The curse of Ballack and finishing second; ⛔ The unluckiest player of the 21st century

❌ Michael Ballack, with all the bad luck in the world, experienced four runner-up finishes in two seasons of his football career! Losing a final happens—but four finals in a single year... and in two different time periods! Maybe those trophies really didn’t want him to have them 🫠

😲 Ballack in 2002 finished second with Leverkusen and Germany at the World Cup, in the Bundesliga, the UEFA Champions League, and the DFB-Pokal. In 2008, he also finished second with Chelsea and Germany at the Euros, the Premier League, the UEFA Champions League, and the League Cup.

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