Matthaus against the ‘Golden Ball’ for Messi: He didn’t deserve it before Haaland, the vote is a farce.
Lothar Matthaus does not hold back. The former Inter player and winner of the “Golden Ball” in 1990 strongly criticized the triumph of Lionel Messi at the end of the awards ceremony, which was held in Paris.
The German legend expressed his disappointment at the choice, handing the award for the eighth time to the Argentine, who won the World Cup in Qatar with the Albiceleste and moved to Inter Miami in the MLS in the summer.
For Matthaus, the winner of the award should have been none other than Erling Braut Haaland, the author of a remarkable season with Manchester City, which culminated in a Champions League victory in Istanbul against Inter Milan, having already won the Premier League title and ” FA Cup”.
Successes in which Haaland was decisive, with a season closed with more goals scored than games played and an average of over a goal per game. Lothar Matthaus did not “bite his tongue” to Sky Deutschland when asked about his opinion on the Ballon d’Or awarded to Lionel Messi: “Undeserved victory, this is proof that the World Cup is more important than everything”.
Then the German added: “Voting for the ‘Golden Ball’ is a farce, even though I have always been a Messi fan. All year Haaland has done better than Messi. For me no one did better than Haaland, he was the best in the last 12 months. He won important titles with City, setting goalscoring records.”
