Rodri and Benzema shocker give Salah Ballon d’Or Hope after the dark PSG performance

Mohamed Salah in Liverpool dropped a stinking 5.87 game with Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday evening. Is that the kind of performance that corresponds to a balloon d’Or winner?

So, After Salah’s worst performance From an otherwise outrageous season we looked at the last eight balloon d’Or winners to see whether they had a similar terrible performance during the season that secured the award.

Two played so badly that they were administered by Whoscord under a 6.0, and one of them is by chance the only winner of the Premier League.

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Lionel Messi (2018/19)
The worst game rating: 6.71 against Real Madrid

The magic of the Copa del Rey will make Lionel Messi look human … or not.

The worst performance of the ridiculous Argentinian in an entire season brought him a game rating of 6.71. Seriously?

He only played from the 63rd minute and Barcelona moved 1-1 in the semi -finals against Los Blanco’s.

Cristiano Ronaldo (2015/16)
The worst game rating: 6.48 V Barcelona

Real Madrid was 4-0 at home on November 21, 2016 by the arch -rival Barcelona and Cristiano Ronaldo was absolutely helpless.

The five-time balloon d’Or-Sieger was anything but a spectator when Luis Suarez scored a clip and Neymar and Andres Iniesta each grabbed one. Lionel Messi didn’t even start the game and returned from an injury with three goals in Bernabeu.

It was a terrible start to the season for Real Madrid under Rafael Benitez, but they jumped back under Zinedine Zidane and won the Champions League, although they took second place in La Liga, only one point behind Barcelona.

Ronaldo was ineffective in this El Clasico, but ran away with the balloon d’Or after scoring 51 goals throughout the season.

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Cristiano Ronaldo (2016/17)
The worst game rating: 6.45 V Las Palmas

Ronaldo returned back when Real Madrid did the same in the Champions League. After scored 16 goals in the title winner of 15/16 campaign, he won 12 in 16/17 12 in 13.

His worst achievement came in a disappointing 2-2 draw at Las Palmas, but again a 6.45 is far from 5.87. A recurring topic is that Salah at least won his match … even if the only goal came from his replacement less than a minute after the substitution.

Luka Modric (2017/18)
The worst game rating: 6.38 V Bayern Munich

Much Luka Modrics Ballon d’Or Sieg came to the unlikely World Cup final appearance of Croatia in Russia, but we only concentrate on the club football.

The former midfielder of Tottenham Hotspur, who did not appoint the worst commitment of the season with La Liga in 17/18 in 2013, but according to Algorithm against Bavaria, his worst performance was 2: 2 Champions League semi-final.

The magical Croatin played in the right Mittefield and recorded a yellow card for his problems.

Lionel Messi (2022/23)
The worst game rating: 6.02 V Stade Reims

Annoying, there are no game ratings from Paris Saint-Germains French Cup defeat against Marseille, which could possibly have sneaked under 6.0. Everyone else and we would refuse to let it slide, but it is Messi, so he probably did enough.

There is no doubt that Messi was not the best for PSG, but he won the World Cup with Argentina and did well enough at Club level to win his eighth balloon.

A 6.02 in a delay in home against Reims did not help his case, but the fault can be passed on to replace Marco Verratti, who received a red card when his team was 1-0.

Lionel Messi (2020/21)
The worst game rating: 6.02 against Athletic Club

Messi received a 120th minute-red card with 3: 2 in the Spanish super cup final, which had a big old effect on its game evaluation. Sofascore gives less about the red and gives Messi a 7.30 for its performance up to this point.

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Karim Benzema (2021/22)
The worst game rating: 5.88 V Elche

Real Madrid was only able to move 2-2 to Elche on January 23, 2022 at home in La Liga, and it could have been so different if Karim Benzema did not miss a penalty to bring her 1-0.

Modric was later familiar with a stain fight that started the comeback of two goals.

Whocored had Benzema as the worst player in the park that day and it was certainly the lowest thing he felt in an incredible season.

Benzema missed two punishments later this season in a game against Osasuna, but still made it 6.42.

Rodri (2023/24)
The worst game rating: 5.83 V Nottingham Forest

Red cards will do that to a man.

Rodri is one of two Ballon d’Or winners from the past eight years to have a real shock in the season in which he acquired the largest solo award in football.

Manchester City’s talisman was sent after losing his head in a standard win of the Premier League against Nottingham Forest. He decided to grab Morgan Gibbs-White on the neck and received his marching commands.

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