Barcelona players Andres Iniesta, Xavi Hernandez and Lionel Messi are the three nominees for the FIFA Ballon d'Or World Player of the Year 2010 award. Midfielders Iniesta and Xavi a bit helped Spain win its first World Cup title, while Argentine forward Messi Failed to Score In Fifa World cup.. But He Played a major role in Barcelona's Spanish title defense.
Messi likely makes the list because of his play with FC Barcelona while Xavi and Iniesta Nothing did Best in World Cup with Spain. How they Both are in Last Three Nominees for the Fifa Nallon d'Or World Player Of The Year... Nobody Knows Why ? Xavi didn't Deserve and Iniesta in last Three Nominees Just becuz he did One Goal In The World Cup Final...
Why they Forgot Diego Forlan who almost Beat Octopus In The Match For 3rd Place (Uruguay vs Germany) in Fifa World Cup ?(You know what i'm talking about if you remember Last 10 sec.of this Match )
Why they Forgot Diego Forlan Who One Handedly take his team On The Spot Light and End the Tournament at 4th Place after 1970 When Uruguay team End the FIFA Tournament in Mexico ?
Lionel Messi admitted that he does not expect to retain the award he won last year.
Lionel Messi Said:
“I want the winner of the Ballon d’Or to be someone in our locker room.”
He acknowledged that his fellow nominees Carles Puyol, Dani Alves and David Villa are all quality players but when asked the question who he thought was the favorite to win the award was,
He Replied:
“Xavi and Iniesta, who scored in the final. He was the best player in the tournament, even though Diego Forlan was chosen.
“I think the World Cup will have a lot of weight on the final decision.”
Diego Forlan
Uruguay oozed their way through to the World Cup semi-finals only to be beaten by a resilient Dutch side. Forlan himself scored a spectacular goal to level up proceedings before the interval but were subsequently downed come the end of the game.
Forlan finished joint top goal scorer in the competition with five goals – but his lack of assist saw the ‘golden shoe’ make its way to Germany with Thomas Muller.
His contribution was staggering. With David Suazo in towe the South Americans finished ahead of heavyweights Brazil and Argentina.
His contribution for his club however saw them pick up silverware as they brought the UEFA Europa League to the Spanish capital for the first time.
In 2010 FIFA World Cup 2010 Diego Forlán became the first player since Lothar Matthäus in 1990 to score three goals outside the penalty area in one tournament In FIFA World History.
Forlán is the fourth South American player that has received the Golden Ball in the FIFA World Cup tournament.
His goal in the semi-final against Liverpool and his brace in the final against Fulham saw Los Rojiblancos lift the coveted title in Hamburg.Pretty much playing at the peak of his career, it’s been the best year of Diego Forlan’s professional life. Will he top it off by being named the world’s best player for 2010 ?
Diego Forlán is The Only Grand Master Player for The Long range goal...
The FIFA Ballon d’Or, the combination of FIFA World Player of the Year and France Football Ballon d’Or, is the honour for the best player of 2010. Therefore, the World Cup is not the only thing that matters in the final decision. It is important to note here that Diego Forlan won two trophies last season; the Copa Del Ray and UEFA Europa League also won Golden Ball at FIFA World Cuo 2010.
Wesley Sneijder meanwhile won a famous treble with the Serie A, which included the Serie A title, league cup and the Champions League. On the contrary, the three players Barcelona nominees only won La Liga and the Spanish Super Cup in the current year.
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