The French newspaper, which has a lot of influence when putting together the list of 30 finalists, showed the criteria that were used to leave Leo out and not CR7.
the prestigious magazine France Football announced this Friday the nominees for the Ballon d’Or 2022 and the big surprise was that Lionel Messi will not integrate the list of 30 footballers, like Neymar Junior, though Cristiano Ronaldo yes it will be It is the first time that the Argentine striker has been left off the payroll since 2005, and The French newspaper L’Equipe, which was very hard on Leo several times, explained why he was left off the payroll and CR7 was not.
L’Equipe explained why Lionel Messi was not nominated for the Ballon d’Or 2022 and Cristiano Ronaldo was
The newspaper L’Equipe de Francewhich has been very hard with Leo During the last season, he explained why the Argentine does not make the list of 30. According to the French media, The main reason is the modification of the calendar: Until the last edition, the Golden Ball delivered on a calendar year basis (January December)but from the 2022 edition it will be seasonal (August-June).
“The Ballon d’Or is an individual award. Criterion number 1 will focus primarily on individual performance and the resolute and impressive character of the contenders. Since football remains a collective sport despite everything. Criterion number 2 will focus on the collective performance and the record accumulated during the season. Finally, Criterion number 3 will refer to the player’s class and his sense of fair play. Because setting an example also counts. The most attentive will have noticed the disappearance of the ‘player’s career’ criterion. A way of considering the race for the Ballon d’Or as an open competition, and not as something delimited”they explained from the French media.
Why Cristiano Ronaldo was nominated for the 2022 Ballon d’Or, according to L’Equipe
Contrary to what they expressed with Leo, from the French medium they affirmed that the Portuguese made enough merits to be on the payroll. The bug he played a total of 38 games in the 2021/22 season (four more than Messi), scored 24 goals (13 more than the Argentine star) and provided 3 assistsbeing the last item its statistic with the worst numbers.
Beyond the number of goals and games played, since The team justified their choice with the importance of the goals scored CR7. They highlighted his key role in Manchester United qualifying for the Champions League round of 16 as well as his two Premier League hat-tricks.
Without Lionel Messi, the list of nominees for the Ballon d’Or 2022:
- Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)
- Rafael Leao (Milan)
- Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig)
- Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
- Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich)
- Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
- Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich/Barcelona)
- Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid)
- Luis Diaz (Porto/Liverpool)
- Bernardo Silva (Manchester City)
- Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City)
- Casemiro (Real Madrid)
- Heung-Min Son (Tottenham)
- Fabinho (Liverpool)
- Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
- Mike Maignan (Milan)
- Harry Kane (Tottenham)
- Darwin Núñez (Liverpool)
- Phil Foden (Manchester City)
- Sadio Mane (Liverpool/Bayern Munich)
- Sebastien Haller (Borussia Dortmund)
- Luka Modric (Real Madrid)
- Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid)
- Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus/Manchester United)
- Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
- Dušan Vlahović (Juventus)
- Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)
- Joao Cancelo (Manchester City)
- Kylian Mbappe (PSG)
- Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
How Lionel Messi fared in his Ballon d’Or nominations
- 2006: 20th- Winner Fabio Cannavaro
- 2007: 3rd – Winner Kaka
- 2008: 2nd – Winner Cristiano Ronaldo
- 2009: won it
- 2010: won it
- 2011: won it
- 2012: won it
- 2013: 2nd – Winner Cristiano Ronaldo
- 2014: 2nd – Winner Cristiano Ronaldo
- 2015: won it
- 2016: 2nd – Winner Cristiano Ronaldo
- 2017: 2nd – Winner Cristiano Ronaldo
- 2018: 5th – Winner Luka Modric
- 2019: won it
- 2020: not delivered
- 2021: won it
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