The Most Controversial Ballon d'Or in History

These players may be the greatest of all time, but somehow the Ballon Dor was never theirs...
Welcome to Nitro Football. The Ballon d'Or is the most prestigious individual award in football. Many of the greatest players of all time, like Messi and Ronaldo have many of them in their trophy cabinet. However, this award somehow escaped these amazing footballers.
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[@whinybilly523]

i’m a messi fan but Nitro Football deserved the ballon d’or

[@NitroFooty]

Finally someone with a little bit of sense

[@victordk2874]

I’m a Ronaldo fan but Ribéry was the best in 2013 I like to look at stats and titles who overall was better and honestly then as a Ronaldo fan I just can’t see how it’s fair Ronaldo not won in 2018 but then Messi can win 2019 or 2023 (not crying about it I think Messi is one of the all time great wish Ronaldo) the ballon dor system I just don’t get it sometimes also wish Ronaldo and not only Messi:)

[@Editorfromrussia]

Yes​@@victordk2874

[@kirbyspielt9999]

I am so sad for lewandowski he deserves that so bad

[@NitroFooty]

😢

[@ELYYT]

Marco Reus not winning the champions league is the actual disgrace 😢😢😢

[@RenegadeYouTube]

are you the same guys. you sound the same

[@Kingwenshy]

Yes ​@@RenegadeKZbin

[@NitroFooty]

@@RenegadeKZbinyeah that’s me lol

[@akiraman7664]

You have to win it to deserve it

[@Meltedumbrella]

It’s isn’t

[@NIDELLANEUM]

The "Henry should have won the Ballon d'Or in 2003-2004" is a clear case of "presentism" and recency bias, especially since fans ONLY use goal contributions to explain how he was better than Nedved and Shevchenko. Nowadays, after the Messi and Ronaldo era, fans act as if goal contributions are everything that matters when determining how good a player is (which is unfair for defenders and goalkeepers), but it wasn't a case 20 years ago. Look at 2002: Ronaldo had so little goal contriibutions that fans would feel like he only turned up at the World Cup, that's it. However, very few people would have argued about the decision of awarding him the Ballon d'Or.

[@NitroFooty]

It’s hard to fit the highlights of 2 players in 2003 into a 45 second segment

[@DavidLucian]

Thierry Henry and Ronaldinho are by far my favorite living football legends, they are the reason I fell in love with football in the first place, they are part of my childhood... Henry should have won at least one or two ballon d'or in the 2003 and 2004 seasons, he was so unique and underrated back then, he was almost unstoppable and genuinely a very good all-rounder authentic player. ☯️✌️

[@NIDELLANEUM]

@@DavidLucian maybe he could have, but unfortunately Serie A was regarded as *the* best League back then, so Juventus and AC Milan were treated as the best teams in the World

[@weihuatang171]

@@NIDELLANEUM in 2004 Serie A is the 3rd league in Euro.

[@weihuatang171]

2002 ronaldo scored 8 goals(no penalty) in world cup and won the title, which was a big deal. The "excel football watchers" are barely messi fans because messi is so good and everything in terms of football, the only thing CR7 can compare with him is the goal stats so they(fans and medias) made up this stupid comparison to keep debating. If messi haven less stats lets say cut his goals and assists by half, he is still better than CR7.

[@cognition5744]

Great stuff man👌🏾. Correction though: Chelsea vs Barcelona 2009 was the semi final and the Invincible season was 2003/04

[@NitroFooty]

Ah i appreciate that! Sometimes I think I know things and don’t double check…I gotta start doing my research 😅

[@crvenasvetla]

Not mentioning Griezmanns 2016 is a disgrace. He was one penalty shootout away from winning Ballon Dor, in a peak Messi-Ronaldo era when they were both still in their prime years. If he won UCL that season he wouldve 100% won it that year. Carried Atletico to the UCL final, carried France to the Euro final. Definition of underrated.

[@kaiser-zj6ju]

grizzy genuinely one of my favourite players

[@NitroFooty]

Griez is class

[@Cio_d-borba]

The idea that Henry should have won the ballon d'or instead of Nedved is quite a new one and only really prevelent in english media. I remember in 2003, when Nedved got it, no one saw it as a robbery, as he was just that good. Great Video btw

[@NitroFooty]

That makes sense

[@philtarpehdixon7441]

I saw the robbery in Henry not getting the Ballon D'Or

[@Cio_d-borba]

@@philtarpehdixon7441 To each his own I guess. I think Henry wouldn't have been an undeserving winner, he had a great year. But failing in the group stage of the CL while not scoring in the matches that counted, combined with the fact that the Premier League wasn't close to the best League in the world probably sealed the deal for Nedved, who was crucial for Juventus in the serie A title race and the best field player of that CL season. Personally, I would have given that years Ballon d'or to Buffon though

[@NIDELLANEUM]

@@Cio_d-borba Nedved was so important in that Juventus team that, to this day, people still feel like his absence in the CL final is what actually costed Juventus the trophy

[@Cio_d-borba]

@@NIDELLANEUM It might very well be true, with how he carried that team.

[@austinefc]

Wayne Rooney could have been a shout if he wasn't behind Messi and Ronaldo a few years. Love the vids!

[@NitroFooty]

What a player

[@soundsurg3on]

Something to remember is that the balon d’or in the messi Ronaldo era, is different to the time before. The world player of the year award is the equivalent in terms of prestige

[@NitroFooty]

I think ballon Dor is regarded much more highly

[@Phangib1]

Best football channel

[@NitroFooty]

Thanks bro!

[@zariflasker8006]

Nice video mate👍🏻.

[@NitroFooty]

Thanks 👍

[@DavidLucian]

Thierry Henry and Ronaldinho are by far my favorite living football legends, they are the reason I fell in love with football in the first place, they are part of my childhood... Henry should have won at least one or two ballon d'or in the 2003 and 2004 seasons, he was so unique and underrated back then, he was almost unstoppable and genuinely a very good all-rounder authentic player. ☯️✌️

[@NitroFooty]

Henry was special

[@santageorge5984]

I know you're gonna become famous, so I subscribed in your 1st video itself. Keep up the good work❤❤

[@NitroFooty]

Wow, thank you!

[@AhmadAli-ii7gw]

Messi dessert the Ballon d'Or

[@NitroFooty]

🍰 yum

[@AhmadAli-ii7gw]

Can you say my nam Ahmed in your next video

[@roshnisingh6165]

All I can say is that the ballon d’or is a voted award, even Ronaldo said that

[@NitroFooty]

True

[@papapeli6272]

Great videos

[@NitroFooty]

Glad you like them!

[@Ravemann-py1vo]

this channel will be the best football channel one day

[@NitroFooty]

I hope so man!

[@ya00007]

if vini doesn't win the ballon Dore, Im going to start up a youtube football channel to compete with you.

[@NitroFooty]

Good luck my friend

[@guitar_genius]

Through out from 2008 to 2012, xavi and iniesta were holding it down for Barcelona and Spain. Championship after championship. And neither one gets it? That was crazy...

[@NitroFooty]

They were special

[@delta2370]

They were competing with prime messi and one of ronaldo’s best years its incredibly unlucky.

[@bosselfqueenbee1496]

Such good videos

[@NitroFooty]

Glad you like them!

[@marcosalmeida7592]

The arsenal invincible were in 03/04

[@NitroFooty]

My mistake

[@weihuatang171]

I still don't know how Shevchenko won 2004 ballon d'or. Milan was knock out in UCL top 8; UEFA Euro was handled and he sat in home watching it. The only thing he won was the league but the Seria A best player was Kaka, his teammate.

[@weihuatang171]

And in 2004, Serie A was the 3rd best league in Euro(1st La Liga and 2nd EPL), what a joke

[@NitroFooty]

at least Kaka won one in 2008

[@weihuatang171]

@@NitroFooty Kaka deserved this one surely, but in 2004 Deco is much better

[@H33333]

I stopped taking the Ballon D'or seriously since 2016 tbh

[@NitroFooty]

weird time to stop

[@H33333]

@@NitroFooty I was just tired of seeing the same two names every Goddamn time man 😞

[@arseniiderkach4265]

overall the whole Balllon d'or organisation is just unfair. It would be a bit better if they choose best in each role and just try to not give it to strikers almost every time

[@NitroFooty]

True about the forwards mostly winning

[@krispeekornflex]

it's a popularity award

[@NitroFooty]

Maybe

[@krispeekornflex]

@@NitroFooty How are the recipients of the Ballon d'Or awards decided? For the Men's Ballon d'Or, 100 journalists from around the world, each representing a different country in the top ranked FIFA nations, are asked to choose five footballers from a 30-player shortlist, in descending order of merit.

[@nikoleikuznezov]

Kroos should have won a Ballon d‘or

[@NitroFooty]

Which one

[@gregorio5543]

Nah this was just. Nedved was playing at a higher level

[@NitroFooty]

Fair

[@samueltende5951]

Erling haaland

[@NitroFooty]

No I should’ve won that year

[@geningaming5657]

Underrated

[@NitroFooty]

Thanks man!

[@andreichetan4694]

Messi stoled 2. “ thats fine”

[@NitroFooty]

what

[@borat-thefaxspitter9006]

Buffon would have won the Ballon d’or if only he left Juventus after it got relegated for match fixing

[@NitroFooty]

Another case of loyalty over trophies

[@borat-thefaxspitter9006]

@@NitroFooty absolute class

[@Jasper7.0]

bro 2023 Haaland?

[@NitroFooty]

No it should have been me

[@tervenjames8305]

They gave Messi 3 Ballondor unfairly where manny would say he should not win those years. Aginst VVD, Lewandowski and Halland. You could even make a argument for Neymar

[@NitroFooty]

Who do you think is the greatest player ever?

[@draza9000]

VVD was close to winning it but Messi was a little bit better in statistics,individual performance (56 goals,22 assists,Golden Shoe, Pichichi ,La liga Best Player, UCL top scorer ,UEFA Best Forward etc. Lewa in 2021 scored lots of goals in Bundesliga , was injured in UCL and could not qualify Poland from groupstages of EURO. Messi won Copa America as best player/top scorer and won Copa Del Rey with Barca. Halaand won treble , had incredible number of goals but was carried all the way in UCL. Messi won WC while being Best Player and carrying Argentina , also won two trophies with PSG.

[@draza9000]

P.S If you wanna talk about Ballon d'Or given unfairly then u should mention the most unfaired one ( the 2013 Ballon d'Or ). Ribbery was a treble winner , Bundesliga Best Player , UEFA Best Player but somehow Ronaldo won it while being trophyless , he wasn't even La liga's best player in that year.

[@drazaraza3895]

@@NitroFooty Of course it's Messi. He is arguably the best dribbler/playmaker/scorer Football has ever seen.

[@spursfan325]

@@draza9000 winning Ligue 1 with PSG is like losing your virginity to a prostitute, VVD by miles deserves 2019, he locked Messi at Anfield, Messi deserved Golden Boot, and Pichichi Award and LaLiga best player, not The D'or. You are using goals to compare VVD and Messi

[@fliipbookW]

facts

[@NitroFooty]

No 🧢

[@alansoccer30]

Erling haaland should’ve won it2023

[@NitroFooty]

No it should’ve been me

[@luketurkejones2976]

I was the first person to comment on this video

[@NitroFooty]

Thanks for having notifications on brother!

[@EditorPipz]

W

[@NitroFooty]

W Pipz as always

[@FedoraMan-Sports]

The biggest disgrace is Real Madrid players celebrating in Marco Reus' face. I hope Real Madrid lose out in the league stage next year. But actually talking, this was another banger video. Keep it up

[@NitroFooty]

Thanks for the kind words man!

[@FedoraMan-Sports]

@@NitroFooty No problem, it's nice to see a new creator rise, especially a good one

[@Chandukuttanz]

Hi bro, Best wishes to reach an insane amount of subs . I like your videos Can you pin me plz

[@NitroFooty]

Thanks bro! Next time 😉

[@bfbsdmdgcxvgyfegyi]

please can you pin me

[@NitroFooty]

next time