FIFA Ballon D'or

Last night was spectacular.
Barca had:
1 Ballon D'or
1 Coach nomination
3 finalists for Ballon D'or
6 Players in the World XI

Lionel Messi wins the first ever Fifa Ballon D'or, having won both last year. Congrats to Messi! It would've been great if either three of them had won it, mostly because none of them would be as great as they are without each other.
It was strange; In the video for the nominees, Messi was in Xavi's video, Xavi was in Iniesta's video, and Xavi was in Messi's video. But a part of me wanted Xavi to win it, because he's 30 and he did play very well this year, being crucial to both Spain and Barcelona.

And then there was the World XI. All the players who were shortlisted from Barca: Pique, Puyol, Messi, Iniesta, Xavi, Villa, managed to take a spot in the top XI. which is more than half of the spots available. Of course Cristiano Ronaldo was also in it. As a matter of fact i reckon in the real world it wouldn't work out. Ronaldo's huge ego will stir up Villa's temper and it would probably end with Villa strangling Ronaldo who will complain about a tiny scratch on his face that he got from it.

And Pep Guardiola lost out to Mourinho. I must admit that although Mourinho was too much of a diva to show up to the press conference, I am not angry nor surprised about this. He's managed to take up teams that aren't winning trophies at all, and turned them into world champions. Pep takes a team with the best players in the world, and even if they had won the club world cup, it isn't really an indication of being a good coach. Not enough at least.

To sum it up, at this moment I am incredibly proud to be a supporter of FC Barcelona, and am very glad that the magical football they play every week was recognised by such prestigious awards last night.

And finally, i think it's worth saying that Lionel Messi makes me proud to simply exist in the same time frame as him, and in many years forward i hope that i will be telling others that I'd witnessed his incredible football, as well as his incredible humbleness. It's very rare that someone with such recognition is able to stay as modest as he has.