The year 2023 was quite happy and full of emotions, as well as unique memories for the Argentine Lionel Messi, who after his abrupt departure from Paris Saint Germain in France, managed to arrive in the United States and join Inter Miami of the Major League. League Soccer and after manage to obtain the eighth Ballon d’Or of his career.
However, having obtained this award sparked controversy throughout the world of football, especially on social networks, since many people have shown complete disagreement and dissatisfaction with this decision.
One of the most recognized figures of current times, the Portuguese Bernardo Silva, Manchester City midfielderwho won everything last season, gave his point of view on this topic and let it be known that in his thoughts about Messi being the best player in a season that had his teammate, the Norwegian Erling Haaland, as the top scorer in the Champions League.
“Nowadays, when you look at individual trophiespeople pay a lot of attention to statistics. Normally, the players who score the most goals win…”, commented Bernardo Silva when asked about the Ballon d’Or. “If Bayern wins the Champions League, the Bayern striker who scored 40 goals in the season will win the Ballon d’Or. City wins… and coincidentally it wasn’t Haaland, because Messi won the World Cup. However, if it weren’t for the World Cup, Haaland would have won the Ballon d’Or,” said the footballer who is a member of the Portuguese National Team.
“Normally, the scorers end up winning individual awards. Yes I agree? Honestly, I can tell you no. They can win, because sometimes they are even the most influential. Now, I want to make it clear that I don’t agree with the idea that only those who score goals should win the Ballon d’Or.but that’s how football works today.”
In addition to this, Silva commented that he believes that nowadays more value is given to numbers than to what actually happens on the field, the contexts and so on: “Statistics are worth little… I like to look at the statistics on the games won. I like to see which players have the highest percentage of victories in the Champions League, in the Premier League, in championships, because in the end the impact that a player has on a team is not only based on goals or assists.”
“We have reached a point in football where we reach the exaggeration, in which a midfielder who scores 20 goals is better than one who scores 10, and it could be, but it is not always the case, because there are many ways to play. You have to look at the game as a whole and not just look at the statistics, because there are players with very different characteristics,” he stated.
Despite all this, Erling Haaland continues to play at an excellent level for Manchester City and is in the race against Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain), Harry Kane (Bayern Munich) and Cristiano Ronaldo (Al Nassr) to be the top scorer of the year 2023 and what would be assumed would be whoever finishes in first place as the winner of the Golden Boot.
Opportunities to win a Ballon d’Or will not be lacking for the tall Norwegian number 9 in his professional career and that is a fact, You just have to be patient, constant and let your work on the court do the talking. and those results will be his letter of introduction to be able to have a career full of awards, achievements at the elite level at the club and national team level.
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