'Messi deserves record fourth Ballon d'Or'

'Messi deserves record fourth Ballon d'Or'

Posted: 29 November 2012 Time: 03:30 pm

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Uefa president Michel Platini says Messi, who won the Ballon d'Or in 2009, 2010, and 2011, deserves to win it again.

The Barcelona attacker currently shares the record of winning the prize three years in a row with Platini, a former France international.

"Records are there to be beaten. If he wins it again, it's because he deserves it," Platini told Ouest-France.

"He's still only 25 years old and has every opportunity to leave his mark for all eternity."

Fifa and France Football announced the final three candidates for the 2012 award today, with Spain-based trio of Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Andres Iniesta the final three.

The Ballon d'Or will be awarded on January 7.

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CJB Ramses III
posted: 07:50 pm
Yhe-yhe.... Barclays Premeir league is the best in the world... Nonsense... The football played in England is rubbish...
King Leonidas
posted: 08:18 pm
Will you editors and coaches in that panel PLEASE!!! Vote for INIESTA HE is the most DESERVING of them all Champions leagues, euro champions with Spain, world cup and this nigga stepped up HIS game to score crucial goals to win all the above champions tittle,and HE got nothing, y'all NIGGAS need to give INIESTA this
bramoks
posted: 07:56 am
Messi deserves all the accolades. Like Mourinho proving himself in different countries, I'd like to see Messi playing in England,Italy etc. Just to see how he adapts. This in no way should take away that he's the best player at the moment.
bramoks
posted: 07:56 am
Messi deserves all the accolades. Like Mourinho proving himself in different countries, I'd like to see Messi playing in England,Italy etc. Just to see how he adapts. This in no way should take away that he's the best player at the moment.
bramoks
posted: 07:56 am
Messi deserves all the accolades. Like Mourinho proving himself in different countries, I'd like to see Messi playing in England,Italy etc. Just to see how he adapts. This in no way should take away that he's the best player at the moment.
Miyelani19861208
posted: 08:07 am
they should rather give it to iniesta.....because in all honesty,Ronaldo has been better than messi last season in all competitions La Liga/Continental Tournaments(Copa America/Euro) ......so just to ensure that we are fair, iniesta Won the Euro and was second on the Log in La Liga thus he is the closest to Ronaldo
cmash
posted: 08:20 am
Black Jesus

posted: 03:49 pm | Report

Editor,Michel Platini is a former French international n ot Argetina.......Messi mos.def.deserves it


The Barcelona attacker currently shares the record of winning the prize three years in a row with Platini, a former France international.
Dooba [Glory Deferred]
posted: 08:22 am
messi is the God of football, and gods are eternal... 4 times is more like he wwas just warming up.... he will take this award until they elevate the stadard, that is they would soon have to compare Messi's genius with that of gods! He is too much for mortals such as CR7 or Fossils such as Pele... only Maradona can claim his nearness!
Dooba [Glory Deferred]
posted: 08:27 am
Ndips

all those players who prefered to be drunk instead of playing football, we could have seen atleast one of them competing with the likes of Messi,Christiano and Iniesta. the likes of Jabu Pule, Steve Lekoelea, Skapi Malatsi and others. Damn those boys could have given Messi a hard time.
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I agree with you sir... Jabu Pule was just phenomenal, a wizard, to me he outclassed every SA player, contemporary or old... that was until Heineken took over!
Gold & Black lamborghini
posted: 09:02 am
@Miyelani19861208:

Messi was the Player of the Year in La-Liga...
He also won the Euro Golden boots & Pichichi (La Liga top scorer)....

so, how can he (CR7) be better than him - individually... beside winning the la-liga with Madrid?
Tico MP
posted: 09:21 am
ALL HAIL
Siyathembjilaji@yahoo.com
posted: 10:52 am
mxm
Black Jesus
posted: 11:11 am
@ cmash...the editor probably noticed that his error and corrected it,on the original article he wrote former Argetina International.
sgidizane
posted: 11:26 am
Its time for Niekseen to give Jabulani Shongwe a freedom of expression as an attacking player not as a central midfielder.He can revived the form he displayed against platinum stars during his time at Puktawana.The boy is a gem.if u don't believe me,watch him at your tube.He is highly rated by Ted Dumitru as great ball player.The questional is,is central midfield a best position for him? give him position no 10,Lionel meisie match him with pace only,but you will never doubt his skills,ball intelligence, and techniques.He is probably ,one of the best player that as SA has ever produced.
GrimReaper
posted: 11:45 am
I bow my head for the football maestro, the genius, the magician and goal scoring tactician. U r not a machine but a god....win it or not, U R THE GREATEST I'VE SEEN. watching u play is a marvel....damn....not even gona talk abt Happy Sindane (not a bad player, but definately not the best...he can compete wt bo Neymar, Robinho. Bale etc).
young wizzy
posted: 12:00 pm
No doubt he is the best & i also glad to witness his talent, I will grow to tell my grandchildren about him
lsg7
posted: 10:02 am
hahahaha...messi deserves it, but i would love Iniesta to take this one. but either messi or iniesta i wil be happy, i stil believe that Xavi was supposed to be in the top 3 instead of CR7....*Typical Barca Fan*
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