The reason why Leo Messi and Neymar are not nominated for the Ballon d'Or

This Friday, the list of the 30 players nominated to win the Ballon d'Or was announced and social networks did not wait long with messages for and against the players who appear on the list. One of those that attracted the most attention was the name of Luis Díaz, who became the fourth Colombian to appear in the select group.

There were two names that caused surprise and not precisely for appearing on the list, but on the contrary, their absence was a huge surprise for many fans around the world. This is the case of Lionel Messi, the upmost winner of this award with seven golden balls, and Neymar, a reference of the Brazilian National Team and PSG superstar. The critics of the soccer world were quick to react and strong criticism filled social networks.

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Many journalists and critics believe than Messi, Neymar and other superstars are measured with a stricter criteria than the rest.

"That Leo Messi is out of the candidates to win the Ballon d'Or is an insult to soccer. You can not give him the award, but not including him in the list of the 30 best in the world, is disrespectful," said a journalist on twitter.

Why Neymar and Messi were not considered

Another of the comments was that of another journalist who shared this opinion: "I have the feeling that Messi, CR7 and Neymar too, are measured with a much higher yardstick than the rest of the players. I don't think they should win it, but you can't leave them out of a list of 30”.