2012 ballon d'or awards

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Ballon d'Or winner:
1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona/Argentina)
2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid/Portugal)
3. Andres Iniesta (Barcelona/Spain)
Coach:
1. Vicente Del Bosque (Spain)
2. Jose Mourinho (Real Madrid)
3. Pep Guardiola (ex-Barcelona)
Team (4-3-3)
Iker Casillas (Real Madrid);
Dani Alves (Barcelona), Gerard Pique (Barcelona), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Marcelo (Real Madrid);
Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid), Xavi (Barcelona), Andres Iniesta (Barcelona);
Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Radamel Falcao (Atletico Madrid), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
Best goal:
1. Miroslav Stoch (Fenerbahce)
2. Falcao (Atletico Madrid)
3. Neymar (Santos)
Fairplay: Uzbekistan Football Federation
FIFA president award: Franz Beckenbauer
Woman player of the year:
1. Abby Wambach (USA)
2. Marta (Brazil)
3. Alex Morgan (USA)
Woman team coach:
Pia Sundhage (USA/Sweden)

[Eastdog]

Re: 2012 ballon d'or awards

Ronaldo unlucky as Messi is just a bit better.

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Re: 2012 ballon d'or awards

Team of the year, what a joke. More like a Spanish league wankfest than an award ceremony.

[Eastdog]

Re: 2012 ballon d'or awards

Team of the year, what a joke. More like a Spanish league wankfest than an award ceremony.

Just noticed that. It should be from all over. Of course Spain has some great players but there a great players from other places too. What do you think about FIFA and UEFA?

[chef]

Re: 2012 ballon d'or awards

Ronaldo unlucky as Messi is just a bit better.

Yep, he's unlucky to be at his peak at the same time as the guy who's probably going to remembered as the best ever.

[chef]

Re: 2012 ballon d'or awards

Just noticed that. It should be from all over. Of course Spain has some great players but there a great players from other places too. What do you think about FIFA and UEFA?

Players like Buffon, Cech, Pirlo, Ivanovich, Cole, Lahm, RVP, Aguero, Yaya Toure, Hummels, Thiago Silva etc must be spewing that they don't play in La Liga so are ineligible for the team of the year.

[Eastdog]

Re: 2012 ballon d'or awards

Players like Buffon, Cech, Pirlo, Ivanovich, Cole, Lahm, RVP, Aguero, Yaya Toure, Hummels, Thiago Silva etc must be spewing that they don't play in La Liga so are ineligible for the team of the year.

A lot of those players are eligible for team of the year.

[chef]

Re: 2012 ballon d'or awards

A lot of those players are eligible for team of the year.

Come on Eastdog my jokes aren't that bad are they..

[Eastdog]

Re: 2012 ballon d'or awards

Come on Eastdog my jokes aren't that bad are they..

Nah there pretty good