&lt;p&gt;The soccer community has been waiting&amp;nbsp;it for a long time and &lt;strong&gt;it's still a topic of discussion&lt;/strong&gt; many days later. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/soccer/lionel-messi-wins-record-seventh-ballon-dor-award-20211129-0014.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2021 Ballon d'Or&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; continues stealing the headlines as &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/lionel-messi-t13&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lionel Messi&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;'s seventh triumph &lt;strong&gt;left a lot to talk about.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;For weeks, fans have tried to predict who the winner would be as &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/soccer/2021-ballon-dor-new-leak-has-lionel-messi-as-winner-and-not-robert-lewandowski-20211028-0006.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;a number of leaks&lt;/a&gt; spread on the Internet, while &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/soccer/2021-ballon-dor-lionel-messi-has-reportedly-been-told-by-france-football-hes-the-winner-20211105-0006.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;other reports had already anticipated&lt;/a&gt; the &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/psg-t16721&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PSG&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; star would receive the prize. And of course, the results &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/soccer/lionel-messi-wins-2021-ballon-dor-over-lewandowski-funniest-memes-and-reactions-20211129-0020.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;didn't sit well with everyone&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Especially with &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/robert-lewandowski-t137625&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Robert Lewandowski&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, who has admitted to feel upset and &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/soccer/2021-ballon-dor-robert-lewandowski-breaks-silence-takes-shot-at-lionel-messi-20211206-0021.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;had seemingly taken a subtle shot at Messi&lt;/a&gt;, something he eventually &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/soccer/2021-ballon-dor-robert-lewandowski-clarifies-his-comments-on-lionel-messi-20211207-0012.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;clarified shortly after&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;France Football editor Pascal Ferre&lt;/strong&gt; has also been in the spotlight for the last few weeks, so his votes have obviously &lt;strong&gt;made some noise&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; 
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&lt;h2&gt;Ballon d'Or: France Football editor Pascal Ferre voted Lewandowski ahead of Messi&lt;/h2&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;As the editor-in-chief of the prestigious magazine that gives&amp;nbsp;the coveted award, Pascal Ferre has obviously had to deal with a lot recently. &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/soccer/ballon-dor-2021-france-football-editor-breaks-silence-on-mssi-lewandowski-leaks-20211110-0021.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;He spoke up when leaks began to go viral&lt;/a&gt; on social media before &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/cristiano-ronaldo-t2&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cristiano Ronaldo&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; took a jab &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/soccer/ballon-dor-cristiano-ronaldo-rips-france-football-editor-over-lionel-messi-comments-20211129-0021.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;at him&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;However, as part of the jury, Ferre has voted his five favorite options and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/bayern-munich-t112&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bayern Munich&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; striker headlined his list. Below him, we can find the &lt;strong&gt;Argentine&lt;/strong&gt; forward, &lt;strong&gt;Karim Benzema&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Jorginho&lt;/strong&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/kylian-mbappe-t136335&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kylian Mbappe&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; 
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/soccer/2021-ballon-dor-votes-by-country-revealed-cristiano-ronaldo-snubbed-by-portugal-20211206-0015.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Just like the Portuguese jury&lt;/a&gt;, he didn't include Ronaldo&amp;nbsp;in his top five. Instead, he picked the two heavy candidates for the award, with the &lt;strong&gt;Poland&lt;/strong&gt; international above the former &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/barcelona-t11&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Barcelona&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; winger. &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/soccer/ballon-dor--iker-casillas-voices-disapproval-of-lionel-messi-winning-the-award-in-2021-20211130-0005.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;A debate that is still alive&lt;/a&gt; in world soccer.&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Followed by them, he chose three players who had a great year. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/real-madrid-t23&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Real Madrid&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; star carried the team practically by himself this year, earning &lt;strong&gt;a long-awaited return to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/france-t146618&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;France&lt;/a&gt; national team&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;The Italian midfielder played a key role in &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/chelsea-t200&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Chelsea&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;'s&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/champions-league-t24&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UEFA Champions League&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; success before he lifted his national team to their first&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/euro-2020-t174831&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;European Championship&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;since 1968. Mbappe, on the other hand, had a great performance for &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/soccer/psg-roster-2021-2022-list-of-paris-saint-germain-players-this-season-20210809-0019.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Paris Saint-Germain&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in their last UCL journey but he was in the eye of the storm &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/soccer/euro-2020-funniest-memes-and-reactions-to-france-s-elimination-by-switzerland-20210628-0006.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;for missing a crucial penalty&lt;/a&gt; for France vs Switzerland in the Euros.&lt;/p&gt; 
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2021 Ballon d'Or: France Football editor chose Robert Lewandowski over Lionel Messi

&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;2021 Ballon d'Or&lt;/strong&gt; ceremony is on the books, with &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/lionel-messi-t13&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lionel Messi&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; having claimed the award &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/soccer/lionel-messi-wins-record-seventh-ballon-dor-award-20211129-0014.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;for a record seventh time&lt;/a&gt;. Before the event, there was a lot of &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/soccer/2021-ballon-dor-lionel-messi-has-reportedly-been-told-by-france-football-hes-the-winner-20211105-0006.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;speculation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/soccer/2021-ballon-dor-new-leak-has-lionel-messi-as-winner-and-not-robert-lewandowski-20211028-0006.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;leaks&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/soccer/ballon-dor-2021-lionel-messi-doesnt-deserve-it-but-kante-does-patrice-evra-claims-20211116-0025.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;controversial statements&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;France Football&lt;/strong&gt; editor &lt;strong&gt;Pascal Ferre&lt;/strong&gt; claimed before the eagerly awaited ceremony that &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/cristiano-ronaldo-t2&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cristiano Ronaldo&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; had only one ambition before retiring&amp;nbsp;that was receiving more Ballon d'Ors than Messi. He even said that he knew it because Ronaldo told him.&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Just a few hours before the &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/soccer/lionel-messi-wins-2021-ballon-dor-over-lewandowski-funniest-memes-and-reactions-20211129-0020.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;2021 Ballon d'Or results&lt;/a&gt;, Cristiano &lt;strong&gt;set the record straight through a lengthy post on Instagram&lt;/strong&gt;, where he blasted Ferre for &quot;lying&quot;. Take a look at the Portuguese superstar's statement.&lt;/p&gt; 
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&lt;h2&gt;Ronaldo blasts France Football editor for &quot;lying&quot; about Ballon d'Or&amp;nbsp;ambitions, competition with&amp;nbsp;Messi&lt;/h2&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Widely regarded as the&amp;nbsp;two most dominating players in recent history, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi have often battled for the Ballon d'Or &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/soccer/ballon-dor-all-time-winners-20211128-0010.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;over the last few years&lt;/a&gt;. The fact that they also competed against each other playing for lifelong rivals &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/real-madrid-t23&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Real Madrid&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/barcelona-t11&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Barcelona&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, respectively, helped world soccer to fuel a rivalry&amp;nbsp;the players never actually had.&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;However, Ferre's comments on Ronaldo wanting to finish his career with more awards than Messi seemed to revive that antagonism. That's why Cristiano &lt;strong&gt;took to social media to make things clear&lt;/strong&gt;, and on the way he suggested Ferre lied:&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&quot;Today's outcome explains why Pascal Ferr&eacute;'s statements last week, when he said that I confided in him that my only ambition was to finish my career with more Golden Balls than Lionel Messi.&amp;nbsp;Pascal Ferre&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;lied, he used my name to promote himself and to promote the publication he works for&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&quot;It is unacceptable that the person responsible for awarding such a prestigious prize could lie in this way, in absolute disrespect for someone who has always respected France Football and the Ballon d'Or. And he lied again today when justifying my absence from the Gala with an alleged quarantine that has no reason to exist.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&quot;I always want to congratulate those who win, within the sportsmanship and fair-play that have guided my career since the beginning, and I do it because &lt;strong&gt;I'm never against anyone. I always win for myself and for the clubs I represent, I win for myself and for those who love me. I don't win against anyone.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&quot;&lt;strong&gt;The biggest ambition of my career is to win national and international titles&lt;/strong&gt; for the clubs I represent and for the national team in my country. The biggest ambition of my career is &lt;strong&gt;to be a good example&lt;/strong&gt; for all those who are or want to be professional footballers. The biggest ambition of my career is &lt;strong&gt;to leave my name written in golden letters&lt;/strong&gt; in the history of world football.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&quot;I will end by saying that my focus is already on Manchester United's next game and on everything that, together with my team-mates and our fans, we can still achieve this season. &lt;strong&gt;The rest? The rest is just the rest&hellip;&lt;/strong&gt;&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Cristiano Ronaldo has won the Ballon d'Or five times. However, he has other ambitions than just winning the individual award. Now that he's back at &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/manchester-united-t10&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Manchester United&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, Ronaldo wants to get back to glory days, especially in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/champions-league-t24&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Champions League&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; 
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Ballon d'Or: Cristiano Ronaldo rips France Football editor over Lionel Messi comments

&lt;p&gt;For the first time since 2019 the soccer community will know who's the best player of the year when the &lt;strong&gt;2021 Ballon d'Or&lt;/strong&gt; ceremony takes place on November 29. It's been a long time, so it's no surprise that &lt;strong&gt;people can't wait to know the results&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Not long ago, social media went wild as soon as leaks spread all over the Internet. &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/soccer/list-of-2021-ballon-dor-results-leaks-out-with-lewandowski-ahead-of-messi-ronaldo-20211027-0014.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;First, it was understood&lt;/a&gt; that &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/bayern-munich-t112&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bayern Munich&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; striker &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/robert-lewandowski-t137625&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Robert Lewandowski&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; gathered the most votes to claim the award for the first time.&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;But shortly after that, it was Argentine superstar &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/lionel-messi-t13&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lionel Messi&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; who &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/soccer/2021-ballon-dor-new-leak-has-lionel-messi-as-winner-and-not-robert-lewandowski-20211028-0006.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;appeared atop the list&lt;/a&gt;, with Portuguese outlet &lt;em&gt;RTP&lt;/em&gt; even claiming that the &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/psg-t16721&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PSG&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; forward was told &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/soccer/2021-ballon-dor-lionel-messi-has-reportedly-been-told-by-france-football-hes-the-winner-20211105-0006.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;he'd win his seventh Ballon d'Or&lt;/a&gt;. So, after all the rumors, an important person from &lt;strong&gt;France Football&lt;/strong&gt; spoke his truth.&lt;/p&gt; 
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&lt;h2&gt;France Football editor claims Messi, Lewandowski leaks are false&lt;/h2&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;There's still more than two weeks to go before the French magazine reveals who's the winner of the coveted prize. But that hasn't prevented people from &lt;strong&gt;trying to predict the final results&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
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&lt;p&gt;The soccer world may not know exactly who the winner will be &lt;strong&gt;but the leaks indicate that&amp;nbsp;the conversation will reduce to&lt;/strong&gt; Messi and Lewandowski. Still, France Football editor-in-chief &lt;strong&gt;Pascal Ferre&lt;/strong&gt; told Germany newspaper &lt;em&gt;Sport Bild&lt;/em&gt; that all those leaks &lt;strong&gt;were complete nonsense&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;em&gt;&ldquo;That&rsquo;s a lot of ********&amp;nbsp;we&rsquo;ve seen in the last ten days. A big bluff,&rdquo;&lt;/em&gt; said Ferre, as quoted by &lt;em&gt;SB Nation&lt;/em&gt;'s &lt;em&gt;Bavarian Football Works&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
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&lt;p&gt;The first leak had Lewandowski as winner with&amp;nbsp;627 votes, but a few days later another list had Messi atop with&amp;nbsp;645 votes. Many people believe the Pole striker made a strong case to win the Ballon d'Or, &lt;strong&gt;especially as he didn't get the chance to win it in 2020&lt;/strong&gt;, when the award wasn't given due to the pandemic.&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;But Messi is always an obvious candidate and his performances in 2021 could be worthy of the prize, despite &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/barcelona-t11&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Barcelona&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; didn't help him to show the best version of himself. And he may have had a slow start in &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/soccer/psg-leonardo-furious-at-lionel-messi-going-to-play-for-argentina-20211109-0011.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Paris Saint-Germain&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, but his level with Argentina has&amp;nbsp;been outstanding, &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/soccer/copa-america-2021-has-lionel-messi-won-the-tournament-with-argentina-20210614-0012.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;winning his first international title&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/copa-america-t25985&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2021 Copa America&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Either way, &lt;strong&gt;we'll know the truth on November 29&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
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