That Messi was fifth in the Balloon of Gold, an insult to the football

Already it is official. Leo Messi has not attained to go in in the podium of the Balloon of Gold 2018, and no only this, but not even it is between the four first qualifiers. The Balloon of Gold is a prize that theoretically rewards to the best player, and by this reason calls so much the attention that the rosarino was so far of the first position, had by Luka Modric.

Leo Messi will be able to win more or less titles along the seasons, but that not even was in the podium of the Balloon of Gold 2018 is an insult for the football and for all the fans that have a minimum of criterion. Apart from winning titles of big calibrate, what have done Modric, Cristiano Ronaldo and Griezmann more than Leo Messi to deserve be between the three first of the prize of 'France Football'?

At all, because Leo Messi has gone back to be this year the best playmaker of the world, one of the maximum assistants of Europe and the maximum goleador, as it indicates the Boot of Gold 2018 that harvested in the last months. At present it leaves first in the classification of the 'Pichichi' of Champions League, and has achieved to be the player with more goals in a same club in the League of Champions (106).

In spite of that it did not win the Champions League neither the World-wide of Russia, the one who see him play each party will know that it does not exist in the world an able player to equalise what he does on the terrains of game. From here, little it is necessary to say of a prize that seems that it already has Modric, but that never have won Iniesta or Xavi, without going more far. And that yes have other players like Owen or Cannavaro...

In definite, some illogical disequilibriums to level futbolístico, for a prize that would have to reward the qualities and the individual performance of the players, and that instead of this centres in giving importance to the titles won to collective level. If it was not thus, acaso Cristiano Ronaldo would have five Balloons of Gold in the vitrinas of his domicile?

Messi, a Balloon of Gold in six years

Leo Messi is used to to be each campaign one of the maximum assistants, goleadores and playmakers, but the fact that titles like the Champions League do not accompany to the Barça in the last times, results key to the hour of mermar his options to win the FIFA The Best, the Balloon of Gold and the rest of individual trophies. In fact, it fits to remember that Leo Messi has won a Balloon of Gold in the last six years.

A statistical sangrante, that leaves in evidence the debatable criterion to the hour to choose to the winner of the prize. It conquered it in 2015 when the Barça won the triplete, but no in 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017 or 2018, when it has thrown to the FC Barcelona to the back, as of habit, in all the statistical fields. The good fan, in any case, always will know to value who is really the best player of the world.

Independently of the prizes and of the griterío mediático, Messi, the Give Vinci of the football, centres in the collective titles. And, with them, they will arrive more Balloons of Gold before it hang the boots. To his 31 years, has still time.