Wow, I didn't even say anything bad about Messi and the entire Barca platoon is here reciting everything's he done since birth.
To whoever said Ronaldo didn't impress that much last year (can't remember which one of you it was), you must be retarded. And I don't even have to elaborate, surely even Barca fans could contest that. Not as impressive as Messi, maybe, bot not that impressive in general? Please.
And someone said the golden ball isn't given for goals, which should be true. And yet most of the things said in Messi's favor are his goals. And that's why he'll win this year. There are 3 requisites to winning the award, and they are: Winning the CL, scoring your fair share of goals (best if done in important CL matches), and being flashy. Messi, Ronaldo, Kaka and the last one before the trend started was Cannavaro who won the World Cup.
And I'll make my last point clear, in the CL, which is the only competition that matters here, Ronaldo saved ManU more than Messi did for Barcelona. Is there even an argument here? The only game Messi saved Barca in the CL was against Shaktar in the group stages. Ronaldo won the games against Porto and Arsenal.
And before I get another tirade of Messi-loving. For ****'s sake I agree that he deserves the award, I was contesting buti's point, one which he has withdrawn/softened.