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Old 12-05-2018, 03:01 PM   #865
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Originally Posted by Beninho View Post
Modrics stats don’t speak for themselves.He was very good in the World Cup but I didn’t think it warranted winning a Ballon D’or. His season so far this year has been pretty uneventful while Madrid continues to struggle. If accolades are all that matter than many players of past year have gotten robbed of the award. Many had a much better case than Modric.

I said accolades, not stats.


2018 CL Champion
2018 WC runner up
2018 CL Team of the season
2018 FIFAPro World XI
2018 UEFA Midfielder of the year
2018 UEFA Player of the year
2018 WC Golden Ball
2018 WC Team of the Tournament
2018 FIFA Best Award


Plus a few lesser accolades like
2018 Croatian player of the year
Bunch of IFFHS awards


So yes, his accolades speak for themselves when it comes to Ballon d'Or voting. I think you could make strong cases for Griezmann and Ronaldo for Ballon d'or, but Modric was no slouch this past season and is a deserving recipient.



Kind of odd to vehemently argue Modric doesn't deserve it, but not really point out another player that clearly deserves it over him.
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