Lionel Messi wins the Ballon D’Or award for the seventh time to pull two ahead of his eternal rival, Ronaldo.
Lionel Messi has been named the best player on the planet once again, with Robert Lewandowski finishing as runner-up.
The newest of those respected prizes was collected at a glitzy gala in Paris on Monday, with the PSG superstar not having to travel far after severing ties with the La Liga giants Barcelona in the summer.
Messi is now two achievement clear of HIS eternal rival Cristiano Ronaldo, after being recognized as the best player on the planet for 2021. Ronaldo a five times winner of the best player on the planet now at Manchester United finishing outside of the top three best players on the planet nomination for the first time since 2010.
Messi topping the chart was due to:
Messi helping Barcelona to the Copa del Rey glory in April, before gaining his first senior trophy with Argentina at the 2021 Copa America- a competition that saw him named player of the Tournament.
The world was also amazed, shortly after that success when it came out that Barcelona could not afford to tie a charm statistic to a new contract, as Messi headed to the France, a long career association was with the Catalan heavyweights was brought to an end.
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Through 11 appearances, he has four goals in his name and made three assists in his last match against Saint-Etienne, which defines how difficult he finds himself in his new team.
Players like Robert Lewandowski, Jorginho, Karim Benzema and others did their best of as they were nominated for the Ballon d’Or but unfortunately couldn’t top the chart.
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