Messi: the best football player in the world

Last Monday, the Best FIFA Football Awards 2019 were held at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy. After a selection of ten great football players, another selection was made, from which Cristiano Ronaldo, Virgil van Dijk and Lionel Messi still remained. The complete selection also consisted of Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mané, Kylian Mbappé, Frenkie de Jong, Eden Hazard, Matthijs de Ligt and Harry Kane.

Last year, the best world player award went to Luka Modric. In the ten years before that, only two people won the unique award: Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, 5 times each.

With 46 points – a convincing result – Lionel Messi was once again voted to be the best player in the world. Virigl van Dijk followed with 38 points, whereas Ronaldo was given 36 points.

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