"Lionel Messi shouldn't have won the Ballon d'Or this year because he received a red card." That's the view of former Chelsea defender Frank LeBeouf, who compared the situation to Zidane's two misses on the prize. Messi's performance at Barca last season was modest, scoring 38 goals in 47 games, but Barcelona won only one Copa del Rey title last season and the honour at club level is unconvincing. In the summer, Messi led Argentina to win brazil's first Copa America title in the Copa America final. He also won the Copa America's Best Player and America's Cup Golden Boot with outstanding match stats, which many believe, combined with his performance, should be enough to give the PSG superstar a seventh Ballon d'Or.
But LeBuev did not recognise Messi's performance, arguing that Messi did not deserve the award, as messi received a red card for a malicious foul on Assir Villalibray of Athletic Bilbao in january' super cup final. "In 2000 and 2006, Zidane didn't win the Ballon d'Or because he also got a red card that year," Loebev said on TeleFoot. "Messi was sent off for playing in the Spanish Super Cup, which had a bad impact. If we don't give it to Zizou, we shouldn't give it to Messi. ”
Messi's red card from VAR for violence was the first time in his club career that he was sent off. Zidane, meanwhile, also won the Ballon d'Or at Juventus in 1998, but LeBuev refers to 2000 and 2006. The Real Madrid legend was second in 2000, and Zidane had been the hottest Ballon d'Or candidate in the weeks leading up to Luis Figo's Ballon d'Or that year, but Zidane then attacked his opponent with his head against Hamburg and was banned for five games, which was detrimental to Zidane's candidacy for the Ballon d'Or that year. Six years later, in Zidane's final game as a footballer, one of the most shocking moments in football history occurred, when Zidane hit Marco Materazzi with his head in the 2006 World Cup final and was subsequently sent off with a red card, while Italy won the penalty shootout, with Blues defender Fabio Cannavaro winning the Ballon d'Or for his contributions, and Zidane once again being the backdrop for the ballon d'Or for the red card
Since the cancellation of the Golden Globes last year, the 2021 Golden Globes will be held after November 29 at the Châtelet Theatre in Paris. In addition to Messi, Karim Benzema, Robert Lewandowski and Giogenho are also major contenders for the award. In addition, De Bruyne also said in an interview with the media that he was not optimistic about Messi winning the Ballon d'Or, saying, "If I had to choose, I would look at the performance of the players in the past two years, because there was no last year." So I will choose Lewandowski because in these two seasons he has been very good at scoring goals. ”