‘We can never say that it is unfair to give Lionel Messi the Ballon d’Or,’ says Pep Guardiola

Pep Guardiola, Manchester City manager, stated that “you can never say to give him the Golden Ball to Lionel Messi It’s unfair ”, after the Argentine won the award given by the magazine for the seventh time in Paris. France Football.

The one from Rosario prevailed in the voting against Robert Lewandowski and Jorginho to lift his seventh Ballon d’Or, which places him two above Cristiano Ronaldo.

“We can never say that it is unfair to give Messi the Ballon d’Or. For me it is a show, a way of making football more entertaining. It is a great achievement for Messi, for Alexia and for Pedri ”, said the Spanish coach at a press conference, also referring to the Ballon d’Or that Alexia Putellas received and the award for the best young man that Pedri obtained, both from Barcelona.

“Whether he deserves it or not, I’m not the man to decide. The truth is that with Lewandowski’s season he could have taken it too. It would have been fair. But at this level, anyone who is there deserves it, “added Guardiola. (D)