How Football's Biggest Awards Became Meaningless
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 พ.ค. 2024
- Whether it's the Ballon d'Or, the FIFA 'The Best' awards, or the Globe Soccer Awards, football now has a litany of different individual honours designed to recognise the finest players on the planet.
However, few people ever question the criteria for these awards, and how the voting process actually works.
So in this documentary turned rant, HITC Sevens takes a look at how awards in football have been at best rendered meaningless, and are at worst entirely corrupt - featuring Premier League teams, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Jorge Mendes. - กีฬา
The great Johan Cruyff perfectly summed up Ballon d’or
“Ballon d’or? A bunch of journalists and people voting for their friends”.
They're not voting for their friends per se, but yeah it's a popularity contest. I guess it's nice for the player but... It needs to stop really
I like how this implies that journalists aren't people
@Lion yeah but if the general population voted we know Messi and Ronaldo would still get a large proportion of votes due to fan following
@Lion People with "neutral eyes" don't exist. Everyone has consious and unconscious biases
I"be always referred to it as the "Balloon Bore' because it's boring. It's rigged, and for over a decade was swapped between Messi and Ronaldo . It became the 'Messi-Ronaldo' appreciation society award. The self congratulatory nature of it during the 2010's was nauseous and unedifying to see. It's ripe for a total overhaul and never again must two players (however good they are) utterly dominate an award. No one else got a look in between 2010 2019. This shows how rigged it all was during these years.
The fact that Messi didn't even win the Globe Soccer Awards the year he scored 91 goals and 29 assists🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
2012 was one the most corrupted year of person award history
would have won it if he hovered on the pitch instead of running.
He did
@@iTzAlwxyss no he didnt
The fact that Messi and Modric win the Ballon d or in 2010 and 2018 is still a joke to me
Like Cristiano Ronaldo getting a footballer of the century award when we’re not even a quarter of the way through this one
And Lionel Messi still exists
Lmao that award is just meaningless.
Eh.
Yeah, That doesn't make much sense giving it to him this early on. Especially since who knows, There may be a footballer in a couple decades that is better then All of the Current and Previous Players up to now.
@@bussytron Not to mention a guy playing right now, a little guy named Leo Messi. If Ronaldo kept playing until 2026 and led Portugal to back to back World Cup titles, then he might slide past Messi.
The agent of the year award is the just the Obama meme giving himself a medal
Or now, Joe Bidome giving himself his award
true lol
I always laugh when they release the list of which country voted for which player in ballon d'or
I remember in 2018 the Indian journalist chose to vote for varane
@@chirayuaggarwal342 the top vote was for ronaldo
Varane was a favorite and had a amazing 2018
@@erictapia1772 deluded
European journalists usually at least vote for players that should be in the top 10, but it's always funny to check the completly ridiculous votes of some African and Asian journalists
If Alfie goes missing, we all know who did it.
george mendez has sold him
Could be China as well
The Saudis dismembered him like Khashoggi
@@icee_ae facts lad not rude stating what the Saudi royal family did to someone who spoke ill of them, obviously wouldn't want that to happen to Alfie one of the best TH-camrs in the game
Pessi fan boys?
Good to see that I'm not the only one who thinks these "awards" are a joke. It amazes me that some fans actually take them seriously.
Casuals lol
@Niranjan Rajesh I’ve never cared about them. Football is a team sport but the Americanisation of our sport means that we have to worship individuals.
Someone like N’golo Kante is never really going to win awards but he’s central to team performance.
@@kiriakoz didn’t Kante win the PFA player of the year in 2017? Not that it is definitive.
@Niranjan Rajesh he should’ve won more. He won a title at Leicester and then to prove it’s no fluke, he did it again at Chelsea.
@Niranjan Rajesh you got that from ''casuals lol''. I'm not responsible for what you understand but what I wrote and yes it's still a farce. They can legit give away a trophy for the best player with solid criterias but that won't get any views only hardcore football fans would support so yeah, CASUALS.
That line about Ronaldo not having to degrade himself in Dubai for an extra few quid aged tremendously
😆
It really did thats hilarious
So did messi
@@lol010 not exactly, Messi went to the mls not just for money , he went fir his family to enjoy the lifestyle their and to (not official) own a mls club once he retires, we can tell he doesn’t care about money as he rejected billion offer deals from Al Hilal. Whilst Ronaldo went for the money. Ronaldo also may have went to help grow the league but main reason was money.
@@slim.sh4dy He didnt get an offer from an mls club. Btw he also went there for the "lifestyle" where he can enjoy his life with his family
You know its rigged when legends like Heskey never won the award
FACTS
It’s a joke. He made messi look Sunday league at best...
@@gregparsley9343 so shit he was awesome
Legends like who?? :D
@@NiSiochainGanSaoirse exactly. he lacked skills to the extreme that he became an icon🤣
lol when he said the revelation award "disappeared", you just knew Joao Felix was gonna win when it reappeared.
Why exactly?
@@jcxkzhgco3050 Jorge Mendes.
The Ronaldo Dubai award is the worst one. When messi scored 91 goals, falcao won the trophy lmao. Ronaldo owns the thing
No mendes owns it
He gives the award to his players every year
Why are even taking it seriously?
@@christianopulinaldo8319 who is mendes
@@johnaajohni2129 Jorge Mendes
Cristiano Ronaldo's agent
@@spleenetideal2662 nahhh like who is jorge mendes??
Let’s play a game: take a shot every time he says Jorge mendes
I would have passed out
@@siyagcinwamatsenjwa5309 *died
Needed new kidneys
It's easy going for the first 15 or so minutes, but from then on your insides will be systematically murdered by shot abuse.
Never forget Roy Hodgson voting for Javier Mascherano for the Ballon d'Or whilst as England boss.
He shouldn't win but boi
This confirms there is 0 bias towards the voter’s compatriots in the Balon Dor
@@gustavosalvini1827 this also confirms even national teams manager had 0 football knowledge and wasting his vote for someone who obviously doesn't deserve it
@@gustavosalvini1827 seeing as exactly zero (0) Englishmen we’re on the Ballon D’Or shortlist in 2014, I’m afraid this isn’t definitive proof, or even a shred of evidence.
Awards are ALWAYS given to attack-minded players like strikers, wingers& attack midfielders while the defense-minded players are ignored
The criteria to win ballon D’or changed after Messi won 4 back to back. It used to be which player had the best individual season and then became which player had the best season in the team that won the most important trophy. (Champions league)
Modric 2018. I still dont understand how he finished 5th while having more goals than the top 3 combined and nearly as many assists as the top 3.
Messi won in 2019 and 2021 even though Barca didn't win the CL in either of those years
@@BIadeloresBest individual season Ronaldo for example won in 2016 and 2017 because of his CL campaign and not his whole year
@@isntmypfpbeautiful5350 he had a good year too
I need a full HITC Sevens Eurovision video at some point.
you have watchmojo for that :v
@@acceleratorpt4262 nah fuck that, I want someone better.
7 last Eurovision winners: which clubs do they support?
@@sagbon98 I actually know the answer to at least one of those winners
@@supersueca1 the Portuguese from 2017?
This îs why the football hipster only watches Romania player of the month awards
True football hipsters watch Brazilian 3rd tier player of the month awards tho
@@savidcaralho Brazil? Eww so overrated. Real football îs in Tuvalu's local play offs
@@Numorfutinca nu-uh, real hipsters see the 4th division of Micronesia play-offs
@@acceleratorpt4262 you all are just wanna be hipsters lol
*Can't believe none of you have watched the sugondese 3rd division kickoffs*
@@MHF786 HA! Jokes on you! I watch those EVERY year. However, I do not understand how people don't watch them as it is presented by the greatest presenter EVER:
Joe.
I laughed so hard watching this video. You presented your points and hit the nail on the head with precision plus humour .This was a hilarious way to illustrate the farce involved in certain dubious Awards. Great job Alphie.
6:10 the fact Messi voted for Ronaldo, and Ronaldo didn't vote for Messi, says a lot
It's not just football, this is across most award shows in general.
You could say the similar statement towards the Grammys or Oscars becoming meaningless and this won't change as a true statement.
Except that one year when everybody actually voted with common sense which ended up with Parasite taking home four Oscars
@@romiarkan450 that was once in wat 20 years
This is possibly the best video this channel has ever seen. Amazing.
IM SO GLAD THIS VIDEO FINALLY CAME OUT, GLOBE AWARD SHOWS IS JUST CIRCLING AFTER 5MIN OF OBSEVERING IT
After the 2021 Ballon d'or, this video has aged like fine wine.
After 2022 one even more
@@swidr5626 benz deserved it
@@victordurand3000 I mean other positions more, and the fact it didn’t include the whole year too
Musicians that are fanatical football fans. Ex: Gallagher brothers - Man City, Elton John - Watford, Steve Harris - West Ham
Lethal Bizzle - Arsenal
Enrique Iglesias - Real Madrid
Lilly Allen - Fulham
Kasabian - Leicester
Ed Sheeran Possibly?
Mia Khalifa - West Ham
Delia Smith- Norwich.
@@LuciusGeronimo Enrique Iglesias' father Julio Iglesias was a professional goalie for Real Madrid Castilla before he became a singer himself. The music and the love for Football runs deep in the Iglesias family.
Bruce Dickinson - West Ham
Dave Grohl - West Ham
Robert Plant - Wolverhampton Wanderers
Ozzy Osbourne - Aston Villa
Rod Stewart - Celtic
Snoop Dogg - Ajax Amsterdam
Adele - Tottenham
I'm gonna be real here... This is the best football channel on TH-cam. NEARLY daily uploads of long and insightful content. Also, nice dry humor sprinkled on top. Love these videos and getting notifications that there's a new upload still gives me a rush!
It is really sad that Fifa Ballon d'Or award has transformed from individual brilliance award to Champions League brilliance award.
ronaldo and his pr merchants made people think only champions league is relevant
This is the beest, funniest, and most savage video I've watched this year. Definitely deserves the Puskas and Globe video award of 2021.
“That ought to have been sufficient ground for an investigation into crack cocaine abuse within the world of football.” Hahaha brilliant!
How can u trust a award which have 'soccer' in its name🤷♂️
It's just a word bruh. Used in some dialects of English. Doesn't mean it's wrong. It's literally the same thing as football. Want me to define synonyms?
synonym
/ˈsɪnənɪm/
Learn to pronounce
noun
a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language, for example shut is a synonym of close.
"“the East” was a synonym for the Soviet empire"
@@3dsaulgoodman43 dude, it's just a joke, relax
@@3dsaulgoodman43 r/whooooosh
@@3dsaulgoodman43 that triggered someone who couldn't get the joke
@@3dsaulgoodman43 you need to relax bro. @Anshuman Konar was highlighting the fact that the majority of the world refer to the sport as football, but he was joking, chill out.
The Puskas Award is such a joke
I've long said this channel needs more tenuous and obscure links to Eurovision, really hoping for more in the future
Because those two were the most deserving?
Alfie, can you make a video about the rapid decline of Bosnian football?
Qualified for the 2014 World Cup, were in the playoffs to qualify for the 2016 EURO, and now the national team is 13 games without a win.
The club football isn't doing much better, from almost knocking out Newcastle United in the early 2000s, to being slapped around by 4th placed sides from Moldova, is quite a decline.
In the last 4 years, 4 clubs who competed in the "Premijer Liga" (top flight of Bosnian Football) were all relegated because they didn't get their license for the league renewed.
Corruption is pretty obvious as it seems that one year a Bosniak, then a Croat and then a Serb team win the league/cup.
Watford’s 2013 starting 11 that won against Leicester in dramatic fashion, where are they now?
the Leicester side that lost would also be a good one... some premier champions?
All back at their parent clubs
God, can you be more specific?
@@martinzingor7940 wdym?
@@glennaldosf that’ll be a good one.
Hey man , I love your Works, I don't usually comment at all, but this video was hilarious lmao, I usually get knowledge from your videos but this time it gave me laughs also.
Thank you so much.
Very insightful video alfie! Learnt alot thanks for all your hard work! Keep it up
I’m still raging that Tonton Zola Moukoko didn’t win the Balon D’Or in 2007 despite scoring 54 goals in 51 games for Derby County……
Damn, I’m mixing up real life and Chanpionship Manager again.
Day 6: The most fierce derby in each 7 continents.
Not sure there's too many fierce Antarctic derbies to be honest
I mean 3 of them (Africa, Europe, South America) are already pretty known and clear, and who cares about NA, Asia, Australia and Ofcourse Antarctica?😅
@@lior995 “No one cares about Australia” man stfu
@@thezac7777 well they don’t do they lol except for Australians of course
@@garyohara4612 Australians are all about cricket, they don't care about football much :)
24:20
The title on the top 😂
Btw, this channel is my favorite football channel. Keep up the rare videos and topics.
12:53 Neymar went to the awards in his Charlie Chaplin cosplay it seems.
Looks fresh tho
Day 2 : Do a video ranking all 21 world cup winning sides in history
That’d be amazing. Seeing some of the early South American teams pitted against the more recent clubs in the modern game would be fantastic.
Happy to say I'm here again after Lewandowski was snubbed, time to restore some faith in humanity by watching this again...
Me too.
Messi deserved it 50 50 with lewy
@@srikariyer8544 Messi certainly wasn't an unworthy choice but Lewandowski has been killing it for two years straight. I understand why Messi won and I'm not really upset by it, but it would be nice to see Lewy get some recognition, especially since Messi hasn't exactly set the world on fire since the new club season started.
Note that I'm a Liverpool supporter, not a Bayern Munich fan. I guess part of it comes down to me wanting to see someone other than Messi and Ronaldo get the award some time. Those two have still been great the last few seasons but they're getting older and no longer head and shoulders above their peers like they used to be. Maybe I'm still pissed off that Virgil van Dijk didn't win it in 2019 too.😁
@@srikariyer8544 Thats an opinion I absolutely respect, but I'm gonna have to politely disagree. What makes the difference for me was Messis relatively slow start at PSG (for his standarts), while Lewy just continued where he left off after the last 2 seasons. Don't get me wrong, Messi is the greatest player of all time imo, but right now, I think Lewandowski is a bit better.
@@michiadams I agree, but voting ended at 10/24 and then, Messi iny viewpoint had the edge
One of the most obvious examples actually was in 2010 when Wesley Sneider and Arjen Robben, both of whom played finals in both the Champions League with their respective clubs and the World Cup with their national team and one of whom became one of the top goalscorers of the latter, lost to Leo Messi who failed to score a single goal in 5 games for Argentina and pretty much won nothing that season.
Oh it’s happened so many times if you look closely.
Iniesta in 2010
@@jerrycloward7570 also Ribery dont forget
@@keni8435 besides his club treble, ribery is the beast at that time. Uefa player of the year
Time to body this low IQ take.
Messi stats:
(2010)
Matches: 64
Goals: 60
Assists: 17
*He scored a goal every 89 minutes.*
*He contributed a goal every 69 minutes.*
Thats a goal a game. But because he didn't win Team Trophies it isn't deserved? What a shit take.
You're right, Barcelona only won four trophies in 2009-10, including La Liga with a record 99 points. And 47 goals for Messi during the season isn't that great, is it?
Day 63: 7 worst players who scored a hattrick in either the premier or champions league
giroud
Did Ronny Rosenthal get a hat-trick in the premier league? I wouldn't call him the worst, but he was VERY inconsistent!
Shit idea, how do you define worst player? Any player can have e great day and score a hattrick, doesn't mean they are best or worst.
Arda Turan
Fifa Ballon D'or should be renamed to Fifa the most popular footballer of the year.🤣
And the Dubai D'or should be renamed to World's most marketable player of the year.🤣🤣🤣
Ballon dor is usually given to the player who deserves it the most.
Only 2010 2013 2003 2000 ballondor is given to wrong person. I think
@@sjpmagar5800 also 2006
@@sjpmagar5800 and 2019,2018
And 2021 and 2020 when it was just randomly skipped
That's the first time I have ever heard of the Globe Soccer Awards. Absolutely appaling stuff of which I am not surprised Cristiano Ronaldo takes part in.
what do you mean you are not surprised
@@lfcglory9593 I guess they mean they think is an egotistical idiot
@@lfcglory9593
Because Ronaldo doesn't mind doing anything for cash. The only thing he hasn't done for money is stay in the top leagues as opposed to playing in Dubai or Saudi Arabia, or China but I wouldn't be surprised if he goes there in a few years when he's not good enough for the champions league anymore.
@@JD-hx7yd Cristiano should play in Turkey or Japan when he's no longer as good. He'd still be paid fairly but won't be settling for junk tier competition in a joke league in the Gulf or China.
@@realtalk6195
Guess we'll have to wait and see.
Along with your "Is Pele overrated" video one of the ABSOLUTE must-watches for any football fan since it ties so well into football´s goat debate while simultaneously shining light on the inner workings of the beautiful game!
I think we can stop referring to professional football as "the beautiful game" these days.
@NMA 55 NIDHIN JOBI yes
@NMA 55 NIDHIN JOBI money.
I already don't regard Ballon Dor that much because it's for players on the spotlight. Even more difficult for defensive players.
exactly, players like kante or busquets will never get the award cause they dont create highlights
@@happytimes8623 Exactly 💯
This is why I am more interested in Golden boot/glove winners from history as the winners are a statement of fact.
This is also why I don't think that events like Figure skating or Diving can be considered 'true' sports - as they are decided on by judges rather than a real scoring system.
I disagree. That kind of sports cannot be evaluated through quantitative criteria like football. There is a lot of "intangible" in a skater run,therefore they have to have a panel of judges.
@@asaptenebrae2240 which is exactly why it's not sport. Sport is about tangibles.
They are forms of entertainment and since sports is also a form of entertainment they qualify in that aspect since they can't be labeled movies but I agree they should be in the sports entertainment bracket
If you would look at if from perspective of purity, football as it's played now isn't a sport either. Too much influence of the judges, not enough repercussions for the fact that breaking the rules within the sport is seen as normal and can be used for an advantage.
@@lillexus5589 same in every sport bro. My uncle was a pro rugby player before the cameras were everywhere and he always said the side of the scrum opposite the ref was the most brutal think he's ever experience. They'd smack the fuck out of each others heads every scrum, so much they had to rotate that spot. Also blood capsules, ball tampering (in cricket and NFL) people are always trying to break rules.
Congrats on winning the Best TH-camr of the decade!
Way to prove your point Archie . Relevant video I'd say .
That was a marathon but I got through all of it. Great video!
Alfie, you were in Messi 2012 form on this video with regards to the narration! Thoroughly enjoyed the sarcasm! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I genuinely haven’t laughed at a TH-cam video this much in a while, the pure sarcasm running through this makes me proud to have gotten 0 votes in Eurovision.
Imagine not voting for a man who scored 91 goals breaking a record in a calender year
Very well presented video as always. The amount of research that must've gone into it: 👏🏻👏🏻
Edit: Why didn't you award the Irish Guy at the end? ☹️
congratulations on the award alfie
Day 115:
"Final Yugoslavia First League Teams: Where are they now?" would be interesting with Red Star winning the 90s CL but then falling from grace as a lot of teams in the region.
+ maybe how a lot of them changed names or logos as socialism felt off (loosing a red star etc.)
Fucking war.. So much People died while a couple of scumbags got rich... Usa holds 50 states together we cant hold 6..😥😢
2020 no Ballon d'Or, they robbed Robert Lewandowski, it will never be forgotten and forgiven too...
They're gonna rob him this year as well...
@@TimewastiusMaximus
Kante is gonna win it.
@@samirgrg8923 yep, and for only playing well in a few games...
@@TimewastiusMaximus Meanwhile a certain player was bottling 3 important matches in the same calender year. he also got caught in an incident and calling other player derogatory term while all time diving and slapping opposing player. not forgetting that he also called a football federation as corrupt, without evidence. lack of sportmanship in general... still won Ballon d'Or.
@@PissG CR7 fan spotted 🤣. Cry is free
yours is the only youtube channel id pay for, u should make ur own football documentary channel, im sure loads of people would chip in
That jab at the end there against the global Jorge Mendez and friends awards was just masterful 🤣🤣🤣
Great video
I will defend Roy Hodgson's decision to name Javier Mascherano. I'm not sure about the whole of the year, but for my money he was distinctly the best player at the 2014 World Cup, and contributed more to Argentina's runner-up performance than Messi did. (This is quite apparent just from the scorelines, Argentina won several games 1-0, and their results owed far more to defensive solidity than attacking flair.)
Absolutely, here in Argentina Mascherano was such a hero that several people changed their social media profiles to include him
I really like these deep dives. I’m curious if you could do a deep dive on Roman Abromavich’s investment in women’s football at Chelsea? Or the different women’s leagues, English Women’s Premiere vs Spanish vs NWSL vs Bundesliga
Love your content ❤️👏
Congrats on youtuber of the century! Didn't think you'd win it but the process seems very legit
Definitely your best video ever and I have been watching since 2018👏👏
Enjoyed much very! Best video of 2021 award coming your way
Your best work yet. Fantastic.
This seems to be very accurate in 2021 Love it man good job
😂😂😂Your appraisal of Messi's quote there near the end, had me in absolute stiches!!! 😂🍻🍺
Outstanding research!
OMG, it's just a damn popularity contest!!
Agent of the Century 2001-2020: Does that imply there will be five such awards this calendar century?
Making up an award ceremony is one thing but altering the nature of time itself is something else!
The entire GSA segment had me losing my mind. Too funny man.
Hahaha, he got so angry at the end lol. But I remember the first time I first found out about the Dubai D'or, well honestly it was more like ran into it in an article. After research what the award was, and why I had never heard about it years after it's inception, I was left with my mouth hanging open at the sheer shamelessness of the award lol
26:20 "Reads like a quote from a hostage" 😂😂😂
Loved the information ❤️🔥
Another cracking video Alfie (on the only HITC channel I watch since James left HITC Sport)
7:37 Wonder what could possibly be running in Neyma's mind 😂😂😂😂
Oh my how I love the cynicism about the Globe Soccer Award. Very good video!
I come back to this video every now and then to laugh at the dubaid'ors, its such a shambles i can't 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
absolutely brilliant video! great job Alfie
This video aged like gold
Mate this is one of the best videos I’ve watched 👏👏👏
This is one incredibly creative way to get yourself declared persona non-grata in Dubai. Good for you, mate.
one of my favorite videos in a while!
Thing about Ballon d’Ors is that they keep changing their criteria for some reason…sometimes it’s about how many trophies the said individual one….other times its the individual performances and stats that matter..
No the criteria is the same, only people and fans change it. They only changed when FIFA was in charge of the Ballon d'Or , but by that time we knew it was rigged but peoole didn't want to admit it.
@@numa2k147
Ballon d'Or award honours the male player deemed to have performed the best over the previous year, based on voting by football journalists. After 2007, coaches and captains of national teams were also given the right to vote.
The public cannot vote for Ballon d’Ors….you are confusing FIFA BEST with Ballon d’Or..
Pray tell me what the criteria is…as Modric wasn’t individually as great as Messi or cr7 in 2018 yet won the Ballon d’Or..
Yet, Messi won the Ballon d’Or in 2019 although his Team Achievements weren’t as great as Van Dijk’s..
Depends how real Madrid and Barcelona do in Europe
From 1966 to 1976. Every player that won the ballon d'Or, either won the European Cup the World Cup or the Euro, barring 1967, 1970 & 1974, 1975. From 2006 to 2018. It was the same barring, 2010, 2012, 2013. Clearly, winning these big trophies & putting in clutch performances, backed by solid domestic league performances, have a massive sway with the voters
I only watched this video because its been showing up in my TH-cam recommendations for a couple weeks. I tried to ignore it, but when every other football video in my recommendations had been watched, I finally broke down to view it. I can't believe I actually watched it until the end.
In fairness, although this isn’t his best and the videos are long, compared to other ones, you can tell how much research is put into them and they are very informative and in-depth
This video has reared its head again and deservedly so after the disastrous top 30 ranking of the 2021 Balon d’r
Day 93: Top 7 ranked National teams' golden generations if they were compiled into a league format
@DDeglane16 a league consisting of the current top 7 teams in fifa rankings all time teams.
No wonder Lewa was mercilessly robbed🤣🤣
The Jorge Mendes Awards would be a much better name for the Dubai D'or
Congratulations on your award Alfie, well deserved. Hope you can repeat next year
Alfieph youre doing such a good job with your videos that im starting to really hate football
Brilliant video with a compelling and engaging argument.
Great video mate, perfect combination of insightful, educational and genuinely funny
France Football sold the licence of the Ballon D'or to FIFA for a few years hoping it would bring it more prestige but... They ruined it awarding it only to two players.
Those 2 footballers would win either way
@@bruce2638 tbf you could argue for Messi in 2010 with either Iniesta or snejder.
And Ronaldo in 2013 for Ribery. But yeah generally those two would win anyway
What will it take for Robert Lewandowski to win a Ballon d'Or?
Brilliant vid man, hope the community watches this and boycotts these weird awards
I know this could be a hard video to make but would love to see a top 7 of the worst Ballon dor votes or voters
Congrats on winning best youtuber of the century alfie 👏 well deserved