At 2:00 a.m. Beijing time on January 18, the FIFA Awards Ceremony was held at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. The most interesting thing is the attribution of the "FIFA Best Male Athlete" – the "World Footballer of the Year". Messi, Lewandowski and Salah are the three superstars, who can win this award?
There is no doubt that Messi is the number one hit. In the 2021 Ballon d'Or, Messi defeated Levine and was crowned Mr. Ballon d'Or for the 7th time; 2021 World Footballer of the Year, the probability is also Messi, and the chance of winning is greater than that of the Ballon d'Or! Why?
First of all, we want to clarify the time frame for the 2021 World Footballer of the Year: from October 8, 2020 to August 7, 2021.
Last summer, Messi left Barca to join Paris Saint-Germain. In Grand Paris, Messi did not perform well, scoring only one goal in the Ligue 1 half. However, this does not affect the selection of World Footballer of the Year in the slightest: Messi joined Grand Paris on August 10 last year, and has already passed the circle time of fifa selection - Messi "paddling" in Greater Paris has nothing to do with this World Footballer of the Year selection.
Now that FIFA has circled the time period, let's take a look at the data performance and awards of the three superstars from October 8, 2020 to August 7, 2021.
Let's start with Messi. During this time period, Messi played 57 games for Barca and Argentina, scoring 43 goals, assisting 17 times and directly participating in 60 goals. More importantly, Messi also won the 2021 Copa America, as well as the La Liga Golden Boot, the Copa America MVP, and the Copa del Rey.
Of course, Levan's stats are also good: 51 goals scored in 44 games, assisted 8 times, and directly involved 59 goals. Levan also has the Bundesliga, German Super Cup, Club World Cup and bundesliga Golden Boot.
What about Salah? FiFA circled the time period, Salah 28 goals and 6 assists, directly involved in 34 goals, and Messi, Levan has a huge gap. At this FIFA festival, Salah can only play the role of "reading with the prince".
Just in terms of goal/assist comparison, Messi and Levan are inseparable. However, if you comb through the data, you will find that Messi is more dazzling: during this time period, Messi has a total of 276 dribbling successes (Levan 41 times), 150 key passes (Levan 49 times), 34 times to create major opportunities (Levan 13 times), 33 times the best of the game (Levan 16 times). As a striker, Messi missed only 14 major chances, and was also stronger than Levan (30).
How did Ronaldo perform? This time the world footballer of the year selection, C Ronaldo did not enter the top 3, the data is not wronged. In the time period identified by FIFA, Cristiano Ronaldo scored 39 goals and 5 assists in Juve and Portugal, and directly participated in 44 goals. In addition, Ronaldo dribbled 93 times, 60 key passes, 10 major scoring opportunities, and 12 full-time bests, all of which were not as good as Messi.
Messi and other 6 superstar data PK
In terms of statistics, honors and performances, Messi should be the hottest candidate for the world footballer of the year 2021. If crowned, Messi will win the award 7 times (note: count towards the FIFA Ballon d'Or created by FIFA and French football during the 2010-2015 period)!