The Barcelona legend and superstar LIONEL MESSI CLICHED to 6 ballon D’or award one ahead of his rival Cristiano Ronaldo.
The ceremony was held in Paris and was attended by many football legends and current players, The football occasion saw some great legends like NED VERDE, DIDIER DROGBA and many more.
Earlier this year, Liverpool’s Van Dijk, who won the UEFA player of the year ahead of MESSI, RONALDO, AND MANE, made some comment about the little magician, LIONEL MESSI that, he wouldn’t be surprised if Messi wins the grand award which has been confirmed by the organizers.
When asked many times, he says, MESSI DESERVES it. After winning the UEFA player of the year, many people were of the view that Van Dijk was in the lead to win the FIFA best player award which was later awarded to the Barcelona superstar.
While Cristiano Ronaldo skipped the Ballon d’Or award, congratulatory messages from the football fraternity poured in for Lionel Messi who picked up a record-breaking 6th title on Monday.
Lionel Messi ended his 3-year Ballon D’Or drought by winning the biggest prize in world football on Monday. The Barcelona superstar won the prestigious award for a record-breaking 6th time, thereby overtaking his arch-rival Cristiano Ronaldo who skipped the award function.
Messi pipped the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Liverpool stars Virgil Van Dijk and Sadio Mane to walk away with yet another Ballon d’Or. Watched on by his family and football stars, Messi walked up the stage and posed with his Ballon d’Or in Paris on Tuesday
Messi and Ronaldo had a duopoly over Ballon d’Or for 10 years before Real Madrid’s Luka Modric broke it in 2018.
After piping Virgil Van Dijk for FIFA Best Men’s Player Award earlier this year, Lionel Messi emerged successful once again at the awards organized by the French football magazine.
Messi was back on top of his game over the past 12 months. He scored 36 times last season en route to a 10th Spanish Liga title and was the Champions League, top scorer.
The Argentine has not shown any sign of slowing down since the start of the new European season, marking his 700th game for Barcelona last week with a goal and two assists in beating Borussia Dortmund 3-1. So far this year, Messi has 41 goals in 44 games.
The football fraternity heaped rich praise on Lionel Messi after the historic Ballon d’Or win on Tuesday.
Former England captain David Beckham took to Instagram to congratulate his “dear friend”. While Cristiano Ronaldo gave the award ceremony in Paris a skip, Brazil great Ronaldo took to social media to congratulate Lionel Messi.
Meanwhile, Lionel Messi reiterated that he is far from finished and has a “lot of good years” left in him.
“I hope to continue for a long time,” Messi said.
“I realize that I am very lucky, even if, one day, retirement will come. It will be difficult. But I still have a lot of good years ahead of me. Time goes by very quickly, so I want to enjoy football and my family.”
Lionel Messi has warned Cristiano Ronaldo and other rivals that clinching his sixth Ballon d’Or title has made him hungry to break more records.
Messi’s Ballon d’Or 2019 win takes him one ahead of Ronaldo, giving the Barcelona star the outright record