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The Ballon d'Or is open to every player, regardless of whether they play in Europe or elsewhere. If Messi wins a second World Cup, he'll be the clear favourite for the Ballon d'Or.

Kane only won the Bundesliga, which isn't rated as highly as some other leagues. Despite his goals, he didn't even win the Bundesliga Player of the Season award, Olise did. On top of that, he has been quiet at the World Cup since the Round of 32, so I don't see him as a serious Ballon d'Or contender. In fact, I don't think he'll even finish in the top five.

As for Dembélé, he missed a good part of the season, and most of his standout performances came in the Champions League. While he has delivered in big UCL games, Mbappe has completely overshadowed him at the World Cup.

Theuniverse:
Messi no deserve any ballon dor, Kane or dembele deserve the ballon dor.
If na by world cup, why no ballon dor for xavi or iniesta when spain win (2010)worldcup, 2014 worldcup that germany win, no ballon dor for muller,what of when france win (2018)world cup and mbappe shine, dem no give am ballon dor.
Ballon dor no suppose be about world cup alone, club performance follow, messi is playing in a useless usa league,imagine person playing in china winning ballon dor, it's the same.
Abegi. if argentina win this world cup messi no deserve any ballon dor,if spain win too,yamal no too deserve am, cus of his low goal and assists record.
Then it goes to the ones who have a balanced world cup and league season, and it's between Kane and dembele.
After all modric win ballon dor, bit he lose world cup final, so any difference between semifinalist and runner up player.
Make we day watch.

i don tire

the Agenda this World cup against Argentina just too much

BlueRayDick:
Na why dem dey call am AGENDA na. They will wrongly interpret stats, rely on "eye-test" when data/stats doesn't favour their agenda and top things up with conspiracy theories that cannot be proven.

They won't show you goals Argentina scored that shouldn't have stood, they won't show you the law that was broken by the match officials to favor Argentina, but they will tell you the match was scripted just like they did in 2022. A competition that Messi won multiple Man of The Match awards to lead his team to lift the biggest trophy in World football; they say FIFA rigged it for him.

Nah the law be that, nah why VAR no intervene

Ibime:
What is the difference between scoring from ball touching your arm and winning a penalty (which has 0.8 xG) from ball touching your arm

Nobody can explain away such evil

You guys just say anything that comes to mind.

Do you expect VAR intervention against Argentina when there was no offence that met the threshold for VAR intervention?

Quoting VAR intervention numbers without showing whether the referee actually made any clear and obvious errors proves nothing. If Argentina committed no reviewable offence, then naturally there wouldn't be VAR interventions against them.

The statistic by itself doesn't prove bias, it only shows how many times VAR intervened, not whether those interventions were correct or incorrect.

Sportsweb:
From the group stage through the Round of 16, Argentina had the highest VAR intervention rate in their favour per 100 fouls among all World Cup quarter-finalists 👀

Meanwhile, not a single VAR intervention went against them 🫣

Based on IFAB Law 12, as far as it is does not lead to a goal directly or the player uses his arm to make his body bigger, it is not an infraction.

iamoyindamola:
Exactly what I thought yesterday, the handball should also affect the decision

Based IFAB law 12

an accidental handball is only punished if:

the player scores directly after the ball touches their hand/arm (even accidentally), the hand/arm made the body unnaturally bigger, or it was deliberate.

If the arm is in a natural position and doesn't make the body bigger(like in the case of Yamal), it's not automatically an offence just because it led to an attacking move. In fact, IFAB specifically states that accidental handball creating a goalscoring opportunity is no longer an offence

Ibime:
Go and check the rules on any handball (intentional or not) giving the attacker a goal advantage. AI cannot interpret FIFALONA own rules in isolation. If the handball is unintentional but leads to a goalscoring opportunity , the goal is to be cancelled. The VAR should be sacked.

Hope this helps

Ibime:
Well that is debatable, but what is not debatable is that Yamal handballed the ball before Digne kicked him. How did VAR not review that? This was handball before Digne had even lifted his leg. FIFALONA

He was not the Oympic Coach that won the Gold medal

A40:
Wetin I talk wey wrong or confession? Who stands out for Spain individually apart from Yamal and Rodri?

Of course they have a Crack head coach as well who to be fair has been building a monster under the radar.

Runner up 2020 Olympics (he was coach)
Gold medal 2024 Olympics
Euros Champion

They were hiding in plain sight as the new demons to take over

Una hate cheating, but we no hear una voice when all these happen

We dey see ur moves

you hate cheating yet we no hear ur voice when dem cheat Colombia and Croatia

Unlimited22:
Na you and Ibukzy sabi

I just detest Barcelona and cheating

If the World Cup was that easy, how many non-penalty World Cup goals does Ogunmepon have?

Trevor012:
I know ryt

Oga,

Go watch Barca vs Madrid from two seasons ago.

Fermín scored after Madrid recycled the ball, but because the ball had touched his hand earlier in the move, the goal was eventually ruled out.

We've seen the same law applied against Barcelona too.


Btw keep on the tears coming

Kimbeast:
If it was Madrid that conceded and the goal had been ruled out like that you wouldn't be saying this. But carry on. Once the season starts, it won't even take until Matchday 3 before the usual complaints from you lot begin again about Tebas and whatnot. Don't carry it here.

So like Ogumepon, you agree the World Cup is the greatest Championship??

Trevor012:
Two different statements that are not contradictory but as usual midget fans are slow.

Leyqute is neutral

unlimited dey active service

Bimmarlykay:


Active service -Trevor, Odizeey,Izzuuo, Nihilist,Ibime,A40, Neymar1095, Drisham,Leyqute, Melvyn

Pretending Neutrals-Kimbeast, Airmark,Capaldi,Godx,JamiuOkola

Neutrals-JamiuOkola,Sportsweb, unlimited,

How is a stamp on the foot a slight foul

do you have TV at home?

drisham:
I ask for consistency

If the Egypt goal was canceled for a slight foul like that

Then the Argentina goal should have been cancelled too


If the Egypt goal was made to stand them there would have been no issue

You're a united fan, imagine a crucial game for your club
You have a goal chalked off
The opposing team (arsenal )scores a similar goal to win
You won't protest?

The players that missed their Penalty were black😂😂

This Script just keeps writing it self

You forgot Paredes

Bimmarlykay:
Elite mentality,they can match any team.

Jamiu, France will kill them on counters but Argentina can match them anyhow,it will be even worse if Emi Martinez sees his period.

Argentina's midfiled is so underrated, assassin's like De Paul and Mac allister ain't no joke, then Enzo, Gonzalez another mover,Egypt should thank their stars many Argentine's player were having a bad day today including the keeper.

oohh

andrewbaba44:
Where ?

We no Dey count Uzbekistan as team for agenda united 😁

He scored 3 goals at this World cup

andrewbaba44:
Scored 1 goal at the 2022 wc ,scored 1 goal at the 2026 World Cup ,and both goals are pk ,but his fans are the most loudest I have ever seen

Now the fool is equating the euros he won to a World Cup , Lmao

You don’t have to be a liar

odizeey:
Go check and come back

Which Messi red cards was suspended??

Person wey get 3 red card for him life?

odizeey:
Messi's card has been suspended also in the past. Talk another one.

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They also supended Ronaldo’s red cards for him to be available for this competition, are they also trying to forge World cup for Portugal?

odizeey:
If they can forge World cup for Argentina, why them no go fit do for usa.

Emilokan

O chim

You claimed the fouls committed by Folarin and Messi were the same , Which is untrue

I posted those video to show you similar fouls like that of Messi

Kimbeast:
Are you agreeing that messi and those other challenges were card worthy or engaging in whataboutism to deflect?

Imagine ooo

No uproars, So shout of FIFA rigging the competition in favor of some teams or certain players

https://t.co/ZFRbI3UQe9 pic.twitter.com/uW3MEb5qZD

— Ava (@lanche) July 5, 2026

ThierryJay:
Then they should have overturned it if it was just yellow card worthy and not suspended it thus making it look like it's deserved but we re doing MAGA some favour here.

There have been several instances where red cards have been canceled in club football on merit. But only 2 times where they were merely suspended.

You claimed that Messi and Balogun Foul Incident were the same, which is not true

Those videos were similar fouls like that of Messi , where some of the players were not carded , yet no uproar

Kimbeast:
What exactly is your argument here?

How can someone watch both video and conclude that they are the same foul


Balogun own was an ankle breaker , you could see that he followed it through with his studs on the guy ankle

While Messi tried to disengage his studs immediately

Not even a foul for Messi:

Straight red card for Balogun: pic.twitter.com/tceUjAQZ3G

— Banter FC (@TheFCBanter) July 2, 2026

All these fouls produce no red cards, yet no uproar

https://x.com/mrviktorian/status/2070054702088126760?s=46

Kimbeast:
Actually Messi committed a similar offence to that of Balogun and didn't even get a yellow.

See as silence dey everywhere, no rigging noise😂😂😂


If Balogun was an Argentina Player………….


https://x.com/jacobsben/status/2073810328840732748?s=46

I meant this season ballon d'or ranking

Leyqute:
Which Kain talk be this?

Spain is also a favorite to win the World Cup


and you based ur prediction on as at now not what will happen in the future

which if we are being honest, Mbappe has not yet surpassed Yamal yet

andrewbaba44:
France are favorite to win the wc that’s why

Mbappe is always beast at the wc too

Mbappe ahead of Yamal, as how?

andrewbaba44:
Dembele no Dey help matters ,always flopping for France

Kane
Mbappe
Olise

These are the top 3 ,at least for now and base on my favorite to win the wc

Second grade

Yamal
Messi
Dembele

But many things can change