How to view the fact that Messi has never had the Champions League since 2015, but is still recognized by the Golden Globes

Messi won a total of 4 Champions League titles, and the most recent Champions League title was in 2015. After that, during his time at Barcelona, they were in the quarterfinals of 2015/16 (lost to Atletico Madrid 2-3), the quarterfinals of 2016 (lost to Juventus 0-3), the quarterfinals of 2017/18 (lost to Roma (away goal), the quarterfinals of 2018/19 (lost to Liverpool 3-4), the quarterfinals of 2019 (lost to Bayern 2-8), and the quarterfinals of 16 (lost to Paris 2-5).

Messi's last Champions League title has been a full decade. In the two years in Paris Saint-Germain, the Ligue 1 giants led by Messi have stopped in the quarterfinals twice. Even if he has not won the Champions League for many years, this does not affect the excellence of the King of Football's personal performance. He has 129 goals in 163 games, and the explosive personal data is still too crazy. The 6 Champions League Golden Boots make Messi's greatness unquestionable, and compared with the Champions League king Cristiano Ronaldo, there are only 7 such honors.

From the perspective of Golden Globe Awards, the Champions League trophy is generally a main measure, and therefore Messi's eight Golden Globe Awards are often questioned by some fans. 4 Champions League 8 Golden Globe Awards? This seems unreasonable? Messi's first seven Golden Ball Awards were won during his time at Barcelona, so let's take a look at several major controversies:

1, the 2012 Champions League ended in the semi-finals, but Messi personally set a crazy data of 91 goals and 24 assists in the year (in addition to the 50 goals in La Liga, he scored 14 goals in the Champions League).

2. In 2019, Barcelona only won one La Liga championship trophy. Messi's personal data was 51 goals and 22 assists, and at the same time, he undoubtedly won the European Golden Boot of that year. Its biggest competitor to the Golden Balls is Champions League champion Van Dijk, who can only rank second due to the Dutch defender's position on the field.

3. In 2021, Barcelona won only one Cup of REE, Messi easily defeated the biggest favorite Lewandowski and won the Golden Ball Award by relying solely on the Argentina national team's Copa America.

4. The 2023 Golden Globe Awards were probably awarded to Haaland. The Manchester City superstar won the Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup trio with 56 goals and 9 assists, and also broke the Premier League single-season goal record. However, the organizer still believes that Messi's winning and outstanding performance in the 2022 Qatar World Cup must be commended. I agree with this, but this is the Golden Globe Award of 2023!

Does Ronaldo's 5 Champions League and 5 Golden Ball Awards seem more reasonable? If we have to analyze it from this perspective, it may be, but sometimes there are some artificial subjective feelings in the factors of football competition, which is difficult to avoid. The Portuguese superstar has never won the Champions League since leaving Real Madrid in 2018, and he has never won the Golden Globe. Compared to Messi's luck, Ronaldo is somewhat worthless at least on this level.

Of course, the reason why blacksmiths must be strong by themselves must be known. Apart from winning several championship trophys in Serie A for three years, Ronaldo has not received a gold-rich championship trophy until this year's UEFA Nations League, which largely determines the result of his complete miss-out of the Golden Globe Awards. In addition, he has been away from the five major European leagues after leaving Manchester United for the second time. Although his influence remains the same as before, his gradual weakening at the competitive level will inevitably make his dream fifth Golden Globe Awards out of reach.