“金球奖魔咒”真有那么厉害？

球迷界有这样一种说法，凡是世界杯前一年获得金球奖的球员，他所在的球队就无法在世界杯上夺冠。这就是所谓的“金球奖魔咒”。去年金球奖得主C罗所在的葡萄牙队在巴西世界杯首战不利，不知道是不是这个魔咒作祟呢？

The winner of Ballon d'Or 2013: Cristiano Ronaldo

The trend from the previous years suggests that the player who wins the Ballon d'Or in the year before the World Cup will fail at the tournament, which is widely known as the curse of the Ballon d'Or or Ballon d'Or curse.

过去数年的形势表明，凡是在世界杯前一年获得金球奖的球员都会在世界杯比赛中失利。这就是大家所说的“金球奖魔咒”。

In the past years, players like Johan Cruyff, Roberto Baggio, the original Brazilian Ronaldo, Ronaldinho and Lionel Messi have won the Ballon d'Or and failed to win the coveted World Cup trophy months later.

在过去这些年，荷兰的克鲁伊夫，意大利的罗伯特•巴乔，巴西的罗纳尔多和罗纳尔迪尼奥，以及阿根廷的梅西都曾经获得过金球奖，并在几个月后的世界杯上错失奖杯。

以下为1986年以来在世界杯上遭遇“金球奖魔咒”的获奖球员：

1986: Michel Platini 1994: Roberto Baggio

1998: Ronaldo 2002: Michael Owen 2006: Ronaldinho 2010: Lionel Messi

    Still not convinced? Look at what happened to the winner of Ballon d'Or 2013 Cristiano Ronaldo and his team at first round of the Brazil World Cup.

到现在还不能让你信服？看看本届巴西世界杯首轮比赛中，2013年金球奖得主C罗的他所在的葡萄牙队的表现吧。

But three players who came third in the votes have won the World Cup – Gerd Muller (West Germany – 1974), Zinedine Zidane (France – 1998) and Xavi (Spain – 2010). And who came third in 2013? France's Franck Ribery. Les Bleus for the 2017 World Cup, anyone?

不过，在历年金球奖评选中位列第三的球员中有三位在之后的世界杯上夺冠了，他们分别是：盖德•穆勒