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Soccer/Football

MrCoffee

(24,159 posts) Mon Jan 9, 2012, 03:31 PM Jan 2012

Lionel Messi wins FIFA Ballon d'Or for the 3rd consecutive year

To the surprise of no one at all, Leo is the best footballer on the planet.

http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/3869/fifa-ballon-dor/2012/01/09/2838704/barcelonas-lionel-messi-beats-real-madrids-cristiano-ronaldo-and-

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"Cristiano Ronaldo did not travel to Zurich." MrCoffee Jan 2012 #1

MrCoffee

(24,159 posts)

1. "Cristiano Ronaldo did not travel to Zurich."

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Mon Jan 9, 2012, 05:43 PM

Jan 2012

Cristiano Ronaldo did not travel to Zurich. If there was any doubt that he was not going to win the Ballon d'Or, the decision to stay in Madrid alongside his coach, José Mourinho, washed it away. No one had any other doubts: Lionel Messi would be named the world's best player for the third year in a row. Of all the comments that were made about Messi, the very certainty of his success was perhaps the most eloquent. It is not as if others haven't made a case; it is just that even they cannot make a case like his.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2012/jan/09/lionel-messi-ballon-dor

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