FourFourTwo magazine has compiled an unusual rating concerning the history of the Ballon d'Or. The day before yesterday, Argentina's Lionel Messi became the next winner of the trophy.
Andriy Shevchenko - winner of the "Golden Ball"-2004The rating concerns the unfair, in the opinion of the publication, awarding of the Golden Ball. And in second place was the legendary Ukrainian striker Andriy Shevchenko: FourFourTwo believes that in 2004 the Golden Ball should have been awarded not to him, but to Frenchman Thierry Henry.
Top 10 injustices in the history of the Ballon d'Or according to FourFourTwo
1. 2021 and 2022: should have gone to Robert Lewandowski instead of Lionel Messi
2. 2003 and 2004: not Pavel Nedved and Andriy Shevchenko, but Thierry Henry.
3. 2010: not Lionel Messi, but Wesley Sneijder.
4. 2013: not Cristiano Ronaldo, but Franck Ribery.
5. 2019: not Lionel Messi, but Virgil van Dijk
6. 2018: not Luka Modric, but Cristiano Ronaldo or Mohamed Salah or Antoine Griezmann
7. 1956: not Stanley Matthews, but Alfredo Di Stefano
8. 2001: not Michael Owen, but Oliver Kahn or Raul.
9. 1960: not Luis Suarez, but Ferenc Puskás.
10. 2006: not Fabio Cannavaro, but Gianluigi Buffon
