{"id":3205,"date":"2013-01-08T11:20:18","date_gmt":"2013-01-08T11:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.deolububble.com\/general\/ndb\/?p=3205"},"modified":"2013-01-08T12:20:49","modified_gmt":"2013-01-08T12:20:49","slug":"lionel-messi-wins-fifa-player-of-year-for-the-4th-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deolububble.com\/general\/ndb\/lionel-messi-wins-fifa-player-of-year-for-the-4th-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi wins FIFA player of Year for the 4th time"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cHow many more Ballons d\u2019Or can I win? Don\u2019t know, just won this one, will enjoy that now, and will keep on working hard.\u201d <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2013 Lionel Messi<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Its quite incredible for anyone to win an award 4 times in a row in any sport or academics or any sphere of human endeavor, it takes unrivalled\u00a0brilliance\u00a0for anyone to accomplish anything like that.<\/p>\n

Lionel Messi last night won the World footballer of the year again with 41.6%<\/strong> of the votes followed by Cristiano Ronaldo with 23.68%<\/strong> and Andres Iniesta with 10.91%<\/strong>. As a Barcelona fan, I went out drinking last night to celebrate it, although I had a feeling that Ronaldo might win, the truth is I wanted him to win.<\/p>\n

Of\u00a0recent, I started feeling bad for Ronaldo, some of us\u00a0don\u2019t\u00a0understand what he feels when he plays so fantastic only to be second to the diminutive Leo Messi. It can be painful I can assure you.<\/p>\n

Another reason is his treatment with his team, Iker Casillas voted for Sergio Ramos then Ronaldo. Anyone who knows football or even has any idea about football will know Sergio Ramos can never<\/strong> win this Ballon D\u2019or. The vote for him from Casillas was out of hate or spite. Hence, I felt for Ronaldo more, all the things he does is for his club and himself and his own team mates\u00a0couldn\u2019t\u00a0vote for him which is something that would never happen in Barcelona.<\/p>\n

If I was him, I would go home, drink myself to stupor and start talking to PSG, what else is left for him at Real Madrid? Its a show of shame.<\/p>\n

Here is a list of the top 10 votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. LIONEL MESSI
\n2. CRISTIANO RONALDO
\n3. ANDRES INIESTA
\n4. XAVI
\n5. RADAMEL FALCAO
\n6. IKER CASILLAS
\n7. ANDREA PIRLO
\n8. DIDIER DROGBA
\n9. ROBIN VAN PERSIE
\n10. ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		41.6%
\n23.68%
\n10.91%
\n4.08%
\n3.67%
\n3.18%
\n2.66%
\n2.6%
\n1.45%
\n1.24%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

I found Messi\u2019s outfit funny though, it looked like something PSY will wear, some called it OPPA MESSI STYLE, people dug through the archives and found out that Maradona had worn the same outfit some years ago.<\/p>\n

\"messi-maradona\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Incase you\u2019re wondering how people voted, here is the link of the complete voting system<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Messi\u2019s form was \u00a0impeccable last year, he broke several records last year including Guinness Book of Record, a feat that would remain unbroken for a while. Not taking anything away from Ronaldo\u2019s brilliant season as well, wrestling Barcelona for La Liga title last season was phenomenal for them.<\/p>\n

Here is clip for the 91 goals scored by Messi in 2012.
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