This is why Messi owns the most playmaker awards in football history. 🐐🔥
Even Xavi and Iniesta couldn’t match the passing IQ, vision, and creativity Messi produces with ease. 🥶🎯
They said the Ballon D’or will determine the GOAT when Messi and Esau both had 5- Messi won 8
The said an international trophy will determine the GOAT when Esau won before Messi- Messi won 4 including a World Cup
The said the golden boot is not voted so it’s more relevant than the ballon D’or- Messi won 6
Everything they used to slander Messi worked against them, now they won’t stop crying 😂😂
Messi deserved the Golden Ball 🐐
Giving Rodri the World Cup Golden Ball over Messi wasn’t deserved — One of the most baffling decisions I've ever witnessed at a World Cup.
Rodri is the heartbeat of Spain’s system, no doubt about it. But you can’t hand him the tournament’s best player award based mainly on his performances in the semifinal and final.
Many people debated the controversies surrounding Argentina throughout this World Cup, but FIFA's decision to give the Golden Ball to Rodri instead of Lionel Messi was beyond belief.
Messi deserved every individual award this tournament had to offer. He delivered world-class performances in every match for Argentina. If the Golden Ball isn't awarded to the best player of the tournament, then what is its purpose? Players give everything on the pitch to earn that recognition.
Rodri is an outstanding footballer, but based on this World Cup alone, there is no comparison between him and Messi. The statistics speak for themselves. The performances speak for themselves. That's why this is one of the most baffling decisions I've ever witnessed at a World Cup.
There’s also a huge difference in the strength of the two national teams, yet that wasn’t properly taken into account. Neither was individual performance.
This isn’t about statistics alone.
Rodri is incredibly important and influential to his team. Messi is just as essential—arguably even more so. Not simply because of goals or assists, but because of everything he means to his team. Both are the heart of their sides, but Messi had the added edge of consistently deciding games.
Since the award ultimately went to a player from the finalists, the comparison is straightforward.
I honestly don’t know what they were thinking by giving it to Rodri.
For me, Lionel Messi deserved the World Cup Golden Ball without a second thought.
@emmadrid7@CrewsMat10 Only for them too be mocking Ur goat...they respect Messi but while celebrating the took time too mock yr Ronaldo
Argentina was favoured all just so they can lose at the final common, think
Cristiano Ronaldo talking about corruption and liking posts claiming FIFA favored Argentina to the World Cup final, despite being the most favored footballer in history, is absolute irony.