• Ghostface1357@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    I still don’t know how Modric won the 2018 Ballon D’or. He was not the best player in the world that year lol.

      • X-Maquina@alien.topB
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        1 year ago

        Clearest example of the strength of Madrid PR we have. That was 100% Cristiano’s Balon to win, yet the moment he left Madrid suddenly next best got propped up and ended up getting it against all odds.

      • TossZergImba@alien.topB
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        1 year ago

        Except he was awful in the first half of the season. Paulinho outscored him up until Christmas lol.

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        1 year ago

        Modric won it by a big margin. He would’ve won it regardless.

        753 points for Modric

        478 points for Ronaldo

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      1 year ago

      Ronaldo would’ve won it if he didn’t ask to leave Madrid lol

      Perez too strong

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      1 year ago

      It was the greatest media campaign. People were so pissed xavi and iniesta never got one and there was this campaign for anyone not Messi or Ronaldo, it was like a gift to prove it wasn’t only for attackers

    • LandArch_0@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      As many have joked before, “the Ballon D’or is won by Florentino, not by the players”.

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        1 year ago

        Was indisputably the best player in world Cup and he did actually won the world Cup not the runner up medal

    • 20cmdepersonalidade@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Modric deserved it for his career and for carrying Croatia to a world cup final. Only Cristiano getting a Balon d’Or in that STACKED Real Madrid squad that won five UCLs would have been a travesty. I sincerely don’t get why Reddit is so annoyed by Modric getting a Balon d’Or, seems to be a “stats” thing.

    • nag_some_candy@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      He was one of the best though. People underestimate his performance in the WC imo, especially in these comments

    • Belfura@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      French vote was split between Mbappé, Griezmann and someone else. On top of that, voter fatigue and World Cup