He was the best winger in Serie A in 1998 at Bologna (I think it's fair to say he was ahead of Paulo Sergio). ESM is a very tight group; players like Pep only made 1 appearance on the ESM Team of the Month in his prime. Owen only made 2 when he won the Ballon d'Or; R9 once in 2002, Cannavaro twice in 2006, and Modric once in 2018. These are Ballon d'Or-winning seasons too.
Modrić, Ronaldo Nazário and Cannavaro were all World Cup winners or finalists in the years you’re citing. In each case, they were widely regarded as being at least among the top three performers at those tournaments. In a World Cup year, Ballon d’Or outcomes are largely shaped by the tournament itself rather than by domestic league form. There’s no need to go over again how few games Ronaldo played in 2002, how Modrić wasn’t seriously discussed as a best in the world candidate in 2018 until May, or how poor Real Madrid’s defensive record was in La Liga in 2005/06. More importantly, this isn’t about a player having one or two ESM Team of the Month selections in a given season. Roberto Baggio had zero ESM monthly selections across a nine-year span, and zero top-20 Ballon d’Or finishes across that same period. Against that backdrop being the “best winger” in Serie A in 1998 is not something that meaningfully shifts the argument. It just doesn’t move the needle at all
Oh so what you meant to say by "Essentially, the level of dominance Messi is displaying in USA is the same level of Pele at his peak in Brazil, a bit lower it seems." Is that the Brazilian league of the 60s were much stronger than current MLS and that Pelé at his peak were incomparable to late career Messi? Make it make sense. Remembering you just said "What I am doing, Isaias, is literally the opposite"
The reason why he never received a top 20 position in the Ballon d'Or after 1995 was multiple reasons. Did his play decrease post-95? Yes, but did it dramatically fall, and was he a non-factor in Italian football after that period? No, he had both physical issues and issues with management at Milan but left and went to Bologna, scored 25 goals, and provided 14 assists (+ 14 clutch goals by my definition of clutch) in just 38 games for Bologna and Italy. 39 G+A while playing out of position after suffering multiple injuries at a club with poor playmakers and benching a prime Del Piero at the World Cup. Why did he receive 0 votes in the Ballon d'Or after being nominated? because he played for a small team. He finished runner-up to Del Piero (who was playing unbelievable football) at the AIC Best Italian Footballer awards, and he also had the highest average rating by DBSCalcio behind Francesco Totti (side note: also the top assister of Serie A in 95-96). Nikos Machlas finished bottom of the Ballon d'Or voting after scoring 34 goals in 32 games and winning the European Golden Boot over Oliver Bierhoff, Jardel, Hakan Suker, etc. a very impressive feat, too bad he played for a small club so no recognition is needed.
Ronaldinho 2005 Games: 56 Goals: 30 (10 PK, 6 FK, 1 hdr) Assists: 22 (Opta) Assists: 6 (Non-Opta) Pre-Assists: 10 (Opta) Pre-Assists: 3 (Non-Opta) G+A* p90: 1.312 Team Contribution 71/123: 57.7% Clutch Contribution 28/58: 46.6% some players, calendar year stats
Where is Gerd Muller 1971-1972 season ???????????????????? Gerd will be the first place as simple as that !
1971-1972 Bayern Munich Bundesliga 34 40 16 ......... Bundesliga 6 5 0 - - - POkal Cup from Germany C2 8 5 0 - - - - - - - - -.. Cup Winners Cup ....... until the semi-finals ...against Rangers ...1971-1972 season ...... West Germany National Team side 9 14 1 ........ 2 Pre-assists (Opta ) ,....... against Poland ..Away-game ...England ...away-game .. 57 .....Matches ... 64...Goals 17....Assists ........... In the Bundesliga, it's easier to find the assists Opta and Non-Opta . The Kicker magazine provides the data-base correctly and very very accuracy % from the older Bundesliga . "!
779 720 143 Gerd Muller are correct in the Bundesliga yes ... i saw the videos ... sounds ...correctly ...yes .. But in the other competitions ... is missing a lot .... Of Assists and Pre-assists ... (Opta and Non-Opta );;;;;.... on Gerd Muller's numbers .. "!
from Gerd Muller https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971–72_FC_Bayern_Munich_season 101 team-goals % at Bundesliga Gerd Muller ... 34 Matches 40 Goals 16 Assists (Opta ) ........ Total == 56 team-goals == from 101 ...possible team-goals .. is missing some ... indirect Assists (Non-Opta ) and ......... Pre-assists (Opta and Non-Opta ) ...... .. 56 % ......team-goals ....... until here ....... "!
101 Goals Bundesliga ..1971-1972 14 Goals Pokal Cup ........... 1971-1972 12 Goals .....................Cup Winners Cup ........1971-1972 .... TeamGoals from Bayern Munich ....on this season .... teamGoals .....from West Germany .....1971-1972 ....... Total == 16 == .;;;... team goals with Gerd Muller .
Gerd Muller West Germany National team side 1971-1972 ...season .. 88 % Team-Goals .. ! + Bayern Munich ... until here ........... 56 % team-Goals ... but Bayern Munich is missing yet ...so many many actions by Gerd .. "!
1 Assist (Opta ) was found ..... Bayern Munich ........ 1 ........vs ...............1 ................ Rangers ....... Assist to Paul Breitner ......... in the first half from this Match ...there . "!
His terrible record against the big teams in the Bundesliga that season weigh him down heavily i think
1 Bayern Munich (C) 34 24 7 3 101 38 +63 55 Qualification to European Cup first round 2 Schalke 04 34 24 4 6 76 35 +41 52 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round 3 Assists against Schalke 04 . !