The season at the club level is over and the one who appears in the foreground is the manchester city that conquered the Premier leaguethe FA Cup and he put the brooch staying with his first Champions League.
Thus, in choosing the Golden Ballwho gains strength to be one of the candidates is Erling Haalandthe goalscorer of the team Pep Guardiola.
The Norwegian drags a fearsome scoring record of 52 goals in 53 games in the English league, being the top scorer in that tournament, exceeding 34 goals in 48 games in andy cole and alan shearer. Furthermore, in the championsthe 22-year-old striker was the top scorer with 12 goals.
Despite the great scoring streak and the championships he won with the manchester city, claudio husainjournalist from Total soccerconducted by Pablo Giraltwas blunt when talking about the next winner of the Golden Ball.
“Look no further guys, today I confirmed it. The Ballon d’Or is Lionel Messi. Don’t come to me with M’bappé, unfortunately he had a weak season and on top of that he lost the World Cup. Who else?” The journalist began.
Along the same lines, he added when receiving the question from the figure of Haaland: “Haland? Let’s see, let me see, with United in the final… they didn’t score goals. Against Real Madrid in 180 minutes, round trip did not work. The final with Inter, Rodri? No, he wasn’t. He scores goals for Cyprus, enough”.
“Messi Ballon d’Or, eight”, exclaimed husain which previously referred to Haaland in important matches they did not appear, indirectly comparing him with the Argentine captain.
Regarding what merits each one has to stay with the Golden Ball, Lionel Messi won the league 1 and the French Super Cup with the psg and the very final and the Qatar World Cup 2022 scam Argentina.
For his part, Haaland won the mentioned treble with the Cityin addition to his fearsome scoring record at a young age.
Messi vs Haaland at 22 years old
The possibility of the Norwegian winning his first Ballon d’Or, after a great season with Manchester City, fighting with Messi who won the Qatar 2022 World Cup has generated a lot of commotion in the world of football.
The truth is that both showed their credentials to keep the award, with the Argentine captain having the hallmark of having crowned nothing more and nothing less than the World Cup.
For his part, Haaland’s strong card would be to have won the Champions League, despite the fact that in the decisive instances his scoring quota was conspicuous by its absence.
Now, comparing both players at the age of 22, the age at which Messi lost the first of the seven Ballon d’Ors in his possession, the numbers are as follows.
One of the great albums Haaland in his first season with City it was in the Premier league. The striker reached 52 cries in 53 games, when at the time Messi is the league defending the shirt Barcelona I got to 40 screams in 54 games.
Then in terms of his performance in the Champions League, Haaland reached 30 shouts in just 25 games, when Messi had to play 48 games to reach a certain number.
Finally, regarding the goalscoring quota of one and the other, at the age of 22 Messi had scored 144 goals between Barcelona and the Argentine National Team, while Haaland between Bryen, RB Salzburg, Borussia Dortmund, Manchester City and the Norwegian National Team has 208 points.
Regarding the achievements, at the age of 22 Haaland replace the triplet with the manchester city (you can add the European Super Cup and the Club World Cup), when the Argentine modifies the historic sextet with the barca Delaware guardiola.
