“They asked me when I was going to retire, today I have to be happy in Paris and happy to be here. I really want to continue fighting for new challenges, I don’t know how much I have left but I hope it will be a lot because I love football,” said Messi .
And I add: “I want to thank all my teammates from Barcelona and Paris. And especially to my teammates from the Argentine National Team and the coaching staff.”
The team led by Leonel Scaloni –“La Scaloneta”– he won the Copa América with Messi as a banner and he is already thinking about the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
In that sense, he continued: “Whenever they gave me this award, I felt a thorn for not getting something with my country and today I can enjoy it. This award is because of what we did in the Copa América and I want to share it with all my teammates.” .
La “Pulga” had already been awarded the Ballon d’Or six times -2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2019- and is the player who won it the most times in history, although so far it had always happened with Rosario representing Barcelona of Spain.
Now, the Paris Saint Germain footballer from France was the number one candidate in a long list in which Robert Lewandowski finished second, Jorginho third, Karim Benzema fourth and Ngolo Kanté fifth, while his compatriot and teammate, Lautaro Martinez finished in 21st place.
In 2021, Messi was champion, best player and scorer of the Copa América 2021 with the Argentine national team -his first title in the major-, Pichichi of LaLiga de España for the eighth time with 30 goals in Barcelona -where he also won the Copa del Rey- and currently plays in Ligue 1 with PSG.
The award is selected through a vote in which 180 specialized journalists participate, one per country, who award a ranking of five nominees.
The first on the list receives six points, the second four, the third three, the fourth two and the fifth one, so the player who reaps the most units is the one who gets the trophy.
Source From: Ambito
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