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Messi — carrying the trophy in his left hand — walked to midfield on a gold carpet laid out across the. Lionel Messi held the Ballon D'Or over his head as fireworks lit up the sky to bring a ...
The Messi–Ronaldo rivalry, or Ronaldo–Messi rivalry, is a sporting rivalry in football propelled by the media and fans that involves Argentine footballer Lionel Messi and Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, mainly for being contemporaries and due to their similar records and sporting successes. [1]
The trophy was Messi’s 33rd for the club, surpassing Iniesta and making Messi the outright most decorated player in the history of Barcelona. [227] On 18 August, Messi scored twice in helping Barcelona defeat Alavés 3–0 at home in their first La Liga match of the season, with his first goal, a free kick that he rolled under the jumping ...
Messi would finally end Argentina's 28-year trophy drought in the 2021 Copa América, as they had not won an international tournament since 1993. [213] In the process, he surpassed Javier Mascherano to become Argentina's most-capped player during a group stage match against Bolivia . [ 214 ]
It's also Messi’s second trophy in Miami, and the 46th of his unparalleled career — more than any other player in the history of professional soccer has ever won. Ironically, it’s the one ...
Messi was “broken,” his gran amigo Sergio Aguero later said, after Argentina lost that Copa America final. “It’s the worst I’ve ever seen him,” Aguero said. “It’s the worst I’ve ...
The six editions of the FIFA Ballon d'Or were dominated by Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, as part of their ongoing rivalry. In 2016, the Ballon d’Or again lost its "FIFA" tag and would be voted for exclusively by journalists, while the FIFA World Player of the Year award – which ran from 1991 to 2009 – was resurrected, this time as ...
The 2009 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in the world as judged by an international panel of sports journalists, was awarded to Lionel Messi of Barcelona on 1 December 2009, the first of his record setting eight Ballon d'Or awards. [1] Messi won the award by a then record margin, 240 points ahead of 2008 winner Cristiano Ronaldo.