Franck Ribery

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"Ballon d'Or is between Messi and Ronaldo. Third contenders shouldn't hold any hope".

Franck Ribery’s opinion is spot on. No one can agree less. Enigmas, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are making it difficult for others to scoop the prize. But the forward claims it is more of politics. And that is corroborated by Bayern Munich goalkeeper‎, Manuel Neuer’s failure to clinch the award for 2014

“I was really upset, but it’s the same every year. I don’t know
what I have to do to win this award anymore‎. Even becoming a world champion is apparently not enough. What can you do? In 2006, Fabio Cannavaro, a defender and world champion, won the Ballon d’Or. In the last two or three years, Neuer has been the best goalkeeper in the world. He has won titles with Bayern.

The winger continued.”In Brazil, he was the best goalkeeper and became a world champion. Obviously that wasn’t enough either. I just don’t get it.

“If another Bayern player is nominated, we should consider
whether it’s even worth going [to the gala]. For what? A photo
maybe? No! “It’s all politics for me, it’s not right. Each player must know that if Ronaldo and Messi are there, the third nominated player shouldn’t hold any hope.”


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"One has to know when to stop". Franck Ribery announces retirement from international football.

The legends are taking a bow. Bayern Munich Forward, Franck Ribery has announced his retirement from international football. In an interview with German magazine; kicker, the 31year-old missed the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil due to injury said it was the right time to stop.
“I want to focus on my family and concentrate on my work at Bayern Munich and make way in the national team for the many young and exciting players. One has to know when to stop.”
The three-time French player of the year had 81 caps and scored 16 goals. He continued, “I have experienced so much and now is the time for others to come forward. You could see at the World Cup that we should have no concerns about France’s future. There were highs and lows but now is the time to start a new chapter in my life.”
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Best penalty takers in the world (Top 10)

AC Milan striker, Mario Balotelli has been tipped the best penalty taker in the world. Those who have followed his career closely can’t agree less. Often referred to as first choice penalty taker, the Italian recently missed two penalties at his club and prior to that he had never missed any penalties in his professional footballing career. Does it come as a surprise that world best players; Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are occupying the 7th and 8th spots?

Top Ten Penalty takers in the world.

(1) Mario Balotelli – AC Milan

(2) Zlatan Ibrahimovic – PSG

(3) Steven Gerrard – Liverpool

(4) Radamel Falcao – Monaco

(5) Frank Lampard – Chelsea

(6) Robin Van Persie – Manchester United

(7) Lionel Messi – Barcelona

(8) Cristiano Ronaldo – Real Madrid

(9) Francesco Totti – AS Roma

(10) Franck Ribery- Bayern Munich

Credit: toptenarticle.com

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Manchester United player becomes world's fastest footballer. (See top ten list)

FIFA has released it’s list of the fastest footballers in the world. A Manchester United player came tops! Not Wayne Rooney, Van Persie, Evra or other big names in the Red Devils’ squad. Its Antonio Valencia. I’m sure no one was really looking towards his direction.

FIFA determined this based on the highest recorded speed of a player in a game whilst in possession of the ball. With a speed of 35.1 km/h, Valencia beat the likes of Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Franck Ribery and co.

TOP TEN WORLD’S FASTEST FOOTBALLERS

(1.) Antonio Valencia – 35.1 km/h

(2.) Gareth Bale – 34.7 km/h

(3.) Aaron Lennon – 33.8 km/h

(4.) Cristiano Ronaldo – 33.6 km/h

(5.) Theo Walcott – 32.7 km/h

(6.) Lionel Messi – 32.5 km/h

(7.) Wayne Rooney – 31.2 km/h

(8.) Franck Ribery – 30.7 km/h

(9.) Arjen Robben – 30.4 km/h

(10.) Alexis Sanchez – 30.1 km/h

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2013 BALLON D'OR AWARD: RIBERY IS STILL PAINED, SAYS RONALDO WON NOTHING. (READ HIS QUOTE)

Who hasn’t gotten over the 2013 Ballon d’Or award thing? Everyone in the world except Bayern Munich Star, Franck Ribery and he has decided not to bottle up his feelings. According to him, losing to Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo was robbery and the extension of the voting deadline a political decision.

“I won everything I could win with Bayern and individually. Ronaldo on the other hand did not win anything. I am not sad that I missed out, but it does hurt a bit. I deserved to win the Ballon d’Or. It was clear that Ronaldo would win it. The voting deadline was extended by two weeks. This had never happened before. It wasn’t about football. It was a political decision. There are only three Bayern players in [the FIFPro team of the year]. That’s madness. [Thomas] Muller 
deserves to be there, and so do [David] Alaba,[Bastian] Schweinsteiger and [Arjen] Robben. We won five titles and made history. And then there’s the absence of Borussia Dortmund players… Where are [Mario] Gotze and [Robert] Lewandowski? This is impossible”

 

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FRANCK RIBERY, LIONEL MESSi&CRISTIANO RONALDO ON 2013 BALLON D'OR 3-MAN SHORTLIST

The original 23-man shortlist of players for the 2013 FIFA Ballon d’Or award have been reduced to 3. (Messi, Ronaldo and Ribery). So, who takes away the prestigious gong? Is it Franck Ribery who inspired Bayern to the 2013 UEFA Champions League victory and recently helped the team to an emphatic 7-0 win away to Bremen; Barcelona’s Lionel Messi who although sidelined with injury and has won a couple of awards for himself this year (Pichichi and European Golden Shoe), or Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid hitmaker, who helped his country qualify for the 2014 World Cup finals last month? The winner will be announced in January 2014 at Zurich.

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7 REASONS WHY CRISTIANO RONALDO SHOULD WIN 2013 FIFA BALLON D'OR

 
 
So I got this interesting article from Cr7 fan site. I know I’m going to get a couple of messages after this post (from people who would consider me biased), I’m really not bothered. I post whatever I deem newsworthy on my blog and this is part of it. So if you have a similar topic to share i.e. Reasons why Messi/Ribery should win, you can email me ([email protected])
 
Ps: It might interest you to know that I’m neither a Madrid or CR7 fan. I root for Barcelona, a MessiVoltron for that matter.hehehe. Note: the points were NOT written by me. I only shortened them.
3 players are in contention for the 2013 Ballon d’Or award. (Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Franck Ribery). These are 7 reasons why CR7 fans think he should win this year’s award.
By the way, CR7 might not travel to Zurich next year because of the way Blatter mocked him last October.
 
 
7 reasons on why Cristiano Ronaldo should win
 
(1) Most goals scored in the 2013 calendar year
Club and Country records; Cristiano Ronaldo scored 67 goals, Messi 45, Ribery 21 goals.
 
(2) Helped Portugal qualify for World Cup on his own
If it hadn’t Portugal wouldn’t have made it to the World Cup. In 2013, CR7 scored 10 goals out of 9 appearances.
 
(3) – Top goalscorer of the UEFA Champions League
The Real Madrid forward finished the last Champions League campaign (2012-13) with 12 goals scored. Franck Ribery scored 1 goal despite Bayern Munich winning the CL trophy. Messi came 3rd.
(4) Odds favourite –
This means the real chances each player has of winning the FIFA Ballon d’Or. On the day voting closed, Ronaldo odds to win the FIFA Ballon d’Or were stacked at 1.25, while Messi and Ribery both had a payout factor of 6.00. As at Dec 5, Ronaldo’s odds were set around 1.60 as of today.
 
(5) The delay of FIFA’s voting deadline
FFIFA extending Ballon d’Or voting for two more weeks means Ronaldo’s performance during Portugal Vs Sweden could still weigh in the decision process. The deadline extension has undoubtedly benefitted Ronaldo, Ribery didn’t really influence France’s win against Ukraine and Messi didn’t even play during this period due to an injury.
 
(6) – The most 2nd place titles ever for the Ballon d’Or award
No other player in football history has been voted the 2nd best player in the World (on a calendar year) for so many times as Ronaldo. CR7 has finished in 2nd place for 4 times already. If he finishes 2nd again after all he has done in 2013, then it seems safe to say that he will never win this award again.
(7) The “Blatter effect”
After FIFA president Joseph Blatter’s disrespectful remark during the Oxford Union Society event on October 25, many people who had always been neutral towards Ronaldo’s claims about being treated unfairly by FIFA over the past years, suddenly decided to back up and side with Ronaldo. These people can actually include some who have already cast their votes for the upcoming 2013 FIFA Ballon d’Or.
 
Credit: Ronaldo7.net

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BALLON D'OR SHORTLIST FOR WORLD'S BEST PLAYER AND COACH OF THE YEAR 2012/2013 UNVEILED

Another Ballon d’Or shortlist has been drawn up. Trust me, it’s going to be as fierce as ever. Unlike the past editions where few or no Premier League players get nominations, 5 EPL players are included in the 23-man shortlist. The Coach of the year category contains some really prominent names, the likes of Sir Alex Ferguson, Jose Mourinho and Del Bosque are most people’s favourites.

Anyways, I see either Lionel Messi, who’s clinched the award four consecutive times winning the 5th or Frank Ribery who inspired his club, Bayern Munich to win the Champions League, Bundesliga and German Cup and was later named

UEFA’s best player in Europe for the

2012-13 season to nab it. The winner will be unveiled on January 13 in Zurich.

NOMINEES

(1) Gareth Bale (Real Madrid/Wales)

(2) Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich/Germany)

(3) Thomas Muller (B Munich/Germany)

(4) Manuel Neuer (B Munich/Germany)

(5) Bastian Schweinsteiger (B Munich/

Germany)

(6) Mesut Ozil (Arsenal/Germany)

(7) Robin van Persie (Man United/Netherlands)

(8) Arjen Robben (B Munich/Netherlands)

(9) Edinson Cavani (PSG/Uruguay)

(10) Luis Suarez (Liverpool/Uruguay)

(11) Andres Iniesta (Barcelona/Spain)

(12) Xavi (Barcelona/Spain)

(13) Neymar (Barcelona/Brazil)

(14) Thiago Silva (PSG/Brazil)

(15) Radamel Falcao (Monaco/Colombia

(16) Andrea Pirlo (Juventus/Italy)

(17) Frank Ribery (B Munich/France)

(18) Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid/Portugal

(19) Eden Hazard (Chelsea/Belgium)

(20) Zlatan Ibrahimovic (PSG/ Sweden)

(21) Robert Lewandowski (Dortmund/

Poland)

(22) Lionel Messi (Barcelona/ Argentina)

(23) Yaya Toure (Manchester City/Ivory

Coast)

COACH OF THE YEAR

(1) Carlo Ancelotti (Real Madrid)

(2) Rafael Benitez (Napoli),

(3) Antonio Conte (Juventus)

(4) Vicente Del Bosque (Spain)

(5) Sir Alex Ferguson (ex-Manchester United)

(6) Jupp Heynckes (ex-Bayern Munich) (7) Jurgen Klopp (Borussia Dortmund)

(8) Jose Mourinho (Chelsea)

(9) Luiz Felipe Scolari (Brazil)

(10) Arsene Wenger (Arsenal)

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