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Does Messi deserve to win Ballon d’Or 2023 over Haaland?

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SportsFila has received new reports from ESPN claiming that Lionel Messi is a firm favourite to win this year’s Ballon d’Or. But Does Messi deserve to win the Ballon d’Or ahead of Haaland?

Omer Subasi: “Wasn’t winning the World Cup the biggest achievement in football? For someone to be the goat, wasn’t it the ultimate requirement? Suddenly it became an insignificant 7-match tournament?

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It promises to be a unique Ballon d’Or battle, with the World Cup taking place in the middle of the 2022-23 campaign, meaning it could be a distant memory by the time votes are cast in August. There is no doubt, however, that playing a starring role in Qatar has boosted some players’ chances of competing for the Golden Ball, even with domestic and European titles now having been decided.

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Erling Haaland (Manchester City)

Last time: 2nd

In 2022-23: 53 goals, nine assists. Won Champions League, Premier League & FA Cup.

Haaland has broken countless records over the course of the season, and there was a time in late April that it seemed inevitable he would move to the top of the Ballon d’Or rankings come the end of the campaign.

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However, a run of just one goal in his final eight games means he will likely come up short in 2023, even though it was his goals that played a massive role in City winning the treble

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As per Messi in Bayern UCL match, PSG was already garbage as a team. Halland was invisible with the best team in the world in the semifinals and the final”

Leo Messi wins Argentina Qatar World Cup

Lionel Messi (Inter Miami)

Last time: 1st

In 2022-23: 38 goals, 25 assists. Won World Cup, Ligue 1 & Trophee des Champions.

Messi did his best to throw an eighth Ballon d’Or away with his stuttering form during the second half of the season, but in the end his iconic World Cup win is likely to be enough to earn him yet another Golden Ball.

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With it now more likely than ever that he is done with European football, though, does it mean it will be his eighth and final win of the award? SportsFila.com thinks Leo Messi has a good chance to win Ballon d’or 2023 over Erling Haaland.

More importantly though, Messi was MOTM in every knockout match and Player of the Tournament at the WC.
He ends the season with the most G/A for club + country out of any player. Sure, PL is more impressive than League 1, but part of Messi’s tally comes from the World Cup. Haaland still gets the edge there, but let’s be honest. He was ghosting in the big UCL games. He got a 6.6 rating in the final. He did NOT win player of the Tournament at the UCL.

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Haaland and Messi have almost the same goal involvements in their leagues. Messi showed up and was THE deciding factor during the World Cup. Haaland: FA final? Ghost. UCL semi and final? Ghost. Man City COULD have won the UCL without Haaland (which is crazy because that’s why they bought him).

Argentina were DONE in the GROUP STAGE without Messi. It’s not because he’s “Messi”. He’s the best player in the world. I understand the Messi fatigue, but if that’s what it is, just say that. Haaland is a league merchant. I was hoping Haaland showed up so someone could snatch it from Messi without any debate this time around. LM8.

Dario Poggi: “It’s funny to witness Julien Laurens’ arch from adoring Lionel Messi up until 2021, to criticizing Lionel Messi whenever he gets even the smallest case ever since. And throwing shots at Messi – with those “this is for who is the best player in the world this season, IT’S NOT BECAUSE YOU WIN THE WORLD CUP AND YOU’RE VERY GOOD FOR A MONTH THAT YOU ARE THE BEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD […]”, it is becoming pretty pathetic, from my point of view.”

The narrative dictates that Haaland and Mbappe will be locked in a decade-long battle for Ballons d’Or. Realistically, Haaland will know that his Norwegian-ness means that he probably needed to win the Champions League. He won it but it’s still unlikely to be enough in a year when he is likely to score the most goals too.

You have to appreciate having the greatest player of all time playing for PSG. I don’t understand how can such a top, professional journalist as Julien Laurens have an entire season saying things such as “That Marseille guy (Galtier) is a disgrace” or “I have my fingers crossed, and my toes, and my arms [that Neymar leaves PSG], but he doesn’t want to go to Saudi Arabia, that’s the problem”, when he is a professional doing his job on a worldwide platform, rather than a PSG fan talking football with his mates: these words don’t seem to professional to me. I don’t get it, but perhaps I am missing something.

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So now its a popularity contest, it wasn’t when modric won, and messi was the best player in the ligue 1 as well because he both scored goals and created them. Julien Laurens speak like messi didn’t contribute to PSG winning the league and only mbappe did, if he thinks mbappe is his first choice then he cannot argue messi being first choice of many as he was better than mbappe in ligue 1 and world cup and mbappe was equally or more missing in UCL, its between messi and haaland, stop injecting mbappe just because he is french.

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Gareth Southgate to Manchester United Doesnt’ Make Sense

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There is NO REASON for Gareth Southgate to be linked with the Manchester United job

Gareth Southgate is the only person in the Universe who can turn Manchester United into Middlesbrough within no time

The English media is trying all their best to push Southgate to united, but he is championship level manager at best

The England national team is waay better than this Manu squad, and he has had 0 success ( reaching semis ain’t success). So what exactly are people expecting if he becomes Manu boss

Absolutely no way! Why would Man U hire Southgate? That would be the worse decision in the history of the game.

ETH outwitted Klopp last weekend in one of the best and most dramatic FA cup clashes in years and I’m sorry but Southgate would not have won that game and ETH has had to deal with Ronaldo, Sancho, Greenwood and so on, he deserves more time

Soccer Football – Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag on the pitch before the match REUTERS/Umit Bektas/ File photo

I have been saying this for weeks now. If United were under any other manager especially Southgate, they would be fighting for relegation right now. The problem at United is not Ten Hag but the players.

People keep saying that Ten Hag’s style of football at United is not attractive and no identity but there is so much that a manager can do if the players themselves are not good enough or not putting enough effort. Ten Hag’s Ajax were playing attractive football and he managed to get them to the SF of the CL.

Without him, look at Ajax now. And the media keep pushing their agenda to get Ten Hag sack and replace him with a much worse manager like Southgate. If Ten Hag is managing England right now, with the players they have, we won’t see such a passive football like we saw yesterday vs Brazil. Ask Liverpool fans, would they replace Klopp with Southgate? I rest my case.

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Liverpool blame themselves for FA Cup loss to Man United

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Liverpool only have themselves to blame for loss to Manchester United. Had to find a way to squeeze in the random Bruno slag off in between. Dude was dead on his feet at full time, and had to slot in to center back for the last 30 minutes.

SportsFila reflect on Manchester United’s 4-3 win over Liverpool in the FA Cup Quarterfinals and look ahead to the semifinals where Erik ten Hag’s side will take on Coventry.

How come everybody seems to have forgotten that 2 of LFC’s goals were pure luck?

More shots, same shots on goal, higher goal expectancy. What is this narrative that Liverpool should have put this game away, if anything we should’ve put this game away! They had a good 20, 25 minute stint where they kept the ball in the second half, but did nothing with it, we deservedly won this game.

David de Gea is still without a club since leaving Manchester United this summer (Image: Matthew Peters/Manchester United via Getty Images)

For Liverpool fans: don’t say that we lost to Manchester United because Jota Trent Alisson and jones didn’t play. We have to stop doing that every time a team loses a big game it’s very stupid because had you won, you wouldn’t be saying that. Don’t forget that when y’all drew 0-0 to them at home Trent Alisson and Jones started. Keep in mind how well they’ve been playing despite having lots of injuries they almost beat Manchester City’s full strength squad last week.

Also, you lose to Manchester United, 2 fringe players for them decided the game for them, Liverpool didn’t play well and a loss is a loss you have to accept it otherwise you’re a sole loser and are unwilling to take it.

It’s interesting how nothing much is said about the mistakes made by Liverpool, but all criticism is piled on Bruno; how supposedly poor he was.

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Ten Hag Says Man United Are on Track

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Ten Hag claims United is moving in the right direction 👀 WHAT DIRECTION IS THAT?!

Every time he speaks after a dismal performance after the match I always sit there saying to myself “What on Earth are you talking about”.

The media trying so hard to get ETH sacked…..when liverpool had bad injuries with VVD out, y’all didnt have the same energy

Most fans want ETH out because of his poor tactics and substitutions. I also felt he should be braver to drop non-performing players irrespective of names, and even play academy players if he has to.

Now I’m ETH in because I realise from Rooney’s and Ole’s recent interviews that the mentality of these players are incredibly low and it’s no longer just speculation that the players can’t cope on this stage.

I can understand ETH saying positive things and coming off as “crazy” but if you have players who are weak minded and aren’t willing to fight, you can’t be tough cos they’ll cave and where does that leave you for the rest of the season?! Jason Sancho case in point. I rather come across as insane to the media but hope that I’m lifting the team enough to get a string of performances to save my job and give the fans at least something to cheer about until I can have a summer clear out.

 

Keane is a freaking legend but that approach with these weak players will kill them and ETH would lose the dressing room.

This man keeps dropping off bombs on and off the field..A gift that keeps on giving..Most delulu man on this green earth
What a GIFT! Hand him a 15 years contract and 5 years add ons

The problem for Utd in recruiting an elite manager in the Summer is that Liverpool, Bayern and Barca will also be looking for new managers.

From the moment I heard “A new era begins. .” from ETH. I knew it was the joke of the century. He has the guts to say it while Klopp/Guardiola are competing against each other by 1 point in the Primer league he acted like he can compete with them ro

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