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The game was almost irrelevant: NYCFC prevailed 2-1, and Messi had a 25-yard free kick that could have tied the game in stoppage time — but it sailed high, and the final whistle blew moments later.
Messi beat out Manchester City striker Erling Haaland for the award to win the record. The 36-year-old is the first MLS-based player to win the prize. Lionel Messi wins Ballon d'Or for a record ...
Lionel Messi played all 90 minutes after being celebrated for his Ballon d’Or honor.
Argentine footballer Lionel Messi, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, has been awarded throughout his career a total of eight Ballon d'Or awards and three The Best FIFA Men's Player awards, the most for any player.
On 10 March, Messi scored from 35 yards out and later had a penalty saved in a 1–1 away draw against last season’s Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc des Princes in the second leg of the Champions League round of 16 as Barcelona were eliminated at this stage for the first time in 14 years by an aggregate score of 5–2 after ...
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.
The England star picked up the Kopa Trophy, while Spain’s brilliant midfielder Bonmati claimed the Ballon d’Or Feminin Lionel Messi wins record eighth Ballon d’Or as Aitana Bonmati and Jude ...
While he occasionally continued to be deployed in a deeper role, from which he could make runs from behind into the box, [253] or even on the right wing [254] or as a false nine, [255] [256] he was also used in a more offensive, central role in a 4–2–3–1, [252] or as a second striker in a 4–4–2 formation, where he was once again given ...