Last night’s Ballon D’or Award ceremony has continued to generate reactions around the world ever since Lionel Messi was announced as the winner of the prestigious award....CONTINUE READING THE FULL ARTICLE>>>
There are some people that believe that the honor shouldn’t have been awarded to the Argentine player.
They also believe that 2021 is the year Bayern Munich forward, Robert Lewandowski should have won it due to his remarkable contributions to his club.
However, this article would focus on some of the factors that might have influenced the outcome of the awards.
Looking at Lionel Messi’s stats for the year under review, we could see that he scored 40 goals and assisted 16 goals from the 49 games he was involved in between January and October.
Messi also made 2525 accurate passes and completed 224 dribbles.
Robert Lewandowski on the other scored 54 goals and assisted 8 goals from 45 games.
Below is the breakdown of the individual achievement of the two players.
Lionel Messi
Games 49
Goals 40
Assists 16
Shots on Target 103
Accurate passes 2525
Dribbles Completed 224
Chances Created 26
Tackles 31
Recovery 107
Points won by goals 22
Points won by G/A 39
Match winning goals 9
Match winning G/A 15
Man of the match 27
Teams Trophies: Cape Del Rey, Copa America
Individual Award: La Liga top scorer, Copa America top scorer, Copa America top assist, Copa America Pott.
Record broken: Most NT goals in CONMEBOL, Most Goals in A Single club
Robert Lewandowski
Games 45
Goals 54
Assist 8
Shots on Target 98
Accurate Passes 715
Dribbles Completed 48
Chances Created 55
Tackles 16
Recovery 98
Points won by goals 20
Points won by G/A 25
Match winning goals 8
Match winning G/A 10
Man of the match 13
Teams Trophies: Bundesliga, Club World Cup.
Individual Awards: Bundesliga top scorer, European Golden Shoe, CWC Golden Ball,
Record Broken: Most Goals in a single Buli season.
Who do you think deserves the award between Messi and Lewandowski? Kindly share your thoughts below the comments.