Cristiano Ronaldo, the hero of Al Nassr, has had an odd reaction to Lionel Messi’s 8th Ballon d’Or victory earlier today, October 31.
On Monday, October 30, Lionel Messi extended his Ballon d’Or record to eight, three more than his lifelong rival Cristiano Ronaldo.
Messi and Ronaldo each earned five Ballon d’Ors in 2017 when the 38-year-old Portuguese icon won the accolade in 2017.
After won nearly everything in club football with Real Madrid, Ronaldo was on the verge of winning the sixth in 2018, but a conspiracy theory claims that his departure to Juventus months before the 2018 edition of the award allowed his former teammate, Luka Modric, the opportunity to win it.
Interestingly, Messi won it in 2019, 2021, and now 2023, becoming the first and only player to do so a record eight times, a figure that the 38-year-old Portuguese star will never be able to duplicate owing to his age.
Earlier today, Ronaldo was seen like a post and laughing emojis in the comments area of a video mocking Lionel Messi’s ninth Ballon d’Or victory.
Ronaldo, Cristiano
Remember that Messi won his eighth Ballon d’Or after helping Argentina win the 2022 FIFA World Cup, as well as helping Paris Saint-Germain win the French Ligue 1 and French Super Cup last season with 21 goals and 20 assists in 41 games.
Despite such accomplishments, some commentators and football fans believe Haaland, who scored 52 goals and supplied 9 assists in 53 games across all competitions, deserves it more, especially since he helped Manchester City win an unprecedented treble – the UEFA Champions League, the Premier League, and the FA Cup.
As a result, a pundit who talked in the video Ronaldo liked emphasized that Messi did not do much at the 2022 World Cup other than score six penalties.
The journalists also emphasized that Messi should have only won five Ballon d’Ors in his career because Haaland deserved to win the 2023 edition, Robert Lewandowski deserved to win the 2021 edition, and Xavi or Andres Iniesta deserved to win the 2010 edition ahead of Messi.
If that had happened, Ronaldo and Messi would have received the same number of Ballon d’Or awards (5 apiece).
