Fifa Ballon d'Or Win- Messi
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Lionel Messi may have been taken aback to maintain the Fifa Ballon d'Or but the bookmakers undoubtedly won't be if he walks away with the prize another time in 12 months time.
Only hours after winning his second successive honour the Barcelona superstar has been priced as short as 2.75 to make it three in a row next January. Only Michel Platini has won the impressive individual prize three years in a row (1983, 84, 85) and so confident are the bookmakers that Messi will victory that they have a price of 1.65 of anyone other than the Argentinian scooping the honour!Cristiano Ronaldo is the leading contender to challenge Messi and reclaim the crown he won in 2008. Despite scoring goals for fun in La Liga the Real Madrid ace is still a long 7.0 to earn a second Ballon d'Or.Next up are Messi's Barcelona team-mates Andres Iniesta and Xavi who are both trading at 11.0. David Villa is the next contender at 17.0 with Wayne Rooney considered to be the most likely English winner at 17.0.
Fifa Ballon d'Or 2011 Odds
Ø Any other player than Lionel Messi @ 1.65
Ø Cristiano Ronaldo @ 7.0
Ø Andres Iniesta @ 7.0
Ø Xavi @ 11.0
Ø David Villa @ 17.0
Ø Wayne Rooney @ 21.0
Ø Carlos Tevez @ 26.0
Ø Didier Drogba @ 26.0
Ø Carles Puyol @ 34.0
Ø Cesc Fabregas @ 34.0
Ø Fernando Torres @ 34.0
Ø Kaka @ 34.0
Ø Dani Alves @ 41.0
Ø Dimitar Berbatov @ 51.0
Ø Steven Gerrard @ 51.0
Ø Iker Casillas
2010-2011 Season Of Messi
On 10 January 2010, Messi scored his first hat-trick in 2010 and his first hat-trick of the season against Tenerife in the 0–5 victory and on 17 January he scored his 100th goal for the club in the 4–0 victory over Sevilla.Messi then started an imposing run scoring 11 goals in five games. First he scored on the 84th minute against Málaga for a 2–1 win, then he scored two goals against Almería in a 2–2 tie. He continued his spree with an impressive week where he scored eight goals; he started by scoring a hat-trick against Valencia in a 3–0 home win, then he scored two goals against Stuttgart, in a 4–0 win that secured Barcelona's qualification to the quarterfinals of the Champions League,and finally he scored another hat-trick against Zaragoza in a 4–2 away win, becoming the first Barcelona player to score back-to-back hat-tricks in La Liga.He played his 200th official match for Barcelona against Osasuna on 24 March 2010.On 6 April 2010, for the first time in Messi's career he scored four goals in a single match, netting the lot in a 4–1 home win over Arsenal in the Champions League quarter-final second leg. This also saw him overtake Rivaldo as Barcelona's all time greatest scorer in the competition. On 10 April, Messi scored his 40th goal of the season when he netted the first goal in a 2–0 away win against title-rivals Real Madrid in El Clásico. On 1 May, Messi played his 50th game of the season and scored two goals on a 4–1 away win against Villarreal. Just three days later, on 4 May, Messi scored two goals in another 4–1 win at home against Tenerife.[107] Messi scored his 32nd goal of the La Liga season on 8 May, during an away win against Sevilla, and in the final match against Valladolid, he scored two goals in the second half to tie Ronaldo's club record of 34 goals in a single league season, set in 1996–97, and to finish four goals behind the all-time record held by Telmo Zarra. He was named La Liga player of the year for the second year in a row on 3 June 2010.On 21 August 2010, Messi scored a hat-trick in his first start of the season in a 4–0 victory over Sevilla in the Supercopa de España, helping Barcelona secure their first trophy of the season after a 1–3 first leg loss. He also began his league season with a goal, scoring after just three minutes against Racing Santander on 29 August 2010. He then continued his excellent form into the UEFA Champions League group stage match against Panathinaikos where he scored two goals, assisted another two and also hit the goal-frame on 2 separate occasions. He also missed a penalty, though. Barcelona won the match 5–1.On 19 September 2010, Messi suffered an ankle injury due to an ill-advised tackle by Atlético Madrid defender Tomáš Ujfaluši in the 92nd minute of their Round 3 match at the Vicente Calderón Stadium. At first sight it was feared that Messi suffered a broken ankle that could have kept the star player away from the pitch for a minimum of six months but MRI performed the next day in Barcelona showed he suffered a sprain in the internal and external ligaments of his right ankle. Team-mate David Villa stated "the tackle on Messi was brutal" after watching the video of the play and also added that he believed the Atlético defender "didn't go into the tackle to hurt". The incident caused widespread media attention and brought up the debate of equality in protecting all players in the game.When he recovered he scored in a 1–1 tie against Mallorca. He then scored another brace on the UEFA Champions League against København and helped the team to a 2–0 home win. He continued his impressive scoring run with braces against Zaragoza and Sevilla. After a prolific October, he started November scoring on an away 1–1 tie against København and an away 3–1 win against Gestate where he also assisted team-mates David Villa and Pedro Rodríguez. In the next fixture against Villareal, he scored an amazing goal combining with Pedro, which gave Barcelona a 2–1 lead. He scored another goal and Barcelona won 3–1. This was the 7th consecutive match in which Messi scored, breaking his own previous record of 6. He also achieved the feat of scoring 50 goals in the calendar year of 2010 with the 1st goal, while with the second goal, he achieved the same feat again, this time considering the goals he scored wearing a Barcelona shirt in the year 2010. Against Almería he scored his second hat-trick of the season in an impressive 8–0 away win, the second goal was his 100th La Liga goal. He scored on his ninth game in a row (10th including a friendly against Brazil) on a 3–0 away win against Panathinaikos.His goalscoring run ended on 29 November at El Clásico but Barcelona still managed to win 5–0 with Messi assisting Villa twice. The next match day he scored a brace and gave an assist against Osasuna. He followed with another brace against Real Sociedad. In El Derbi, a match Barcelona won 1-5, he assisted teammates Pedro and Villa to score one goal each.His first goal in 2011 came against Deportivo La Coruña with a free kick on a 4-0 away win, where he once again assisted both Pedro and Villa.He won the 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or, beating his Barcelona teammates Xavi and Iniesta. Messi had been nominated for the awards for the fourth consecutive year. Only two days after he won the award he scored his first hat-trick of the year and third of the season against Real Betis. He began the second round of the league with a goal, scoring his second penalty against Racing Santander. After scoring the penalty kick, Messi revealed a message on his undershirt that said, "Happy birthday, mami.". He continued his goal scoring form with a brace against Almería in the Copa del Rey semifinal, and followed it up with another brace less than a week later against Hércules.
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