Argentine Leo Messi This Monday he won his third award The best World’s best player award ahead of Norway Erling Haaland and from French Kylian Mbappe.
Messi, who did not attend the gala, Got their second win in Ligue 1 Paris Saint-Germainbecame the best helper of the competition and Finished the French league in the best 11 of the year During the period covered by the Best award from December 19, 2022 – one day after the 2022 World Cup final – until August 20, 2023.
the one from Rosario He won this award in 2019, ahead of Virgil Van Dijk and Cristiano Ronaldo, and in 2022, leaving Kylian Mbappé and Karim Benzema behind..
Messi received the best award Draw with Erling Haaland on 48 pointsbut with the advantage of having received more points than the national captains who determine the award.
According to the votes announced after the gala, the Argentinian player received 48 points, including 13 points from the captains, 11 points from the coaches, 11 points from the journalists and 13 points from the fans, while Haaland, who received 48 points, received these points as follows: 11 points from the captains and 13 points from the fans. coaches, 13 from journalists and 11 from fans.
Kylian MbappeHe finished third in the race and added 35 votes9 of them came from captains, 9 from coaches, 9 from journalists and 8 from fans.
The tiebreaker criterion in The Best is whoever puts the national team captains’ top pick first, in which case Messi wins.
Messi made his decision after completing his second season at PSG. I’m leaving Europe and going to Inter Miami. With this he won his first title in the United States, the League Cup, scoring eleven goals in fourteen matches, but his team failed to qualify for the MLS play-offs.
In October, Messi collected his eighth Ballon d’Or in Paris; The main reason for this was the World Cup he won with Argentina, the third star of the albiceleste jersey, in December 2022.
36 years old, winner of everything in Europe and Argentina’s all-time top scorerMessi’s next challenge is the Copa América, which will be held in the United States between June and July 2024.
At club level, Messi reunited with his former Barcelona teammates Sergio Busquets, Jordi Alba and Luis Suárez in Miami ahead of next season.