I’m trying to be completely objective if the fanboys can please try to do the same. In 2020 and 2021 lewandowski was the best player in the world winning the sextuple one year and then breaking a 40 year old bundesliga scoring record. I get the award was cancelled in 2020 but for 21 the narrative was messi finally got his international trophy so he has to win balon d’or. But Argentina literally have the most copa Americas in history they won it 14 times before messi, he had 4 tries in 6 years to win it. 15, 16, 19, and 21. So was it really that impressive that he won a tournament that him not winning up to that point was literally a failure because of how good Argentina were historically? Im not trying to argue about who the best player ever is or what he’s done in the past. Can someone just objectively tell me that it was impressive and not just journalists being emotional and voting for their favorite player and the narrative instead of the actual best player?
My problem with the world cup being the deciding factor is that the world cup has been won by ONLY 8 TOTAL UNIQUE COUNTRIES, that's pathetically low with the top 4 winning it over 70% of the time.
The UCL/cup is a much harder competition with 23 different winners, with its glory only being one below the World Cup.
Winning the world cup means more than just being insane, it requires an insane amount of luck to even be born in the right place at the right time. And even if you are eligible, it's more natural to want to represent your country.
I hate city with all my gut but it is insane to me that the person who won one of the hardest leagues in the world and the hardest competition in the world while having a record breaking season isn't being heralded as something more great.
Wouldn't jt be the other way around? If the WC has been won by less teams shouldn't it be harder to win one