2020 Ballon d'Or Rankings (4th to 10th):
4. Ousmane Dembélé (Manchester United, France).
5. Lionel Messi (Barcelona, Argentina).
6. De Bruyne (Manchester City, Belgium).
7. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus, Portugal).
8. De Jong (Manchester United, Netherlands).
9. Mané (Liverpool, Senegal).
10. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United, England).
Unlike the gradual release of the 2021 Ballon d'Or rankings, the organizers were extremely straightforward when announcing the 2020 Ballon d'Or standings. They first listed places 30 through 21, then 20 through 11, and finally the top ten.
"Ooh..."
"Manchester United has three players in the top ten!"
"True. After all, the 2019-20 season was Manchester United's quadruple-winning campaign, so this top-ten share makes sense. But this probably isn't over yet..."
The commentators said this because the top-ten list had not yet been fully revealed.
Working backward from the names ranked 4th through 30th, they could determine the top three: Tang Ye, Lionel Messi, and Robert Lewandowski.
These were the top three of the 2020 Ballon d'Or.
As for how the three ranked among themselves, they would have to wait for the screen to refresh.
[Holy shit, holy shit, brothers, it's coming!]
[Awesome. He won in 2021, so 2020 is basically in the bag too.]
[Brothers, I seriously can't breathe. Two Ballon d'Ors in one year, haha!]
[King Tang's words just now were already a hint, weren't they? If it's not the Ballon d'Or, I'll eat shit.]
[6666, FIFA is seriously going to hype up our King Tang.]
[Hype my ass. Does my GGBond need anyone to hype him? He's been in the sky this whole time, okay?]
"Third place..."
"Lionel Messi!"
Clap clap clap clap!!!!
The host called out Messi's name, and at the same time, the Argentine's name appeared on the screen.
Just as the fans had predicted, Messi was certainly ranked below