The Balloon of Gold that delivers today in Zurich is the most controversial and contested of the last years, but if it pretends reward to the Best Player of the World the trophy would have to go, without any doubt, for the Barcelona Lionel Messi

It is true that Leo has been lesionado during some stretches of the past season, but this same has carried to precisely to show that it is the biggest. Even having lesionado in April of the past year, the 10 of the Barça achieved to carry the Boot of Gold in the last season, that is to say, the prize to the Greater Goleador of the European Leagues, after having achieved mark 46 goals. And no only this: it Is the third Boot of Gold that achieves Messi, being the first player of the history in achieving thrice this prize.

There is another data in which anybody or almost anybody has repaired, the assistances of goal. Messi was the third maximum assistant of the League the past season, having accumulated 12 passes of goal in front of the 10 of, for example, Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese, to the that seems that it values him especially or only by the goals that achieves, annotated 12 targets less than Messi in the past campaign liguera, in spite of having played 2 parties more than "the flea".

In what it goes of season 2013/2014, Leo has lesionado in 3 occasions and in spite of this follows appearing in the classification of the 10 maxima goleadores of the League and having a precision in the upper passes in more than 5% to the one of the 7 of the Real Madrid.

Numbers aside, although the signalled up to now is quite graphic and can serve like example, seems that this year the Balloon of Gold has to be for Christian by decree. It results that the 2 only arguments that contribute from Madrid to back the shameful campaign that are carrying out in favour of his player are the goals of the Portuguese, that like all the world knows shoots to door until "from the corners", and the another that is better still is the one of "Christian has to win because Messi has been lesionado", osseous, a species of resignation quite funny that can interpret like a "give him a prize to the poor Ronaldo now that Messi has been lesionado because but will not win it never more".

This is the reality, from the surroundings madridista were expecting this moment with a lot of impatience, needed that to Leo happened him something to be able to try encumbrar to Christian above the biggest. But the Argentinian, as it is the best of the world playing to the football, does not need campaigns. Today, except capital surprise, will not carry the Balloon of Gold, this yes, went back of his injury the past week and in the first party marked two goals in 3 minutes, having been in the terrain of game only half hour. That is Leo, the one who speaks in thefield , the one who never would be able to say that he all the years deserves the Balloon of Gold, the one who celebrates all the goals with his mates when he does not mark, the one who does not need to go to a repechage of last hour to be in the World-wide, the one who will happen to the books of history like the best of his period and, if it goes on down the same way, like the best of all time.

All the described previously is very complicated to digest for the rivals, especially for your maximum competitor, the one of a city and a club where always have been accustomed to win. It is hard to see to your rival surpass you, year after year, in spite of being the most expensive team of the world and in spite of changing of trainers, sportive directors, etc. This is the Real Madrid nowadays, a club that "has sold his soul to the devil" with such to surpass to the Barça. They did it with the contracting of Mourinho, but did not serve them of at all, follow fichando to the most expensive player every year and at all, neither gives them resulted.

The Balloon of Gold of this year will happen to the history for having been the most cried of all time, and is that if every time that Cristiano or somebody of his surroundings has asked it for him was a litre of tears, the river Manzanares would be desbordado. To the ridiculous campaign of car request of the prize by part of Ronaldo adds him the penosa decision of the FIFA to increase the term of vote of the prize, so that it could include in the assessment the party of the repechage of the World-wide of Portugal where Christian marked a hat-trick.

And it is that precisely that has been the best party of the Portuguese during all the past year, where was not able to lead to his team to attain neither an alone title, neither to attain that his national selection will classify for the Glass of the World of direct way.

There is those who say that to win the Balloon of Gold have to have achieved titles and others that think that the most valuable are the goals. It gives the same, because Messi is the only finalist that gathers both requirements. But it does not be worthwhile to have a lot of hopes in this occasion, the prize this year goes almost "by decree" for the one of Madeira, even the FIFA seems to see it with good eyes to do it more attractive choosing a different winner to Messi and, also, for somehow ask pardon by the put of stops of Blatter, to way a bit of apology.

But it gives the same the one who carry it to him, at the end the prize this year has carried to other terrains separated of the fields of football, converting more in a political question or of trastienda. What is clear is that the best of the world, until it show the contrary, is and will keep on being Lionel Andrés Messi, so my vote is for Leo.

Marcelo Méndez Mingot