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Messi Already Deserves the Next Ballon d’Or — Rivaldo

By Daily Sports on April 20, 2019

Lionel Messi already deserves to lift a sixth Ballon d’Or regardless of whether he wins the Champions League with Barcelona or not, according to former Brazil striker Rivaldo.

Messi’s Blaugrana side remain in European competition after seeing off Manchester United and are currently on course to secure another La Liga title, while a Copa del Rey final against Valencia also lies in wait.

The free-scoring Argentine would undoubtedly be amongst the favourites to lift football’s greatest individual honour if he does finish the season with silverware, but Rivaldo feels that Messi is already worthy of the accolade.

“It’s impossible to describe Messi,” the former FIFA World Player of the Year told Goal. “I like him so much and I always say I feel so sad because he never won the World Cup with

Argentina. It is an award he deserves because a world-class player like him must be a world champion.

“He has been scoring goals, giving assists and being the top scorer in La Liga for a long time and I think what he has been doing in the Champions League means his merits should be recognised.

“He had a chance to score a bicycle kick [versus Man Utd] but it’s not an easy one to take because you don’t get those chances often in games. It was a good effort but it didn’t quite come off.

“Even if he doesn’t win the Champions League, however, he already deserves the Ballon d’Or.” (Goal)

•Photo shows Lionel Messi

Source Daily Sports

Posted April 20, 2019