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Who Deserves to Win the Ballon d'Or?
Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona, Franck Ribéry of Bayern Munich and Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid were confirmed by FIFA as the three finalists for the Ballon d’Or award.
Now the question that everyone will be thinking is: who deserves to win the Ballon d'Or?
3. Lionel Messi
Six injuries in 2013.
That sort of sums up why Lionel Messi should be last of the three.
His injuries have hampered him from being in the form that he's had the last couple of seasons.
Nothing should be taken away from Messi, though, as despite all those injuries he has been fantastic for FC Barcelona.
Culés and football fans around the world will hope to see Lionel Messi stronger than ever, but this year he will not win the coveted Ballon d'Or.
2. Franck Ribery
Franck Ribery is an excellent player and part of the successful FC Bayern Munich treble winners.
Is Ribery a standout player from all those
players?
No.
Franck Ribery is currently their best player. Should a player who's part of a well-oiled machine be considered the best player in the world if he's just part of that well oiled machine?
No.
This is where Franck Ribery falls short of winning the award and earns himself a respectable second place in the Ballon d'Or finalists.
In the end this is an individual award. Sure, he won a treble and his contributions were, without a doubt, noteworthy but there was one player who was just above the rest.
1. Cristiano Ronaldo
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