LIONEL MESSI

Following his World Cup victory, Lionel Messi wins FIFA's Best Men's Player Award World Cup winner Lionel Messi has pounced on Kylian Mbappe again, this time to claim the Best FIFA Men's Player award on Monday. The best player for the second consecutive year was Spain's Alexia Putellas. After leading Argentina to the World Cup title in last year's epic final against Mbappe's France in Qatar, Messi won the best player vote over Mbappe and Karim Benzema and finished 14 Seventh FIFA awards of the year. He won the World Cup on his fifth record attempt. Messi stated, "It's been a crazy year for me. "After so much struggle, I finally achieved my goal" (of the World Cup). Finally, it happened and it was the best thing in my career. It's the dream of all players but very few manage to do so, so thank God he was able to do it." The three players were chosen by a global jury made up of national team captains and coaches, journalists from ea...