2012 FIFA Team of the Year

As I have said in my other post, FIFA Ballon d’Or 2012, that the selection of players for FIFA Team of the Year is very much interesting or perhaps bizarre. That depends on whose opinion you ask. Some experts would say that the Spanish league has all the best individual talent in football however, some also believe that the result has no credibility as there are other players who are more than capable and superior but was not included in the selection. 

So here’s the list of players selected for the 2012 FIFA Team of the Year and it’s up to you to decide whether it is laudable or some of them should not deserve to be included at all. The names of the players mentioned according to their position, starting from the back. 

Casillas; Alves, Pique, Ramos, Marcelo; Xavi, Alonso, Iniesta; Ronaldo, Messi, Falcao. 

You see, there are no other players from other European Leagues or anywhere else in the world. All of them played in La Liga and if Falcao wasn’t selected then it is all about Real Madrid and Barcelona. But nonetheless, that’s the result from the votes of approximately 45,000 professional football players around the world with a 4-3-3 formation.

NB: Image from bleacherreport.com.

FIFA Ballon d’Or 2012

I almost forgot to watch the annual FIFA Ballon d’Or Ceremony but luckily my son tried to touch the touchpad of our laptop and that’s where it sinks back into my mind that today is the FIFA World Player Gala in Zurich. Messi leads the three nominees for the coveted World Player of the Year award. Although I want it to go to CRon but with the way Messi broke records after records then it’s no surprise if he takes it home again. 

And if he does, then he will break another record and an unprecedented four successive years. Right now, he is one of the only three players (Ronaldo-Brazil and Zidane) who won the annual FIFA Ballon d’Or award three times but neither of the two won it in successive years. Only Messi have done such feat since 2009. Anyhow, I was just giving you of a little background and the winner is?

Lionel Messi wins FIFA Ballon d’Or 2012 for the fourth time and in successive years. Ronaldo on the other hand, came second in the voting. What made the ceremony very interesting is when the FIFPro World XI was announced. La Liga swept all the positions and it is also almost all Real Madrid and Barca who occupies it and only Falcao from a different team who made the XI.

Image from FCBarcelona.com.