After stealing the golden ball, stealing the best of FIFA? Don't scold Messi! The pot of controversy and award-winning, the king of the ball really doesn't carry it

On January 16, Beijing time, Messi won the FIFA Best Player, which caused huge controversy, and many people were scolding Messi, scolding him for stealing the Golden Ball Award and stealing the World Footballer, but is this really Messi's fault?

First of all, it should be pointed out that whether it is the Golden Ball Award or the FIFA Best of the Year, the results are not Messi himself can control, and it is impossible for him to "buy" all the judges, including media reporters, national team captains, national team coaches, although he has a lot of fans, but he is also the second in football, not as good as Ronaldo, so whether Messi wins or not, he himself is "innocent".

Has Messi "stole" the Golden Ball?

Many people are saying that Messi stole 4 golden balls, is this really the case?

Among the 8 Ballon d'Or awards, the first time was in 2009, Barcelona won six crowns, Messi's header in the Champions League final, the third time was in 2011, Barcelona won five crowns, Messi's top scorer, and the fifth time was in 2015, Barcelona won the Champions League, Messi is the core of MSN - no doubt about winning the award, right?

The seventh time is in 2021, Messi won the Copa America, the first national team championship - Lewandowski's six crowns were in 2020, when the Ballon d'Or was cancelled, and Jorginho won the triple crown, but played in the back, and his personal performance and statistics were not outstanding enough.

The eighth time is in 2023, Messi finally won the World Cup, and the crowning of the king of the ball reached its peak, although Haaland has a treble, but 0 goals in the final, it is normal to be better than Messi.

The second was the most controversial: in 2010, Sneijder won the treble and the World Cup runner-up, and the media voted first, but at that time it was the combined FIFA Ballon d'Or, and the coach and captain voted, and Messi became the first.

There was also a fourth time, the 2012 European Championship in Spain, the third consecutive major title, and many thought Xavi or Iniesta deserved the Ballon d'Or, but they were badly divided among each other. And Messi scored 91 goals this year, breaking the all-time record, and it is understandable that he won the award.

There is also a sixth time, in 2019, Liverpool eliminated Barcelona in the Champions League and finally won the title, Van Dijk was considered to deserve the award, but it was very difficult for defenders to win the award, and Messi at least has the La Liga title and the La Liga Golden Boot and the European Golden Boot.

In short, Messi won the Ballon d'Or 8 times, and there is indeed a certain amount of controversy in some cases, but it is too much to say that he "stole" 4.

Messi didn't steal the FIFA best

This time the FIFA best is very similar to the 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or, Haaland and Sneijder are also trebles, and the media vote is also the first, and there are also the first votes of the national team coach. But Messi won the national team captain and the fans, and the two were tied, and the latter won the award by virtue of the more votes for the first pick of the national team captain.

The author also believes that Haaland should be the best player in FIFA, but as mentioned earlier, Messi did not "steal". In the vote for Argentina's captain, he voted for his biggest rival Haaland, which shows that Messi recognizes Haaland, and he does not think about grabbing the trophy in his heart, and not going to the ceremony is also to show this attitude.

The fans voted for Messi to win a game, but the most crucial thing was the vote of the captain of the national team, with 107 people ranking Messi first, far more than Haaland.

It can't be that Messi called and sent red envelopes one by one to beg for it, right? Now that he has left Europe, there is almost no intersection, and people don't need to give him any face.

It can only be said that after dominating football for so many years, Messi has conquered most of his peers and won the respect of most of his peers, even including the players of Real Madrid, who have been sworn enemies for many years (Valverde, Modric). They volunteered to vote for Messi, so that the Argentine could make history by winning another award at the end of his career.

Therefore, Messi really doesn't carry the pot of controversy awards!