Robert Lewandowski: "FIFA award does matter more than Ballon d'Or"

Robert Lewandowski considers that the FIFA Best award is better than the Ballon d'Or. He is the winner of the FIFA award for the past two years. On the other hand, he controversially missed out on the Ballon d'Or Lionel Messi in 2021. Most of the football stars are not that about such individual awards, but Robert's seeming biased comment gave a peek into the intense rivalry of the star players.

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Robert Lewandowski piped out Lionel Messi and Mohamed Salah for his second consecutive Best FIFA Men's Player 2021. Meanwhile, the 33-year-old lost out on the Ballon d'Or despite netting 65 goals for Bayern Munich and Poland last year.

His comments on the awards:

While talking to Polish outlet Pilka Nozna, Lewandowski shared, "I've been thinking about these two awards lately: FIFA The Best and the Ballon d'Or. I have come to the conclusion that the FIFA award does matter more than the Ballon d'Or. Only journalists vote in the latter - there is no clear verification, as many experts or former and current footballers have said. Professionals and journalists vote for it in FIFA; team captains, coaches, and they can realistically and objectively evaluate our achievements because they know how much each match, each record, each injury costs us."

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He reckoned that the Ballon d'Or is more important and he was proud to win the Best FIFA Men's Player. He said, "Maybe in terms of prestige, the Ballon d'Or is positioned higher than the FIFA Footballer of the Year. But knowing that I have received the best footballer of the world award for the second time in a row in the voting from coaches and players makes me proud because I know how hard I have worked for many years."