PARIS (REUTERS) – Argentina’s Lionel Messi gained the Ballon d’Or award for one of the best participant on the planet for a record-stretching seventh time on Monday (Nov 29), beating Robert Lewandowski and Jorginho to raise soccer’s most prestigious trophy but once more.
The ahead added to his 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2019 trophies after profitable the Copa America for the primary time together with his nation final July.
“It is unbelievable to be right here once more. Two years in the past I assumed it was the final time. Profitable the Copa America was key”, Messi mentioned at Paris’s Theatre du Chatelet.
Messi, who joined Paris St Germain on a free switch from Barcelona throughout the shut season, collected 613 factors, with Bayern Munich’s Lewandowski, named finest striker on Monday, getting 580.
Jorginho, who gained the Champions League with Chelsea and the European championship with Italy, ended up third on 460, forward of France’s Karim Benzema and Ngolo Kante in fourth and fifth locations respectively.