(Dan Tri) – Lionel Messi convincingly won the 2023 FIFA Golden Ball and the Argentine star received praise from the international press.
Mundo Deportivo newspaper based in Barcelona (Spain) commented: `Unique, unprecedented, unrepeatable or unattainable. Any language used to comment on Messi is appropriate. Messi is 14 years old.
Messi won the FIFA Golden Ball title for the 8th time in his career (Photo: AP).
This year, El Pulga is 36 years old and has 3 children.
But Lionel Messi is always an exception.
AS (Spain) newspaper headlined `Messi’s Great Golden Ball` and affirmed that in the future no player can reach the Argentine star’s record.
Marca newspaper (Spain) highly appreciated the Golden Ball awards of Lionel Messi and Aitana Bonmati (Photo: Marca).
Another Spanish sports daily, Marca, commented: `Messi won his 8th FIFA Golden Ball convincingly, that’s unquestionable. But Jude Bellingham’s title as best young player is also impressive.`
Spanish football also had a memorable Gala, when Aitana Bonmati won the Women’s Golden Ball.
At the awards gala in Paris (France) on the evening of October 30, Messi won the FIFA Golden Ball from France Football magazine for the 8th time.
The Daily Mail (UK) also praised Messi: `Haaland, Mbappe or De Bruyne are all big opponents of Messi in the race to win the 2023 Golden Ball. However, Messi still surpasses all opponents to dominate in the competition.
Messi’s collection of 8 Golden Ball titles (Photo: FIFA).
The British daily newspaper also highly appreciated Man City’s success last season, when coach Pep Guardiola’s team had 5 players in the top 10 nominees for the 2023 Golden Ball, including Haaland (2nd), De Bruyne
Finally, Ole (Argentina) newspaper used beautiful words to praise its favorite player: `Lionel Messi is at the pinnacle of world football and continues his great journey in his career.
El Pulga changed the history of Argentine football.
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