hard and made wonders and really deserves it ! So you say no matter how good the other players played and no matter what did they do to help the team to win trophies But once messi score useless goals he became the best automatically ! The man even refused to get rested against the small teams so he could score his goals
Really if we talk about removing Penalties.Than your 1 season wonder Biryani Man M.Salah not even deserve PL Golden Boot.