At the end of this month, French Football will announce the winner of the 2021 Ballon d'Or, but for now, there seems to be no suspense. Portuguese media RTP Desporto broke the news that "French Football" has awarded Messi the Ballon d'Or. Luo Ming, a well-known sports journalist and one of the judges of the Golden Globe Awards, revealed on social media that according to FIFA friends and other relevant sources, Messi will win his seventh Golden Globe Award, and has filmed the promotional video of the award. "Team Newspaper" and "Mirror" also did relevant voting activities, and Messi led the candidate list with an absolute advantage.
French Football editor-in-chief Pascal Ferre denied Messi's award in an interview. But as far as the public opinion situation is concerned, Messi won the Ballon d'Or again, which is a matter of certainty. Really?
The Ballon d'Or is voted for by the media and practitioners to recognise the best performer of the year. Before the emergence of "Merro", individual performance and team honor were not the only criteria for judging the Golden Globe Awards, or even the most important. Jean Pierre Papán in 1991 won the IFFHS goalscorer of the year and the Golden Boot himself, but Marseille won only one league title. Roberto Baggio in 1993, when Juventus only won the UEFA Cup. Similarly, there are Ronaldo, Figo and Ronaldinho.
After the rise of Messi and C Ronaldo, football has entered a unique double glory world. As long as you talk about football, the media in the circle can't avoid these two people. So from 2008, Messi and C Ronaldo monopolized the Ballon d'Or until 2018, when they were broken by Modric. Modric was able to stand out thanks to Croatia's historic World Cup runner-up and his own World Cup Ballon d'Or. Under the rule of the absolute double pride, the Golden Globe Awards jury raised individual performance and team honor to an unprecedented height. Probably only the core of the team who is not a Mero teammate can win the Ballon d'Or with world-class honors, and modric is no different.
In recent years, Messi and C Ronaldo have lost their courage in the past, and their performance and honor have gradually fallen behind. For example, Jorginho, who plays for Chelsea, has champions of the Champions League, European Cups and UEFA Player of the Year. 2020 World Footballer of the Year Levan, carrying 3 Golden Boots and 5 championships. In contrast, Messi is slightly inferior. When playing for Barca this year, he can also get the Golden Boot in La Liga, and after moving to Paris Saint-Germain, he has not scored a single goal in Ligue 1. The only team honor that can be won this year is the Copa America championship.
Whether it is Jorginho or Levan, the performance and honor can overshadow Messi, but they are still the Ballon d'Or runners.
As mentioned above, Merrow raised the "appetite" of the Golden Globe Jury, resulting in the award honor must have a high gold content. The most crucial thing is that Messi's more than ten years of dominant performance has established an unshakable position in the hearts of a large number of football people. That said, Messi can enjoy a certain degree of preference bonus. Needless to say, Messi is definitely the first person on the jury. In Africa and North America, Messi also has unparalleled influence, with a high probability of winning the First Ballon d'Or, referring to the 2019 voting results of Van Dijk and Mane.
Asia is not as strong, but others are unlikely to dump Messi by many votes. Messi's vote should not be too high, because in terms of public opinion performance, the media is more interested in pushing Jorginho. Many Golden Globe judges have spoken out that they will examine players from indicators such as awards, data and annual achievements, but people have their own preferences and standards, there is no unified selection rules, and they are unlikely to make iron-faced and selfless choices. Overall, with the last dividend of brilliant influence, Messi has the strength to win the highest vote.
Jorginho and Levan, the honor performance is unquestionable, but the "hard currency" may not be able to impress some of the judges. Perhaps in their eyes, replacing Messi must at least have World Cup-level honors, unless the "Mei Ball King" completely pulls his crotch. And some judges with apocalyptic heroes are even less likely to be obsessed with Giogenio and Levan. In a way, the players who "can provide the most material for the media" are more likely to be favored by the judges. Obviously, Messi, who can stir up world football with a transfer, has more advantages than his competitors.
Messi is crowned the 2021 Ballon d'Or, nine times out of ten. The only thing that has changed that can make Zeno and Levan break through is the European ticket warehouse score.