C.Ronaldo wins Ballon d'Or

[tHuG $TyLe]

1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Manchester United) - 446 points

2. Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 281 pts

3. Fernando Torres (Spain/Liverpool) - 179 pts

4. Iker Casillas (Spain/Real Madrid) - 133 pts

5. Xavi Hernandez (Spain/Barcelona) - 97 pts

6. Andrei Arshavin (Russia/Zenit St. Petersburg) - 64 pts

7. David Villa (Spain/Valencia) - 55 pts

8. Kaka (Brazil/AC Milan) - 31 pts

9. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden/Inter) - 30 pts

10. Steven Gerrard (England/Liverpool) - 28 pts

Well deserved :thumb: No Del Piero though? :unsure:

 

[Illuminattile]

It is well-deserved. He got more points than Kaka did last year, too.

 

[tHuG $TyLe]

He did. But it could because a lack of competition. Messi was injured half the year. Torres didnt win anything with Liverpool, he scored in the final of Euro 2008 but had a pretty average tournament.

Goalkeepers rarely win it, Xavi isn't fashionable enough, Arshavin plays in the Russian league, David Villa was part of a terrible Valencia side. Kaka was injured alot. Zlatan did nothing in the CL and Gerrard... Well I don't know why hes there, when Del piero had a much better season :thumb:

 

[Bobby Sands]

^^yeah i agree. I dont think Del Piero was even nominated though. im not sure.

Yea he deserved to win it and is extremely talented but i just hate his personality and his attitude.

Hopefully Messi can win this next year and then go on to lead Argentina singlehandedly to the World Cup (provided Ireland are not there of course)

 

[Illuminattile]

Premier League > *

England: 700 points
Ronaldo (446), Torres (179), Gerrard (28), Adebayor (12), Rooney (11), Lampard (8), Ballack (4), Fabregas (4), Drogba (3), Vidic (3), van der Sar (2).

Spain: 603 points
Messi (281), Casillas (133), Xavi (97), Villa (55), Senna (16), Aguero (10), Eto'o (6), Ramos (3), van Nistelrooy (2).

Italy: 66 points
Kaka (31), Ibrahimovic (30) and Buffon (5).

Arshavin and Ribery are the only two players from outside those leagues to get any votes.

 

[tHuG $TyLe]

Premier League > *

England: 700 points
Ronaldo (446), Torres (179), Gerrard (28), Adebayor (12), Rooney (11), Lampard (8), Ballack (4), Fabregas (4), Drogba (3), Vidic (3), van der Sar (2).

Spain: 603 points
Messi (281), Casillas (133), Xavi (97), Villa (55), Senna (16), Aguero (10), Eto'o (6), Ramos (3), van Nistelrooy (2).

Italy: 66 points
Kaka (31), Ibrahimovic (30) and Buffon (5).

Arshavin and Ribery are the only two players from outside those leagues to get any votes.

4. Premiership Teams
5. Spanish Teams

Better variety in Spain no? :cheesy:

Plus when the list does not have Del Piero/Benzema/Iniesta. It cannot be taken that seriously.

 

[Bobby Sands]

wheres Beckham?

 

[Bobby Sands]

Ribery is said to be annoyed with his 16th place on the list. I wouldnt blame him. He should be higher.

 

[Illuminattile]

Plus when the list does not have Del Piero/Benzema/Iniesta. It cannot be taken that seriously.

Benzema was nominated, but got no votes.

 

[Bobby Sands]

The thing about the Balon D'or is that the players in top 10 or 20 throws up a few surprises and some players that should be in it are excluded but the top 3 are usually spot on.

 

[tHuG $TyLe]

Benzema got no votes. But VDS did!?