The only person dat can break messi's record is messi

LoveKing:

your bad belle dey smell.
you talking about trophies? are you sure you know who we talking about?
abeg nor go let jeunjeune kill you oh

JUST MENTION THE TROPHIES...REMEMBER THE AWARD IS FOR 2012

mama-gee:
Fifa are dubious, they gave the ballon d'or to a player that didn't win any major trophy in 2012.

It would have even made sense if Iniesta won it, at least he won the European Championship.

I always knew this worthless award has always been worthless after the 2009 edition.

read this article and shaarap. Historic fourth Ballon d'Or
within Messi's grasp as all
eyes turn to Zurich The moment of truth has come
as Lionel Messi, Cristiano
Ronaldo and Andres Iniesta
battle it out on Monday for
football's most prestigious
individual prize Jan 7, 2013 10:00:00 AM MORE ON : Barcelona, Real Madrid CF, Andrés Iniesta Luján, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi 25 Comments 15 Awesome 3 Dislike Getty Images PREVIEW By Rupert Fryer
In October, the Fifa Football
Committee and France Football
agreed upon the 23-man shortlist
for the 2012 edition of the Fifa
Ballon d’Or. Twenty-three quickly became
three after the voting was passed
on to the coaches and captains of
the national teams of Fifa’s
member associations, as well as a
select group of journalists from around the globe, and on Monday
world football’s glitterati will
descend on Zurich when that three
will become one. DON'T MISS Road to the Ballon d'Or:
Andres Iniesta Road to the Ballon d'Or: C.
Ronaldo Road to the Ballon d'Or:
Lionel Messi Aguero: Messi deserves
Ballon d'Or VIDEO: Who should win the
Ballon d'Or? Del Bosque: Iniesta should
win Ballon d'Or Should the victor be the man most
expect, Barcelona and Argentina
forward Lionel Messi will break
yet another record by claiming
the award for an unprecedented
fourth time, making it a hat-trick of gongs since Fifa merged its
World Player of the Year award
with France Football’s Ballon
d’Or in 2010.
So too would it see him eclipse
Zinedine Zidane and former Brazil international Ronaldo, both of
whom currently sit joint-top of
the list of winners having claimed
the World Player of the Year prize
on three occasions since its
inauguration in 1991. WORLD PLAYER OF THE YEAR HAT-TRICKS LIONEL MESSI He became the first Argentine to
win the award in 2009, before
claiming the next two to take him
level with some of the greats on
three gongs. RONALDO The Brazilian took back-to-back
World Player of the Year awards
in 1996 and 1997 before
completing his hat-trick after
inspiring Brazil to the 2002 World
Cup. ZINEDINE ZIDANE Named the world's greatest after
a World Cup-winning 1998 with
France, and followed it up by
claiming the prize again in 2000
and 2003. Hot on the little Argentine’s
tails, however, is both team-mate
Andres Iniesta and Real
Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo. For
the third year running, Barcelona
and Real Madrid stars have made up the final three-man shortlist,
suggesting that while the English
Premier League may claim to be
the world’s best, the top two in
Spain must be surely be
considered the best club teams the game has to offer.
While Messi has enjoyed a
staggering year, notching up 79
goals for Barcelona and 12 for
Argentina, Cristiano Ronaldo and
Iniesta may well point to their respective trophy cabinets when
arguing the award should not be a
one-man race.
For all the numbers Messi has put
up in 2012, the 25-year-old fell
short in the columns that matter to him most. Cristiano Ronaldo
inspired Real Madrid to the
Spanish league title and his
Portugal side to the Euro 2012
semi-finals; Iniesta went one
better, playing an integral role as Spain lifted the trophy, wracking
up their third straight major
international title.
The original shortlist was once
again dominated by attacking
players - those creators of that which most excites football’s
global audience: goals. Just two
defenders and three goalkeepers
made the 23. Indeed, only one
goalkeeper – the great Lev
Yashin grabbed the Ballon d'Or in 1963 – has picked up either
award, while just two defenders
– Lothar Matthaus (who actually
played in midfield at the time) in
1991 and Fabio Cannavaro in 2006
– have claimed the title of World Player of the Year. Only four
stoppers have filled the 66 slots
designated for the top three
players of each year since 1991. As Goal.com's Ben Hayward
argued when the shortlist was
confirmed , Iker Casillas and Andrea Pirlo
may well consider themselves
unlucky not to have made the list,
but it’s hard to argue that the
voters haven’t gotten it right
this time. The top three have enjoyed a calendar year as fine
as anyone in the game.
We have seen some bizarre
nominations in recent years,
however. In 2011 Giovanni
Trapattoni picked neither Ronaldo nor Messi in his top three, and
Andy Davis of the British Virgin
Islands rather bizarrely went for
Cesc Fabregas as his no.1 choice.
In the 2010 vote, a journalist from
Chad named Asamoah Gyan as the world’s best.
Some of the votes may seem odd,
and whether anyone really
benefits from them being made
public is debatable, but as
Cristiano Ronaldo has argued, this award is subjective. The voters
are asked for their opinions. One
cannot argue categorically who
the winner should be, because
regardless of how specific Fifa try
to make the criteria, it is impossible not only to ensure that
each and every voter adheres to
their instructions, but that they
interpret them in the same way.
Moreover, one could argue that
individual awards in a team sport are somewhat counter-intuitive,
though it’s tough to contest the
fact that Messi, Iniesta and
Cristiano Ronaldo improved their
respective teams’
performances in 2012. The Fifa Ballon d’Or gala will
once again be a celebration; one
that provides the football world a
chance to celebrate the
www.goal.com/en-ng/news/4055/main/2013/01/07/3652859/historic-fourth-ballon-dor-within-messis-grasp-as-all-eyes

coogar:

epl teams don't care about the europa - there's no motivation to win it. staying in the premier league attracts more money than winning even the champions league. mid-table teams in england cannot afford to add europa league fixtures to the already congested football fixtures in england. it's not like winning europa league even pays any big money so what's the point. england have 3 domestic competitons, spain and most european leagues have only 2 so you can understand why english clubs don't give a toss about europa league!

When you cant win a cup you claim you dont care for it.

If Akpors cant afford a car thats when he claims "I just prefer walking because of the exercise instead of driving that useless Range Rover"

FIFA Ballon d’Or 2012 award: Lionel Messi (Argentina & Barcelona) 41.6%

Nominees: Cristiano Ronaldo (23.68%) & Andreas Iniesta (10.91%)

Lionel Messi is the FIFA Ballon d'Or 2012 winner. He was elected by the coaches and captains of the national teams of the 209 FIFA Member Associations and a selected group of media.

Visit http://www.prisonerofclass.com/fifa-ballon-dor-2013/ for the full list of how they voted and who each captain voted for (PDF)

Messi....Again

Guy, dont be a loser.

siddiq202:

...HOW MANY TROPHIES CAN HE SHOW FOR IT KINGS CUP

The scariest thing for u Messi haters aka Ronaldo butt kissers is that Messi isn't even done yet. Yep, the guy hasn't peaked. Still has 2-3 ballon d'ors in him.
MESSI THE BEST THERE IS AND FAAAARRR FROM FINISHED YET

I don't really make noise about sports men winning awards because most sports men are cheats..to me i feel apart from messi's skills he has something else working for him((drugs)).very soon he's gonna get caught....we hav seen eXtraordinary sport men like him who usually end up telling d truth after they have enjoyed d fame..except for lance that doesn't wanna come clean.......south americans are the greatest cheaTs and liars in football..am not against messi just tellin d truth

dopeJemi: Barca Can't pLay swansea or wolverhampton or even bLackburn

D epL is d hardest League in d worLd

Fact

Barca cant play Swansea yet the best player in Swansea is a La Liga reject.

People can now see why EPL fans are numerous cos na every tom deeek and Harry dey watch

mama-gee:
Fifa are dubious, they gave the ballon d'or to a player that didn't win any major trophy in 2012.

It would have even made sense if Iniesta won it, at least he won the European Championship.

I always knew this worthless award has always been worthless after the 2009 edition.

sorry mmama gee , atleast ronaldo still love you

dayokanu:
Well said
If madrid and barca come to EPL it would immediately become a 2 team league where the likes of Chelsea, Man utd, Arsenal would be fighting for Europa cup space

conveniently forgetting that chelsea(6th place) undressed barcelona and bayern munich in europe last season. madrid/barcelona won't win nada in england. the money they make from their dodgy independent tv deals in spain would be shared among the 20 clubs in the premier league. barcelona won't be able to pay the wages of messi, villa, xavi and iniesta.

dayokanu:
When you cant win a cup you claim you dont care for it.

If Akpors cant afford a car thats when he claims "I just prefer walking because of the exercise instead of driving that useless Range Rover"

but this is common sense.
stoke fc have about 20 squad players - they have to survive in the premier league, compete in capital one cup(extra competition), fa cup. they have no winter break to rest their engines(like spanish clubs)and you still want them to compete in europa league that pays next to nothing? even a goat knows playing in the europa league at the expense of surviving in the premier league makes no economic sense.

oluwa wil alwayz be oluwa

It's no news.

dayokanu:

Thats why players playing Spain NT has won back to back titles(Euro cup and world cup) and England hasnt won anything since Barack Obama was in diapers

y can't u reason b4 u talk. His obama an England president.

for me ive only been thinking about his 5th ballon dor. with about 36 goals already and la liga in the bag, messi is going for his number 5 this time next year.

The tallies are in. 41.6% of the vote was enough for Messi to win the award. Ronaldo got 23.68% and Iniesta 10.91%.
Meanwhile, Del Bosque got 34.51%, Mourinho 20.49% and Guardiola 12.91%

Hope this new development has laid to rest all arguement on who is better than the other to rest. Congrat LIONEL MESSI!

coogar:

conveniently forgetting that chelsea(6th place) undressed barcelona and bayern munich in europe last season.

And you still remebered that Athletic Bilbao a mid table team in la Liga whooped Man utd home and away

So Yaya Toure couldn't make one of the two best midfield players? He won the EPL and was 2nd in African nations cup.

just so dem talk say midget break another record

i warned those guys about messi but they wouldnt listen, now look at what they did to themselves: now they re gonna have a bad night now.

mukina2: just so dem talk say midget break another record

you want bucket , muki cry me a river

olybob: y can't u reason b4 u talk. His obama an England president.

Jeesuuss Christ of Orile Iganmu

Are these the EPL fans? No wonder you support EPL.

I can even wager that you support either Arsenal or Chelsea

Cos this kain English na only from Agbero EPL fans.

dayokanu:
And you still remebered that Athletic Bilbao a mid table team in la Liga whooped Man utd home and away

that was in europa cup - a competiton that man utd did not care about. their eyes were firmly fixed on the premier league. no club wants to be in europa league in england. only the poverty stricken leagues like bundesliga and la liga care about europa league!

"@omojuwa: FG will buy buckets for you to shed your tears next year when Messi wins again. For now abet manage this one \__/"

Congrat 2 Messi

siddiq202:

[size=16pt]OMG! ONLY FALCAO IS NEITHER REALMADRID NOR BARCELONA PLAYER [/size]

I think that is the point those EPL fans don't seem to get *lightbulb*