Leo Messi is its latest winner Golden ballbut the football player PSG you already know that in October 2022, when the new winner is announced, you will have to give up your seat as “best soccer player in the world” according to the prize of the French magazine France Football.
It is that Messi is not among the 30 footballers nominated as finalists for the 2022 Ballon d’Or, which in a season with changing criteria will not reward the best footballer of the year, but the best of the 2021-2022 seasonwho was Messi is first with PSG.
This list of 30 names, which has no other Argentine footballer, was made by journalists from France Football and L’Equipe along with former footballer Didier Drogba and the voters of the previous edition who were closest to the correct final result: in 2021 the top 5 of the vote consisted of Messi, Robert Lewandowski, Jorginho, Karim Benzema and N’Golo Kante. Only Lewandowski and Benzema are repeat candidates in 2022.
Why is Lionel Messi not among the 30 finalists for the 2022 Ballon d’Or?
Different factors influenced the Argentine, who clearly he did not have the best performance of his career leaving Barcelona.
Messi played 34 games with PSG in the 2021-2022 season, his lowest rate since 2006-2007. Structure 11 goals and distributed 14 assists: Since 2007-2008 Messi has not scored fewer than 30 goals in a club season.
PSG were crowned champions of Ligue 1 with ease and Messi played a big part in that, being the team’s third-highest scorer (six goals) and second-highest scorer (14), albeit in the shadow of Kylian Mbappe. Nonetheless, the main goal was to win the Champions League and the Parisians were eliminated in the round of 16 vs. Real Madrid: Messi scored five goals in seven games in the competition. Also, in French Cup PSG turned out to be a failure: they were eliminated in the round of 16 by Nice.
By his choice ArgentinaMessi’s 2021-2022 season was much better: He played 12 games and scored 10 goals. Argentina won eight of those games and drew another four and were consecrated Finalissima winner against Italywith Messi was chosen as the best player of the match.
But just like the Copa America triumph helped Messi win the 2021 Ballon d’Orthis time national team football does not seem to have been considered.
His reporters L’Equipewith many interventions in compiling this list of 30 finalists, it was Quite critical of Messi’s performance throughout his first season at PSG: when the Parisian team was eliminated from the Champions League against Real Madrid they rated it with 2, as the worst player of the match.
The criteria for selecting the Ballon d’Or
“The Ballon d’Or is an individual award. The number 1 criterion will mainly focus on personal performance and the decisive and impressive character of the contenders. After all, football remains a team sport. Criterion number 2 will focus on collective performance and the record accumulated during the season. After all, criterion number 3 it will refer to the player’s class and sense of fair play. Because Setting an example counts too. The more observant will have noticed the disappearance of the “player’s career” criterion. A way to consider the Ballon d’Or competition as an open competition and not as something circumscribed.”explain the award selection criteria.
This last point is apparent added specifically for the Messi case, who in any serious voting for the best player in the world based on his technique and talent might not feature among the top, although when it comes to evaluating the performance in his first campaign with PSG and how the team fared , is relegated compared to other footballers of the 2021-2022 season. in fact from PSG the only candidate football player is Kylian Mbappéits author 49 goals and 26 assists In the era.
The comparison of Lionel Messi with the main contenders to win the Ballon d’Or
| Football player | targets | assist | Races | Titles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Messi | Twenty-one | 14 | 46 | two |
| Kylian Mbappe | 49 | 26 | 55 | 1 |
| Karim Benzema | fifty | fifteen | 56 | 3 |
| Mohamed Salah | 33 | 18 | 66 | 3 |
| Sadio Mane | 33 | 7 | 67 | 4 |
| Kevin De Bruyne | Twenty-one | 17 | 52 | 1 |
When was the last time Lionel Messi didn’t receive Ballon d’Or votes?
Not appearing as a finalist, Lionel Messi will not be able to receive votes in the 2022 Ballon d’Or elections. This is something that has only happened once in the Argentinian’s career as a professional footballer: in year 2005when Ronaldinho won the award over Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard.
Messi, what? turned 18 in mid-2005He only made his First Division debut officially in October 2004, scored his first goal in May 2005 and just scored three goals in 23 games with Barcelona. It was also Under-20 world champion with Argentina and chose the best football player of that event.
How many times has Lionel Messi won the Ballon d’Or?
Lionel Messi is the the greatest winner in Ballon d’Or historya trophy established in 1956 to select the best footballer (Europeans only until 1995, when men of any nationality were allowed to vote).
Messi won the Ballon d’Or seven cases: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019 and 2021. So leave it behind Cristiano Ronaldowho won it five times between 2008 and 2017.
Apart from the awards he won, Messi finished runner-up in 2008, 2013, 2014 and 2017 polls and i went third in 2007. In 2020 the award ceremony did not take place.
