FIFA has announced the top three candidates for the 2021 "FIFA Best Player of the Year" (World Footballer of the Year), of which Messi, Levan and Salah have been shortlisted. C Ronaldo, another superstar of the "Merlot era", failed to enter the top three for the first time in five years.
Like Messi, who played 61 games in 2021, scored 43 goals, contributed 22 assists, and participated in a total of 65 goals, still averaging more than 1 goal per game. Messi won the Copa America in the previous Ballon d'Or awards, winning the unprecedented Ballon d'Or for the 7th time.
However, after Messi came to Paris, although he performed well in the Champions League, scoring 5 goals in 5 games; in Ligue 1, Messi, although more responsible for the organizational core of the offensive and defensive conversion, did not perform well in terms of goals: he played 11 times, 10 of them started, played 866 minutes, scored only 1 goal, and assisted 4 times - obviously, Messi's performance has already begun to decline.
And C Ronaldo failed to enter the top three of the world footballer of the year this time, and before that, in the Golden Globe Awards, he only won the 6th place, setting a new low in 16 years - and failed to win an important personal award throughout the year, which shows that the 37-year-old C Ronaldo has walked on the downward path of his career...
Of course, C Ronaldo personally does not serve the old, more do not accept defeat, he returned to Manchester United, personal data is still bright, it seems that it is still in the peak state, but look at the overall performance of C Ronaldo's team in Juve or Manchester United in recent years, it still shows that the current C Ronaldo, it is difficult to drive the whole team to create the Champions League three consecutive achievements of the year.
Although C Ronaldo was very unconvinced that Messi won this year's Golden Globe Award, and even personally praised the fan post of "Messi does not deserve the Golden Globe Award, C Ronaldo's best performance" and called it a "fact", but C Ronaldo's performance throughout the year is not in the best state, in fact, it is confirmed by the Golden Globe Award and the World Footballer of the Year selection.
For example, like C Ronaldo's former teammate Khedira, after the top three of the World Footballer of the Year came out, he commented:
"I'm a friend of Ronaldo's and an avid fan of him, but if he knew what I would say, I'm afraid he was going to go crazy."
"But if you look at last season, I think Messi, Levan, Salah deserve to be on the roster, unlike Cristiano Ronaldo."
Although Messi, who is two years younger, still performed well last year, the limelight has also been stolen a lot by Levan - in the end, if Levan can be named World Footballer of the Year, it is estimated that it is not too unexpected, which also shows that Messi has begun to go down the road of career.
Soon, Ronaldo will be 37 years old, messi will be 35 years old - like Ronaldo's Manchester United, currently only ranked 7th in the Premier League, next year will not qualify for the Champions League, it is very likely; and Portugal in the Play-offs of the World Cup preliminaries, but also face two major opponents Turkey and Italy, there is also a possibility of losing the World Cup qualification. If so, it can be clearly said: C Ronaldo's era will end from here!
Although Messi is younger and in better condition, if Messi and Paris can't have a better chemistry in the future, it is not easy to win the Champions League; Messi's Argentina team is at its best, but it is not easy to win the World Cup - if in 2022, Messi can't win the Champions League or at least one of the World Cups, then Messi's era is basically over, right?
It can be seen that the "Merro era" is coming to an end, and it is likely that the fastest is in 2022, and it will become a reality! 【Original Review: Yu said that hugh】