Philipp Lahm probably doesn't care that he was left off the Ballon d'Or shortlist. He did, after all, once call the award a "popularity contest for attacking players."
Lahm, as you may have guessed, is not an attacking player. He's a fullback and defensive midfielder. He is very good at those things, but he doesn't get in on goal much.
When he does, though, look out.
That was in Bayern Munich's DFB Pokal win against Augsburg on Wednesday, and, goodness, have we mentioned this man is a defender? We did? Sorry about that. Our head is spinning.
No defender will ever win the Ballon d'Or, but we think that's unfair to great players like Philipp Lahm.
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