Toni Kroos angry: Neither Messi nor Lewandowski! This star deserves the Ballon d’Or
Toni Kroos cannot fully understand the election for the Ballon d’Or and would have wished for a different winner than Lionel Messi.
Toni Kroos is satisfied with everything else with the Ballon d’Or award. The award did not deserve the award, according to midfielder Lionel Messi. But neither did Robert Lewandowski, who came in second.
“First of all, I have to say that I am not interested in individual awards at all,” the 31-year-old introduced in his podcast ‘Einfach mal Luppen’: “But if they already exist, then they should be fair.”
The winner of the world footballer’s choice was determined during the recording of his conversation with brother Felix. Justice was “absolutely not the case in my eyes this time. You can just say that as someone who walks across the meadow from time to time,” explained Kroos.
The fact that Messi ended up in first place particularly annoyed the 2014 world champion. However, he could understand the placements of Jorginho (third) and Robert Lewandowski (second). “But for me (Karim) Benzema would have been the number 1 if you were really looking for the best individual player of the last year, because I can see from close quarters what an outstanding footballer he is,” said Kroos.
The class of Messi, who won the Copa America for the first time with Argentina this year, is still undisputed, said Kroos: “There is no doubt that Messi is the player of this decade next to Ronaldo and has qualities that others will never have . “
Kroos: Ronaldo was also better than Messi
In the calendar year 2021, however, other players were simply better than the Paris Saint-Germain striker: “What is wrong with the choice is above all first place.”
Even Cristiano Ronaldo, who ended up “only” in sixth place, should have ended up ahead of Messi in Kroos’ eyes: “When I see how many decisive goals Cristiano has made lately – that Manchester are still in the The Champions League is thanks to him alone – then, in my eyes, Cristiano would have come before Messi. “