The Ballon d’Or crowns the best player in the world over a year, but also the craziest journalist on the planet. In 2019, a Sri Lankan colleague had undoubtedly laid the most unconventional quinté in the history of the trophy (Alexander-Arnold, Aubameyang, Griezmann, Lewandowski and Ter Stegen). This year, nothing so crazy but still some small wonders despite everything, starting with the 2nd place of Mason Mount in Uzbekistan, the 4th of Bonucci not far from there, among the Kyrgyz, and the 2nd place of Sterling awarded by the journalist from Liechtenstein.
A few Ballon d’Or votes by some journalists around the world. 😭 pic.twitter.com/caGUYuRv0L
– Blue Moon (@FRBlueMoon) December 3, 2021
On the side of foreign countries that count, Argentina voted for Lionel Messi ahead of Karim Benzema and CR7, while Portugal did not put either of the two GOATs in the top 5 (but placed N’Golo Kanté number 1) . Finally, note that the New Zealand journalist found the quinté winner for the second time in a row. Paul the octopus.