Historically, the award winner’s country was never able to lift the World Cup at the next event. Thus, with the award in the hands of Karim Benzema and with La Pulga not even having been nominated, the illusion of the Argentine National Team grows.
The delivery of Ballon d’Or 2022 crowned the french Karim Benzema as the best player of the season. But at the same time It can have repercussions in the Qatar 2022 World Cup that affect France. Why? Because throughout the history of the Ballon d’Or awards since it nominates players from all over the world, The winner’s team has never managed to lift the World Cup in the contest immediately following the award ceremony.
In the delivery of Ballon d’Or 1997 the winner was the Brazilian Ronaldowho a year later would play the final of the World Cup in France once morest the locals. However, the Yellow green he was left wanting to lift the trophy and it was the team led by Zinedine Zidane who was crowned world champion.
The next installment prior to a World Cup was in 2001. That time, Englishman Michael Owen was chosen as the best footballer in the world and in his country they were excited that the young talent who had already debuted in the previous World Cup this time explode and lead your chosen one to glory. Nevertheless, England barely reached the quarter-finals at Korea/Japan 2002following having eliminated the Argentine National Team in the group stage.
The deliveries of Golden Ball in 2005 and 2009 they had South Americans as winners. In the first case, the winner was Ronaldinho, whose World Cup dream in Germany 2006 was cut short with Brazil in the quarterfinals. In the second case, the chosen one was Lionel Messiwho led the Albiceleste until the same instance in South Africa 2010before being eliminated by Germany.
Cristiano Ronaldo, meanwhile, was affected by the curse twice. First, when he won the Ballon d’Or in 2013 but he left in the first round at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Later, when he received it in 2017 but was eliminated with Portugal in the round of 16 of Russia 2018.
Thus, the news that Karim Benzema was chosen as the best footballer in the world in 2022 puts France at risk of keeping the curse standing. Believe or burst…
Lionel Messi, the Golden Ball and the detail that excites the Argentine National Team
If one chooses to believe in the “curse”, then It can be said that Lionel Messi and the Argentine National Team dodged it for a little bit in the face of Qatar 2022. is that the flea won the Ballon d’Or 2021 and should have come to the World Cup as the owner of that title. Nevertheless, the change in the delivery rules meant that it is now delivered at the end of the season -in this case, 2021/22-, made Benzema arrive at the appointment as the owner of the award.
To top it off, there is also the detail that Lionel Messi wasn’t even nominated for the 2022 Ballon d’Orso the Flea seems to be “safe” from the curse ahead of the World Cup.
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