The World Cup preliminaries disrupted the situation of the Ballon d Or, Haaland counterattacked, Messi and Ronaldo became the best reference

The World Cup preliminaries successfully disrupted the situation of the Golden Globe Award. Using Messi and Ronaldo as a reference, Haaland has counterattacked from a marginal figure in the Golden Ball to become one of the favorites! Prior to this, there was a common argument in football that as long as it was a big competition year like the World Cup, then giants such as Haaland and Salah who are in the national team could basically say goodbye to the Golden Globe Award in advance. After all, football is a team sport. No matter how strong an individual is, without qualified helpers around him, it will be difficult to shine in a global feast like the World Cup. However, Sebetsu should be viewed with admiration. Based on the performance of the Norwegian team in the world preliminaries, Haaland should not be regarded as a marginal player in the Golden Ball in the World Cup year.

In the final round of the World Cup preliminaries, Italy faced Norway at home. Due to being 3 points behind, the goal difference was 17 points apart. Therefore, if the Azzurri want to advance directly to the World Cup as the first in the group, they must win a victory with a goal difference of greater than or equal to 9. As a result, when some fans mistakenly believed in the theory of heritage and expected such a miracle to be staged, Haaland led the team to defeat the Italian team 4-1 with 2 goals in 3 minutes, telling all fans that the Norwegian team was no longer an underdog and participating in the World Cup had become a reality. Under the leadership of Haaland and Odegaard, Norway won 8 out of 8 games in the World Cup preliminaries. They even beat the Italian team 7-1 in two rounds and scored a 32-goal difference. They are currently ranked 29th in the world. Although judging from the overall lineup, Norway's midfield and backfield are still inferior, and there is no hope of winning the World Cup. But with Messi and Ronaldo as a reference, Haaland can become the favorite for the Golden Globe Award without winning the Hercules Cup.

In 2014, the Portuguese team led by Ronaldo was eliminated in the World Cup group stage. But in the end, he defeated the champion Neuer of Germany and the runner-up Messi of Argentina and won the Ballon d'Or. President Luo's main bonus was that he scored 17 goals, setting a single-season Champions League scoring record at the time, and successfully led Real Madrid to win the Champions League. In addition, he won the league's top scorer in La Liga with 31 goals. However, that season, Real Madrid only finished third in the league. Looking back at 2022, Messi does not have enough gold at the club level, but his single-core performance in leading Argentina to win the World Cup is too dazzling, so there is no dispute about winning the Golden Ball glory. Therefore, through Melo's two awards, we can conclude the conditions for Haaland to win the Ballon d'Or in the World Cup year.

First of all, among competitors, there should be no one like Messi who leads the team to win the championship with a single core, otherwise any report card will most likely be reduced to a side runner. Of course, judging from the nearly 100 years of World Cup history, it is very, very difficult for individual heroic champions like Messi and Maradona to emerge. Secondly, Haaland cannot perform too poorly in the World Cup. It is best to lead Norway to the knockout stage of the World Cup. After all, Ronaldo and Real Madrid's ability to build momentum is not comparable to that of Manchester City, so the bonus of the World Cup cannot be as low as Ronaldo in 2014.

Then there is the level of club honors and personal goal data, which requires crazy stacking of BUFFs. As of now, Haaland has done a good job, scoring 19 goals and 1 assist in 15 Premier League and Champions League games, and 16 goals and 2 assists in 8 World Cup preliminaries. Coupled with the fact that the new Manchester City under the guidance of Pep Guardiola has once again shown its terrifying dominance in the past month, Harland this season is likely to achieve results at the club level that are not inferior to those of Cristiano Ronaldo in 2014. So under these factors, I take back the previous view that Haaland is a golden ball underdog in the World Cup year. He is definitely one of the favorites now.