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Happy ending for Robert Lewandowski? Bayern star is still waving the Ballon d’Or!

Robert Lewandowski’s second place at the Ballon d’Or 2021 is currently causing a stir in the football world. Numerous experts, fans and the media have strongly criticized the decision of the Ballon d’Or jury. As it has now become known, there could still be a happy ending for the 33-year-old Poland.

Lionel Messi’s triumph at the Ballon d’Or 2021 angered not only the fans of FC Bayern, millions of football fans worldwide have expressed their displeasure on social media in the past 24 hours. The massive criticism also seems to have reached the Ballon d’Or organizers.

Pascal Ferre, editor-in-chief of the soccer magazine “France Football” and head of the Ballon d’Or, has now spoken out and defended Messi’s election: “The Ballon d’Or is based on a democratic system. There are 170 jurors and they have decided to vote for Messi, ”he said to“ watson ”.

Ballon d’Or boss leaves Lewandowski price open for 2020: “We can think about it”

Ferre said he voted for Lewandowski, but he still considers Messi’s victory to be deserved. It is interesting, however: According to Ferre, “France Football” is seriously considering lending the Ballon d’Or 2020 to Robert Lewandowski retrospectively. This was canceled in the previous year due to the corona. As Ferre confirms, Messi’s speech yesterday also made the trade magazine wonder. The Argentine had made it clear that Lewandowski would have deserved the Golden Ball in 2020 and asked “France Football” to make up for the award at the same time.

Unlike in the past few months, the Ballon d’Or boss no longer wants to categorically rule out such a scenario: “What Messi said was nice and clever. I think we don’t have to make the decisions very quickly. We can think about it and at the same time respect the history of the Ballon d’Or, which is based on elections. ”From Ferre’s point of view, however, the biggest problem is that there was no regular election last year:“ We cannot be sure whether Lewandowski would have won the Ballon d’Or last year. We can’t know because there weren’t any elections. But, to be honest: last year Lewandowski would have had a great chance of winning. “

It will be exciting to see whether there will actually be a subsequent award.


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