The position in the 2023 Ballon d’Or rankings of Frenchman Antoine Griezmann does not fail to provoke a reaction on the other side of the Pyrenees.
Author of a great 2022-2023 season with Atlético Madrid, but also of a great 2022 World Cup with the Blues, Antoine Griezmann could legitimately have claimed better… Indeed, the Mâconnais only took 21st place in the 2023 Ballon d’Or rankings, revealed last Monday. A position that is causing a lot of talk in Spain…
“With what he did with Atlético and at the World Cup, it’s incredible that Griezmann is 21st”was surprised by the Spanish agent and consultant, José Antonio Martín Otín, on the set of the show El Chiringuito.
“It’s not possible for Messi to be first and Griezmann twenty-first”
Same story for the journalist from the Cadena SER, Bruno Alemany, who regrets that Griezmann’s performances during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar were not sufficiently taken into account by voters. While Lionel Messi, who won his eighth Ballon d’Or on Monday evening, was judged mainly on his World Cup won with Argentina.
“If we give importance to the World Cup and that’s why Messi is first, Griezmann cannot be 21st, lamented Bruno Alemany. I’m sorry but he had a great season with Atlético and he was the second or third best player in the World Cup. It’s not possible that Messi is first and Griezmann twenty-first. »
