At the end of almost every year, the topic of the Golden Globe Awards will trigger a heated discussion among fans around the world. With the announcement of the 23 candidates for the Ballon d'Or, the topic of the Ballon d'Or has become the focus of fans' talk.
This discussion has begun from the candidate stage. In addition to discussing who is the favorite to win, everyone will also make a criticism of the list around the losing players. For example, bayern only 1 person was selected this year, such as the defeat of Chieza Jr. and Son Heung-min.
Eleven years ago, that landmark Golden Globe award selection produced the biggest controversy in the history of the "Golden Globe Candidate List".
On 26 October 2010, FIFA and French Football announced the 23-man shortlist for the 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or Awards, the first year after the merger of the French Football Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Footballer of the Year.
Of the year's 23 candidates, Barca had the most 6 and Bayern were selected, which is related to Spain's World Cup victory and Germany's World Cup third place. Champions League champions and treble-backed Inter Milan have four winners – Eto'o, Sneijder, Macon and Cesar.
If you weren't involved in that big discussion in 2010, just by looking at these names, you'll think about it – why wasn't there Diego Milito? That's right, that's the biggest controversy surrounding the Ballon d'Or candidates — Milito missed the 23-man Golden Globe candidate in 2010.
A shortlist of 23 people for the 2010 Golden Globe Awards is attached:
Cassi, Alves, Drogba, Eto'o, Fabregas, Fran, Gian, Iniesta, Cesar, Klose, Ram, McCon, Messi, Müller, former Arsenal midfielder, Robben, Ronaldo, Schweinsteiger, Sneijder, Villa, Alonso, Xavi, former Barca centre-back.
As soon as the Golden Ball shortlist came out, it immediately caused a huge sensation in Italian football. Inter Milan president Moratti, as well as Inter players such as Materazzi, have supported Rice as an unbelievable thing, serie A has been discriminated against, and Milito's old club Genoa has also supported him, believing that it is an unfair decision and a serious mistake.
Albertini, vice-president of the Italian Football Association, cried out for Milito: "Milito should not be excluded from the shortlist, just for his goal in the Champions League final, for his brilliant season, this should not happen. ”
Peduria, the chief writer of Sport italia, said: "These judges might as well directly state that the Ballon d'Or selection should consider performance in the World Cup. I think if the Ballon d'Or also sets an award for the coach, Milito's defeat would be as ridiculous as Mourinho's failure. ”
At the time, Italian Slow Motion also organized 17 Italian football experts to select the best 5 players of the past year, of which 15 included Milito and two believed that the Ballon d'Or should be given to Milito.
For the solidarity of the outside world, Milito said: "I want to thank those who have complained for me, which makes me feel recognized by everyone, and I feel very proud." Especially thanks to President Moratti, and the Inter fans, I will not be too disappointed, we want to fight for more goals, more victories, repay the support of the fans. I would also like to extend my sincerest thanks to Genoa and their fans, genoa and Inter are the most important clubs of my career. ”
In 2009-10, Inter won the first treble in the history of Italian football, and the 30-year-old Diego Milito made 52 appearances in a single season and scored 30 goals, a figure that does not seem surprising today. But Milito's greatest achievement is that he completed a myth of "rice four goals and three crowns".
Compared to Barca and Bayern, who have won the treble twice, Inter Milan in 2010 is different in that they do not have absolute dominance, they do not have the strength to stand out from the crowd, but they still win the treble.
This year, Inter and Roma competed for the title in two lines. In the Coppa Italia final, Milito scored the winning goal and helped Inter Milan beat Roma 1-0 and take the first step towards the treble!
In the 33rd round of Serie A, Fiorentina's blocking made Inter lose the top spot, but in the 35th round, Sampdoria's Pazzini beat Roma and put Inter back on the top of the table. In the 38th round of away games against Siena, Inter must win to secure the title, and in the 57th minute, Milito scored the goal that determined the championship!
The story that took place in the Champions League has long been regarded as a classic, milito scored only 1 goal in the group stage, 5 goals and 2 assists in 7 knockout matches. In the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals, Milito scored 1 shot and 2 passes to help Inter beat Cosmos Barca 3-1, laying the foundation for Camp Nou's promotion. In the match against Bayern at the Bernabeu, Milito scored twice and lifted the Big Ears Cup in front of the Inter Milan fans, who ended 45 years of waiting and dreamed back to the era of big international!
Scored 30 goals in a single season, scored in all three competitions, won the Treble, and scored in the "final" of all three competitions. With four goals to decide three championships, such a big scene star, such a big heart legend, is unique in the history of world football! We've seen Barcelona's sweeps and invincibles, we've seen Bayern Munich's air-wrenching, and they often don't let the suspense of the league title last round. That Mourinho Inter Milan, with its tenacious will, resolute counterattack, efficient attack, stepped onto the top of Europe.
Unfortunately, in that World Cup year, the importance of the World Cup overshadowed everything.
The 31-year-old Diego Milito has entered the World Cup squad, and the Argentine team led by maradona has six major strikers - Messi, Higuain, Tevez, Aguero, Palermo, Milito, an incredibly luxurious forward configuration.
Maradona's choice was Messi with Higuain and Tevez, with youngster Aguero as the main substitute, Milito only playing 10 minutes off the bench against Nigeria and starting 80 minutes in an unrelated match against Greece, assisting Demichelis to score a goal. In the knockout rounds, Milito did not make a appearance, and he only played 90 minutes of the World Cup in his career. Milito, a late bloomer, made 25 appearances for the Argentine national team in his career, scoring four goals, and was a substitute in one World Cup and two Copa America.
In the 2009-10 season, Milito scored 22 goals in Serie A, second only to Di Natale, who scored 29 goals, and he was also voted the Best Player of the Serie A Season and the Best Foreign Aid of the Serie A Season. In addition, Milito was voted UEFA's Striker of the Season and UEFA's Best Club Player, and he was also the player of the best player in the Champions League final.
It was such a player who did not even make the Ballon d'Or shortlist that season. Although this topic has been around for 11 years, every time I look back, it feels incredible.
In the past few years, all the controversies surrounding the Golden Globe Awards are nothing more than three points, looking at personal data or collective honor, looking at the Champions League or watching the World Cup/European Cup, looking at the total amount of data or looking at the data gold content, its standards have never been unified, of course, it is difficult to unify. But if we look closely, we will find that the influence of the club and the popularity of the players themselves, these factors outside the stadium are also affecting the attribution of the Ballon d'Or.
Moreover, French Football slowly kills their authority step by step with their tolerance. The Ballon d'Or has been voted for by professional journalists since its inception, which gives them a trump for authority over the FIFA World Footballer of the Year, as voted by the national team manager and captain. In 2007, the Ballon d'Or was a historic overhaul, expanding the selection from UEFA member state club players to global professional players, and the voting power was expanded from European media journalists to those from countries that had participated in the World Cup finals. In 2016, French Football "separated" from FIFA, and the voting rights of the Ballon d'Or were extended to journalists of all FIFA members, regardless of professionalism.
The authority of the Golden Globes began to be questioned again and again, most notably by Sri Lankan journalist Hafiz Marikar. In 2017, his top five votes were Bonucci, De Gea, Falcao, Hazard and Kane; in 2018, his top five were Hazard, Firmino, Pogba, Ronaldo, and Kane; in 2019, his top five were Arnold, Aubameyang, Griezmann, Levan, and Ter Stegen. His votes are absolutely valid, as is the case with Sri Lankan journalists, which are not uncommon in other small football countries.
In fact, on the whole, the attribution of the Golden Globe Awards in the past few years has its rationality. The reason why the Golden Globes are controversial is that the number of candidates is always less than the number of good players, even if it is expanded to 100 seats, there will be 101st people who will be questioned because of the lack of luck; there is only one Final Winner of the Ballon d'Or, but for many years, there is more than one who deserves the Ballon d'Or. Everyone has a Golden Globe winner in their hearts, but it can't be unified because there is no unified standard.
However, no amount of reason can explain it, and Diego Milito missed the 23-man candidate list for the Ballon d'Or in 2010, an eternal controversy in the history of the Ballon d'Or.