Michael Ballack Was SO UNLUCKY!

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[@abelmeszlenyi77]

And the saddest loss of his life is none of these. As he lost his son a couple years ago 😔

[@terotours1948]

RIP

[@Jack_The_Ladd]

Jesus Christ give the man a break.

[@galvanictank69]

@@Jack_The_Ladd fr

[@Fanboy1222]

And then he came together with his by then 21 year old friend

[@nuclearwinter391]

Oh yeah, those loses mean nothing compared to that tragedy. RIP 😢

[@kraven588]

Bro is the human version of Tottenham

[@Em_Rey]

Bruh 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@allerielinston8516]

But still has more silver(ware) than Kane lol

[@chosone2]

Tottenham aren't unlucky, they're just shit.

[@jamesm4618]

Beat me to it lmao

[@tsproductions2213]

And to some it up, got beaten by Tottenham to a trophy 😮

[@dubadidubadi]

Ballack 2002 season was the best season I ever saw from am midfielder. He carried Leverkusen and Germany alone on his shoulders. Scored more goals as CM than every striker back then. Crazy good Leader

[@eliteboxfitness]

Amazing form that year. Incredible player

[@Vrld-i8c]

With Kahn they carried Germany

[@aspebb]

Ballack carried Germany in 02? Are we just gonna pretend that Kahn doesn't exist? 🤡

[@jonbon6843]

RIP to his son too 🙏

[@DMac__]

😢

[@anonanon2614]

Went to school with the Ballacks. Spent some days at their mom's house with Louis and Emilio. Wasn't close when he passed, but still shocked me

[@mayanksrivastava9313]

😢

[@devinaustin1833]

@@anonanon2614 you went to MIS?

[@anonanon2614]

@@devinaustin1833 yes, Munich International School

[@nottherealChickenJoe]

„Ruled out because of injury for 2010“ aka absolutely Kevin Prince Boateng fly kicked him

[@vasconcelos7356]

Oh noooo, the fact he German too 😭

[@DMac__]

Shocking challenge

[@redex191]

After watching this video now I'm convince that Boateng fly kicked him so that he can't join the world cup 😂

[@Prince-lo3nz]

​@@redex191 but Boateng played for his father's country Ghana

[@jacobsmith385]

@@redex191 ghana were in the same World Cup group as Germany too. Always felt deliberate.

[@Edu23u]

Bro, if he can lose a final to Tottenham it's because he is indeed very unlucky

[@TPRM1]

And what shirt number did he wear? 13.

[@discodieter88]

Trotzdem eine Legende. Ohne ihn wären wir nicht einmal zur WM gefahren, geschweige denn wären wir ins Finale gekommen. Er war der wichtigste Spieler über viel Jahre hinweg. Darüber hinaus musste er auch noch über den Tot seines Sohnes hinwegkommen. Für mich ist er nach wie vor ein Vorbild. Ein Weltklasse Mensch und Fußballer 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪 danke Michael Ballack

[@cedrichoppner3824]

Richtig schön geschrieben. Ich habe vor kurzem seinen Auftritt im Podcast von Toni Kroos gehört und war beeindruckt, wie bodenständig und zufrieden er dennoch auf seine Laufbahn zurückblickt. Bei allem schlechten oder allem Unglück was ihm widerfahren ist, sagt er jedesmal einfach "Das ist Fußball, das gehört dazu, ich bin trotzdem fein mit meiner Karriere." Ich war immer schon ein riesiger Fan von ihm und seiner Spielweise. Wenn er auf dem Platz war, dann hat man es einfach gemerkt. Und ich glaube selbst heute, in den Zeiten größere Talent-Ansammlung im deutschen Fußball, würde er noch herausragen. Was ihm zumindest erstmal keiner nehmen kann, ist die Tatsache, dass er seit Beckenbauer und Sepp Maier und in der Neuzeit der einzige Fußballer ist, der dreimal "Deutschlands Fußballer des Jahres" wurde. Öfter als Kahn, als Lewandowski oder Neuer. Das spricht für sich.

[@feliperaicherthleite8633]

Ballack era um absurdo, programas esportivos aqui no Brasil lembram de lendas do passado como Xavi ou Iniesta, Pirlo,Totti, Gerrard, Lampard, lembram do Lahm até do Beckham, e esquecem esse mito, concordo com o comentário acima desde o Matthaus(que foi melhor que ele) ele foi o melhor Alemão até hoje, houve grandes nomes mas ele era líder, um meio campista completo que pra mim jogou mais que quase todos aí que costumam citar por aqui quando se trata de lendas do futebol europeu.

[@TharAye-py7jv]

First time hearing Tottenham win a title 💀

[@thewhambam]

Thats their last.

[@HatterTobias]

Dude they won UEFA Cup twice (if you don't know it's now called UEL)

[@Ziado_]

@@HatterTobias UEFA is the champions league, europa league and conference league dude

[@HatterTobias]

@@Ziado_ UEL is the acronym for UEFA Europa League, before the 2009-10 edition the tournament is called UEFA Cup Tottenham won the 1971-72 and 1983-84 editions, when the tournament was still called UEFA Cup

[@Smoneey]

Outing yourself as a child

[@Timliu92]

During a time when Germany did not do well (2001-04 despite reaching a WC final), Ballack was one of the brightest spots of the German national team. Alongside Kahn and Klose, he was one of their standout performers just before the Lahm - Schweinsteiger - Muller - Ozil - Podolski era.

[@TorrePlay]

Him dropping out in 2010 was the best that could happen to the german team, gave new players room to step up and ultimately developed the squad that won in 2014

[@Monkeydbot]

2009 that game vs Barcelona 😢😢 unforgivable....... That run ballack ran behind ref 😢😢😢 Daylight robbery

[@kirakira9906]

This goes to show you don't need to achieve everything to be great in life. He never gave up despite all the bad times and fails. Amazing inspiration

[@spoodermanfenbui461]

Not to mention he was part the losing side of one of the most famous robbery’s of all time, barca vs Chelsea 2009.

[@vutv7335]

I was waiting for this comment

[@CamelnaldoFriuuu]

Barca was also robbed

[@CamelnaldoFriuuu]

Biggest robbery is vadrid vs bayern 2017

[@silvesta5027]

Poor Bayer Leverkusen, having a title slip from your grasp TWICE in heartbreaking fashion would hurt so much

[@thepowerofsand6180]

In germany they are called Vize-kusen. Which basically means they always end up second place. Basically the Tottenham of germany, they usally always have a interesting squad that might compete for something but somehow end up bottling it

[@nuwandalton]

@@thepowerofsand6180 Or Loserkusen

[@whiteninjastudios8839]

​@@nuwandaltonalso neverkusen

[@A...A09888]

​​@@thepowerofsand6180 and now they are NEVERLOSEN 😏🔥 treble is loading

[@A...A09888]

​@@nuwandalton NEVER LOSEN 😉

[@captainspirou]

Ballack was seriously elite. Those German teams have nothing to be ashamed of

[@1990Thunderbolt]

It’s just that 2002 Brazil was way overloaded with talents! There was nothing the Germans couldn’t do to stop them at that time.

[@brunolimaj7129]

​@@1990Thunderbolti mean only having Ronaldo phenomenon in that team was enough to put Germany in difficulty even tho Germany itself had elite legends in their team, if to that Ronaldo prime you also add prime time Carlos, Cafù, Ronaldinho etc, that's like a guaranteed win against probably every team

[@feliperaicherthleite8633]

@@1990Thunderbolt aquele Brasil de 2002 era muito apelão, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Rivaldo, Roberto Carlos , Cafu, Lucio, Gilberto Silva, e a Alemanha sem seu principal jogador , no Brasil essa seleção e tratada como a segunda melhor de sua história atrás apenas da seleção de 70 de Pele , Jairzinho e Cia…

[@parashit2181]

Just imagine if he won all that trophies with Leverkusen and Germany back in 2002, would be the greatest Ballon D'or winner of all time. Considering both Leverkusen and Germany are not a title contender at the time (Germany was so bad in previous WC and EURO). Not even Messi or Ronaldo would broke that record.

[@sidvyas8549]

There is no doubt about this. Leverkusen weren’t any sort of a powerhouse. They’d have beaten Bayern and THAT Real Madrid to win the treble. To top it, Ballack with Germany would’ve beaten THAT Brazil side to win the WC, which also would’ve put Germany on par with Brazil at 4 titles each, making it truly and arguably the greatest individual season ever, coz Ballack truly was the heart of both Leverkusen and Germany. Shame he missed the WC final tho. Stupid accumulation of yellows…would’ve been different perhaps with him there. And ofc Kahn’s uncharacteristic mistakes to gift O Fenômeno his brace…

[@nuwandalton]

@@sidvyas8549 He was the reason why the yellows are now pruned after the QF.

[@yannick245]

​@@sidvyas8549The title race in 02 was against Dortmund. They were the Bundesliga champions of that season.

[@gothia1715]

Id put him into an alltime best german squat without hesitation! He was our Ruud Gullit. Able to do everything on the field. From winning the ball, keeping it, guiding his team as a pure alpha leader to scoring goals with brutally powerfull shots, also via free kicks. Bonus was his incredible header strength which made him a monster at crosses and corners. He just had the bad luck of having his prime during the early 2000s when german football had a severe crisis. Him, Kahn and Klose were the only ones we could count on. Ill never forget how he single-handedly carried us through many matches during world and european cups. Michael, du warst ne Maschine! Einer unserer Allerbesten!

[@nuwandalton]

Don't forget Schneider, who also was a brilliant player

[@purpledragons1146]

Your forgetting that Ballack still won loads of trophies.

[@PESVSFIFABM]

True. He was a brilliant midfielder. Really one of the best of his generation.

[@AmbitiousAlgiers]

Yeah Bundesliga and german cup trophies mainly, but when it mattered and came to the world cup, euro, UCL and first Bundesliga and UCL of Leverkusen history he didnt win, and those were the most important ones

[@chrisrooney8820]

​@@AmbitiousAlgiers Premier league?

[@Ultima-Signa]

@@AmbitiousAlgiersHow does Bundesliga and German Cup not matter? Lol

[@ronaldomachado1225]

Bro is literally the greatest runner-up of football history

[@theastonvillaseal585]

He deserved so much better, both on and off the pitch. Poor guy never caught a break.

[@thecrot85]

My favorite football player, it doesn't matter that he lost, he won my heart as a football fan!

[@phillipnoetzel7637]

Ballack was a phenomenal footballer none the less.

[@hazard1080]

and RIP to his son. Although he did lose a lot finals, I'm glad he won the double with Chelsea in that epic 2009/10 season. Legend.

[@kareefadumbuya9724]

Yeah it was unfortunate

[@bayer1904LEV]

He s a legend

[@luchofutbol8539]

Still one of my favorite players of all time. Ballack was truly a complete midfielder with his passing, threat in goal, defending, aerial prowess, etc. On top of that he was powerful and a great leader. He might not have the prestige cabinet full of trophies but he is still a legend in football.

[@anamitrasikdar9115]

Man still won 14 trophies.

[@gabrielaleactus9932]

Everyone can win trophies when they join bayern or psg

[@anamitrasikdar9115]

@@gabrielaleactus9932 He won a Bundesliga with Kaiserslautern.

[@boney__70]

​@@gabrielaleactus9932 he also won PL, Carling Cup and FA Cup with Chelsea

[@user-op6kt8pg9y]

​@@gabrielaleactus9932youve outed yourself as a plastic

[@philippbock3444]

​​@@gabrielaleactus9932irst Bayern was nowhere near as dominant during the 2000s as they were during the last years. Second He also won titles with Lautern and Chelsea. Third Ballack also won a lot of Player titles and nominations. He was nominated for Ballon d'Or 5 Times, He was Germanys footballer of the Year 3 Times, He was voted the best midfielder of 2002 by the UEFA, He is Part of the All Star Teams of the WC 2002 and 2006 and of the Euros of 2004 and 2008, He was listed in the FIFA 100 of the best 125 Players of all time.

[@KaiGermann]

Difficult character, but always been a role model for me. Especially since he made it into the elite from East Germany. Legend. He also lost his son some time ago.

[@lucapiombino3082]

We can Say that marco reus Is a modern day Michael ballack

[@DMac__]

100%

[@ZolaMagic25]

How can you compare? Seems ridiculous

[@DeepaRoy-iq1fi]

What about Harry kane???

[@gorgelicous]

Bro that unlucky and he is still a baller

[@aron5624]

Lost his son to a helicopter accident. You just truly feel bad for him😔

[@alexmalagon7450]

Wrong.His son died in a quad bike accident

[@MYB92]

Check your comment, its false

[@devinaustin1833]

@@alexmalagon7450 Jetski

[@Felix-fc4gp]

In 98 he won Bundesliga in his first Bundesliga season with Kaiserslautern as promoted team 👹

[@suparnaganguly5195]

R.I.P Ballack's son😢

[@wassimhaidar4008]

I truly loved this man, he's one of the main reasons I'm a Chelsea and German fan - yeah ik both are in horrid form rn, especially Chelsea, but the memories live on 💙🇩🇪

[@MichaelCook84]

He was a quality player though. That Leverkusen team was amazing aswell. Ballack, Lucio, Berbatov, Basturk, Ze Roberto, Pogatets, Ramelow, Neuville were all amazing players.

[@CromeLF2]

yea, the better team in the final against real too but no one cares since real won it.

[@thfccoys5103]

I absolutely agree but Pogatetz?😅😅 He played 1 game for Leverkusen. You probably mean someone else.

[@MichaelCook84]

@thfccoys5103 Haha you are right. But he was great for boro. 😆

[@aleobago28]

I will never forget red card he got in the Semifinals of the 2002 WC.. he sacrified his final for the team😥

[@jonathanadamski]

It was a yellow for a tactical foul. Too many yellows meant he couldn't play the final. Joke of a rule

[@Ben-sj6nh]

Yet he wrote history winning the Bundesliga with Kaiserslautern in their first season after promotion

[@saschaeggert2148]

Ballack was such a great player, a real force on the pitch. He certainly deserved more titles.

[@Gbest_]

The music reminded me so much of FIFA 09

[@kwadwogyebi2510]

Man I feel bad for him what he went threw and his son always died makes it even worse but still a very good player ❤

[@heyprabhuaananddata]

He has won a lot too. Premier League, bundesliga, fa cup

[@taethatboyarebel]

Marco Reus "hold my beer"

[@archankumarmyana40]

Marco Reus' true inspiration. 😅

[@alanr2671]

Sometimes many champions don't say you will be legend for some people ( Bojan from Barcelona 6 champions 2009/2010 ) But sometime you don't have a champion but you are important You will be a legend ( Ballack from germany chelsea bayern leverkusen )

[@boney__70]

still the player that make me fall in love with football...my idol forever ❤️ #MB13

[@aroundtheworld5555]

FIFA 09 SOUNDTRACK! That whole Sam Sparro album is good!

[@cure_for_the_itch]

The guys made it to those finals, sometimes not once, something most of the players cannot see in their wettest dreams. Robben was actually close to follow his footsteps, but eventually won CL.

[@TorrePlay]

If it happens this constantly there is likely a reason other than luck. Ofc he is only one player, but Ballack was never clutch, often bottling in important games. As a german, while this is kidna hard to say, im honestly happy he didnt make the 2010 world cup because it gave space to Kroos, Khedira, Özil, Müller and Schweinsteiger in Midfield with Lahm as a new captain which ultimately lead us to win in 2014

[@IsmailAhmedCommentator]

Tottenham winning something caught me off guard.

[@SMAG2468]

You know you're unlucky when you lose a final to spurs 😂😂

[@davidgomes8302]

His son passed while on vacation in Portugal too much love to his family

[@LombreChannel]

The days of ballack, Schneider and kießling will be missed

[@gurke2702]

ballack even gotsecond in most bundesliga goals in 2002 i think

[@merrinithomas]

Man always had no 13 on his back. Figures😂😂😂

[@NeoJhon69]

One of my favorite players back in the day.

[@Winterhe4rt]

Also despite being one of germans best fowards at the time he was cut from the national team due to personal issues with the coach.

[@momentdepression8588]

Fun Fact: Maldini is the best runner up ballack is runner up in runner up competition

[@cedricb7904]

My Childhoodhero ❤ #13

[@tilldenzer7206]

Ballack won the bundesliga in 1998 with 1.Fc Kaiserslautern. The only time a team win after climbing from the 2nd league to the 1st

[@Jinxteru]

I agree that the prime of his career was streaked with bad luck. But don't forget that he was quite lucky to be on the positive end of one of the most legendary Bundesliga wins of all time (1.FC Kaiserslautern 1998)

[@PeyPed]

I mean losing a final to the Tottenham is another level

[@moonlightrelax639]

Daniel Levy be like: you'd make a bloody good manager Micheal here's a 8 year deal

[@sneakersboiii4857]

Not to forget THAT Barcelona match

[@sidvyas8549]

So fkn unlucky but so, so good. Absolute boss in midfield; technically great, athletic, a leader of men, with a powerful shot and headers, and a total gent to boot. Damn shame how his career went in a sense. Deserved more

[@farouqmohammad1282]

Ballack was the unluckiest until Marco Reus 😢

[@steve15beer]

Harry Kane 🤝 Michael Ballack

[@wingsofheartproblems6400]

He's still great for making it to the final and at least be arms length from his goals.

[@marufahmed7631]

Ballack only can be first in bad luck competition. 😢

[@hakimimutalib6285]

But He won premiere league title in 2010 season with Chelsea..that time Carlo Ancelloti was the manager

[@sujayeetabanerjee2005]

You know you're unlucky when you lose to Tottenham in a final

[@akim867]

Still have more trofhies than harry kane

[@ashleebaker5041]

Ballack was a nuts player deserved more from his career luckily he was good enougu that we still talk about him despite these things

[@kingeatking]

His won the Bundesliga 4 times and a Premier League medal!!! His also a multi-millionaire. What the hell are you talking about!?

[@ashleebaker5041]

@@kingeatking wow 1 prem medal and the farmers leauge of old bundesliga 4 times really matches up to a World Cup winners medal and a champs leauge trophy. Nice brain g

[@kingeatking]

@@ashleebaker5041 nice brain. What a stupid thing to say. Anyway what have you done in your life............

[@ConstantineJoseph]

In my opinion, probably up there with Matthaus, Beckenbauer, Mueller, Klinsmann as Germany’s all time individual greats. Unfortunately for him, he was playing at a time when Germany was not producing the most capable of talents unlike the previous Generation of Kohler, Sammer, Bierhoff, Klinsmann. He was head and shoulders better than any other German player for the national team and he was their main man, like a Gerrard for Liverpool. Apart from the legendary Oliver Kahn who could not help with the scoring department

[@CeruleanEyesOfValor]

And in 2014 he got injured and Ozil took his place and Germany won that wc so unlucky dude😭

[@seriousone44]

And that all is worth nothing compared to his biggest loss in life, he lost his son few years ago. R.I.P.

[@kumarprem2008]

Imagine being so unlucky that spurs beat you in a final

[@jamietwohig7014]

He also won the bundesliga 4 times, 1 premier league, 3 German cups, 3 FA cups and a league cup. Very unlucky…

[@DMac__]

Doesn't make him any less unlucky for the treble's of L's

[@onizzal]

So unlucky to then move to Byern Munich and win about 19 titles haha

[@burtspacecat3735]

Yes! I have said this for years! He was absolutely quality tho! And if he’d took home a few more of them trophies he’d be considered a true great

[@Lemmi7810]

Ballack deserved better but without a doubt he was one of the best midfielders ever

[@Sofasit1806]

Kane and Griezmann: finnaly a worthy opponent!

[@robertcranston7427]

He was a brilliant player.

[@edsonpacheco294]

This song... Fifa 09 ❤ Black and Gold

[@SalarSayyad]

But at least he got to play the role of Jason Bourne in all those movies!

[@RandyMahnke]

women love him as he always comes second ;)

[@karlmarx3165]

In 2002 he also got second in the table of scorers

[@niallrichardsonmancityfan3758]

R.I.P. To His Son❤❤

[@Meemserrr]

He even missed the World Cup final in 2002 cause he got his second yellow card (blocked for the next match) in the semi-final. This was so sad and just unfair. Because of Ballack, the rule was changed. Now, all yellow cards are cancelled in semi-finals.

[@kaitheguy3572]

At least he won three Bundesliga’s and one Premier League. Marco Reus on the other hand…

[@hazzamans]

And then Germany won the World Cup 4 years later 😅

[@مهدیاصغرزاده-ق5ث]

the best player🔥🔥🔥💪💪💪

[@alekpfl]

He's the first player that comes to mind when I think of #13.

[@harukrentz435]

As a man united fan i was heartbroken he move to chelsea, thinking hed be a perfect replacement for Paul Scholes but what do you know Scholesy lasted just as long as Ballack in PL.

[@TomVondavibe]

Now I understand why Westerners consider number 13 bad luck…..I mean….just look at how badly Ballack had been thru when he chose the nunber 13 jersey…

[@fleekoshuntos975]

Sterling still punching the air 😂😂

[@somethingwithultra7231]

Some of that dutchman curse magic accidentally strayed over to our neighbours, rip.

[@dkallday4]

if you sell traore maybe you could get Solly March as a replacement. he is also a capable LB so he could be helpful

[@jdjphotographynl]

The man got what he deserved.

[@zizzybugatti8819]

Scary to hire him as Manager

[@justmoonwithamustache]

Kane is his successor 😂😂😂😂

[@danielhi1891]

You forgot to mention in 2002 ballack had to took a tactical foul against Sout Korea in the semi-finals to stop a dangerous counter attack ca. Urs Meier showed him his second yellow card so he was Banned from the world Cup final against Brazil. It was heartbreaking 😢. Coach Völler later told, Ballack sacrificed oneself for the whole Team.

[@rudrajit2681]

When you wear 13 it is bound to happen but he is a goat❤

[@kingeatking]

His won the Bundesliga 4 times and a Premier League medal!!! His also a multi-millionaire. How is he unlucky!?