In line with the 2022 forthcoming ceremony of the most prestigious individual football honour, Messi is visibly seen to be linked with badluck as the Argentinian and PSG forward has been left out of the 30-man shortlist for the very first time since 2005.
It has been a very terrible bad first season for Leo at PSG as he has lived utterly beyond expectations from football fans all over the world.
Though it might be that he’s back with a bang this season, the ageing duo of the two greatest of all time has constantly been a subject of debate as to who is the best between Messi and Ronaldo. But either ways, the two talents always live to expectations.
As Messi missed the 30-man Balon D’or shorlist for the first time in years even after being the defending champion of the prestigious award Ronaldo still maintain his stance of being nominated for it every year since 2004.
The Portuguese made a surprising return to old Trafford and showed that he’s still got the goal scoring ability and skills embedded.
🔔 The Official 2022 Ballon d’Or 30-man shortlist:
🇧🇪 Thibaut Courtois
🇵🇹 Rafael Leão
🇫🇷 Christopher Nkunku
🇪🇬 Mohamed Salah
🇩🇪 Joshua Kimmich
🏴 Trent Alexander-Arnold
🇧🇷 Vinicius JR
🇵🇹 Bernardo Silva
🇨🇴 Luis Díaz
🇵🇱 Robert Lewandowski
🇩🇿 Riyad Mahrez
🇧🇷 Casemiro
🇰🇷 Heung-Min Son
🇧🇷 Fabinho
🇫🇷 Karim Benzema
🇫🇷 Mike Maignan
🏴 Harry Kane
🇺🇾 Darwin Núñez
🏴 Phil Foden
🇸🇳 Sadio Mané
🇨🇮 Sébastien Haller
🇭🇷 Luka Modrić
🇩🇪 Antonio Rüdiger
🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo
🇧🇪 Kevin De Bruyne
🇷🇸 Dušan Vlahović
🇳🇱 Virgil van Dijk
🇵🇹 João Cancelo
🇫🇷 Kylian Mbappé
🇳🇴 Erling Haaland
Karim Benzema of France and Real Madrid, Kevin debryne of Manchester City and Belgium and Thibaut Courtois of Real Madrid Belgium are the top three highest ranked of the Balon D’or in that order.
Benzema of all has been the highest ranked and likely the favourite for the award but there is still the half season and a World Cup to look out for.
