Ballon d'Or?
Lewandowski calculates - dig at Messi
Created: 2022-02-20Updated: 2022-02-20 09:51
Robert Lewandowski was only second at the Ballon D'Or.
The title of FIFA world footballer is more important anyway, the Pole said in the direction of Lionel Messi.
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Even the football elite did not quite agree on this when the two titles “Winner of the Ballon D'Or” and “FIFA World Footballer” were recently awarded.
Lionel Messi won the first in January and Robert Lewandowski in February.
The Pole now teased the Argentine - because of his voting behavior.
Robert Lewandowski: "Only journalists vote for the Ballon D'Or"
"I've been thinking about these two awards lately: FIFA the Best and the Ballon d'Or," the FC Bayern striker told Polish magazine
Pilka Nozna.
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I have come to the conclusion that the FIFA award is more important than the Ballon d'Or.
On the latter, only journalists vote - there is no clear verification.
In FIFA, not only experts and journalists vote, but also players.
They can assess our performance more realistically and objectively because they know how much every game, every record, every injury costs us.
The 33-year-old continued: "The Ballon d'Or may rank higher than FIFA Player of the Year, but knowing that in the vote of coaches and players I have received the award for the best footballer in the world for the second year in a row makes me proud because I know how hard I've been working for this for many years."
At the Ballon d'Or, Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski had to settle for second place behind Lionel Messi.
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So Lewandowski downgrades Messi's title a bit.
If there's a little bitterness in it because the Paris-St.
Germain star did not give his votes to Lewandowski, but voted for his teammates Neymar and Kylian Mbappé and real star Karim Benzema?
Lewandowski on Messi's voting behavior: 'Don't know why his position has changed'
"It's hard for me to say anything about that," Lewandowski said.
"I voted for Messi because I appreciate what he did in 2021 and of course earlier.
Messi voted for me at the Ballon d'Or and why his point of view changed after that - I don't know." Lewandowski said, emphasizing "However, I have no regrets, I don't complain, I accepted it.
In the end it's his decision.
It was all the easier for me to be happy about the award.”
Of course, the goalgetter is also aiming for many titles next year: "I want to constantly improve, every day.
I always want to develop further.
Standing still is my enemy.
I want to do my best next year and win everything."
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