The Balloon of Gold is the individual prize by excellence in the world of the football. It delivers it the magazine 'France Footbal' and rewards the level of each player beside the titles that has won in a natural year. However, the votes do not correspond to some values preestablecidos, by what sometimes is very subjective.
Something like this sucedió in the last edition, in which Luka Modric carried the trophy for having been winning of the Champions League and runner-up of the World-wide of Russia, but without having been so determinant like other footballers like Cristiano Ronaldo or Leo Messi. The Argentinian, remained in fifth position in spite of his merits.
If it analyses all fríamente and from a neutral prism, is incomprehensible that the Argentinian did not win the prize. It was champion of LaLiga Santander (being also the 'pichichi' of the competition with 34 goals), champion of the Glass of Rey and winner of the Boot of Gold or, what is the same, maximum goleador of Europe. In spite of that it did not happen of eighth in the World-wide, anybody deserved this prize more than him.
Filipe Luis, defence of the Athletic of Madrid, defended this tessitura: "you See to a type that reinvents , played in tip, now plays in the half. And suddenly, I hear that it did not deserve to win the Balloon of Gold because it did a bad season in 2018. It won the League, the Glass (of Rey), went the player that more did goals in all Europe and gave a pile of assistances. Or the one who says this is not seeing what see I or do not know at all of football".
It did it in an interview in 'Globosporte', in which it commented his relation with the crack of the FC Barcelona. "He is the best of the Barcelona, does goals, when it does not do assistances or begins the played of the goals. This in all the parties in the last ten years. My rivalry with him is infinite inside field, but was my admiration also is infinite. He is Argentinian, plays in a rival, do not win at all speaking well of him. But I am sincere", manifested.
Filipe Luis, big rival of Leo Messi
Filipe Luis and Leo Messi carry a lot of years seeing the faces in the duels between Brazil and Argentina and between the FC Barcelona and the Athletic of Madrid. The fact that the rojiblanco was lateral left and the Barcelona sole fall in his same band, does that they find face to face several times by party. "I go in in the field not to leave that any rival do at all. It was Messi or any another", sentenced.