The Argentine forward gave a speech when collecting his seventh award of this kind and asked the organizers to present a trophy to the Pole.
Lionel Messi collected his seventh Ballon d’Or after beating Robert Lewandowski and Jorginho, who completed the podium, and the Argentine gave a speech in which he highlighted the request to France Football to present the trophy to the Polish striker for his performance in 2019. In that case, the award was not awarded due to the pandemic.
One of the most outstanding statements of the Argentine and that went around the world was the request to the organizing magazine of the event for an award to Lewandowski.
“It is a special night for me. It is an honor to fight with Lewandowski, you were the winner of the Golden Ball last year and France Football I should give it to you. You were just the winner, you should have it at home too, “said Messi after proclaiming himself as the winner of the 2021 Ballon d’Or.
“The truth is that it is incredible to be here again. It seemed like my last years but I’m here again. They asked me when I was going to retire, now I have to be in Paris and I’m very happy. I don’t know how much I have left, but I hope it’s a lot because I love football ”, were also the words of the Argentine ’10’, champion of the Copa América 2021. (D)
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