Ahead of the Uefa Player of the Year award being handed out, the Bayern Munich winger has criticised Thomas Muller's absence and talked up his own chances of winning
Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery has suggested that his treble success gives him the advantage over Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi for Uefa's Player of the Year award.
True, this is one of those situations where the balon d oro doesn't necessarily go to the player with the most goals, but moreso his contribution to the team. It is an individual award, but a treble means a lot. I think he deserves it, but there is also the argument that no only was he not a top scorer, but that he wasn't the only player that contributed to their treble, Muller did a lot as well.
Balon d'or is overrated,it has always been. A single player can't be called the best in the world when they have 10 other players helping him out. Now if the Balon d'or was given to a single player that could take on 11 players (1 vs 11 match), then ladies and gentleman we have the best in the world.
Ballon d'or is a joke.
when CR7 deserves it <having accomplished more individually> , messi did more for the team so messi wins.
when cr7 does more for the team <less individual accomplishments more team ones>, messi scored more goals so messi wins.
anyways, when it comes to bayern, ribery wasn't their best player imo. bastian schweinsteiger was a beast. dominated the midfield like a boss all season long. if any bayern player deserved it, it would be him not ribery.
but since messi accomplished scoring against all 19 teams in a row, they have a reason to give it messi...again.
The conditions of winning the Ballon d'Or change depending on what Messi achieved that year