The suspense was unbearable. It lasted until 5:46 p.m.. Yes, not 5:46 p.m. ET 20 hours. As for the announcement and awarding of the Golden Ball, was already known. No, the only mystery of the evening was lifted when Lionel Messi stepped on the wet asphalt of Zurich: no costume crowns but held more traditional. The most sober of a reign which is a little wider Monday night.
Because, yes, the Argentine has indeed won the most prestigious individual awards for the fifth time in his career, absolute record which now gives him two lengths ahead of Ronaldo and a gaggle of legends such as Michel Platini, Johan Cruyff and Marco van Basten.
Ballons d’Or in five 28 years. Bravo. Hat. Nothing else to add. And the worst part is that this is perhaps not over. Probably not, even. Hard to imagine the Barcelona not return to Zurich by the end of his career. I imagine you trying to count: how Leo Messi will he win the Golden Ball to the last day of his football life? 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10? Frankly, I do not know, and if I were you, I would not mouillerais me. Anyway, this is not what counts. Because Messi trivialized the exceptional and, whatever happens, Argentina already has a special place in the history of the game. This is not a Ballon d’Or more or less it will change something.
The World Cup, justice of ultimate peace
Its place in legend, Lionel Messi won it with blows of individual achievements and collective achievements. His record and his personal statistics already go beyond the conceivable and he is left with a Graal to conquer to complete a monumental work: lift the World Cup with Argentina.
Tata Martino (Argentina) against Lionel Messi – AFP
Early Monday afternoon, during a question and answer with the organized Eurosport.fr users on Facebook, one of you asked if it was “really that Messi wins Cup the world to be the greatest of all time? ” My answer was simple and straightforward: it is yes. Today, many believe that it has exceeded its prestigious predecessors such as Pele, Maradona and company. I’m not saying no, but I’m not able to say categorically. Because it lacks the world title, that raced through his fingers in Brazil after a World Cup that he had started well before dying gradually.
Five Ballons d’Or or the World Cup? Messi does not hesitate
If the omnipotence and clubs stranglehold on international football are putting out the national teams for almost over a decade, the quadrennial magic of the World Cup does exist yet. Ask the twenty-three champions German or Spanish world if they would be willing to trade their title in 2014 or 2010 against one of Ballons d’Or Lionel Messi? The answer would be the same ilk of that delivered by the Pulga on Monday afternoon.
Lionel Messi and Ezequiel Lavezzi, World Cup 2014 – Eurosport
During the traditional press conference held ahead of the ceremony, a journalist – Argentina without doubt – asked mischievously to the master of the game if he preferred to win a World Cup or five Ballons d’Or? Smirk interviewer. Grin a little more pinched the interviewee who, having noted (humorously) his interlocutor that his question was “bad”, did not hesitate one second on the content of the response: “The World, of course … This is the climax “. A veritable Everest as Pele and Maradona, the two greatest footballers of the twentieth century, climbed and has given them a unique aura and an eternal imprint. Lionel Messi already has it all? He does not think so. From his pedestal, Lionel Messi still has a dream that continues to deny him. What makes it all the more desirable that a Ballon d’Or again.
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