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 each of FIFA's 211 member countries, and online fans.
Messi, 35, also beat Mbappe, who is looking to win his first FIFA Player of the Year award, to win the FIFA Golden Ball for the best player at the World Cup.
Mbappe won the Golden Boot for top scorer.
Messi scored 52, Mbappe 44, and Benzema 34 in the FIFA awards vote.
Mbappe, 24, who is 11 years younger than Messi, is seen as Messi's successor on the world stage, and the top three shortlisted. time. He finished fourth when voting for the award in 2018, the year he led France to the World Cup title.
Real Madrid star Benzema won the even more prestigious Ballon d'Or ahead of the World Cup in October.
Due to an injury, the French striker was unable to play. Messi was not on the Ballon d'Or shortlist announced in August.

Robert Lewandowski has won the FIFA award for the second year in a row, while Ronaldo has been dropped from the shortlist of 14 finalists for the award for the first time this year.

Messi has been named to the men's world team for the 16th time, breaking a record he shared with Ronaldo. The squad includes Belgian Thibaut Courtois, Moroccan Ashraf Hakimi, Portuguese Cancelo, Dutchman Van Dijk, Belgian De Bruyne, Croatian Luka Modric, Brazilian BKasemi Ronaldo, Norwegian Haaland, and Frenchmen Mbappe and Benzema.

Earlier on Monday, French prosecutors opened a preliminary investigation into the rape allegations of Paris Saint-Germain defender Hakimi.

Messi elects former Barcelona team-mate Neymar as the best player. Just Thiago Silva, the captain of Brazil, cast a vote for Neymar.

Russian coaches and captains are not prohibited from voting for this award.
Patellas receives his award from Alex Morgan of the United States and Beth Mead, who leads England to the European title in 2022.
Barcelona playmaker Putellas is back in the top three despite his injuries and missed games in the days leading up to the Euros. Last season, she scored 34 goals in all competitions.
Mead was a co-top scorer in the European Cup and was named the tournament's best player. She had a severe knee injury while playing for Arsenal in November, and she may not be able to compete in the July Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
Morgan finished second to teammate Megan Rapinoe in the 2019 poll when Team USA was named player of the game.

S. won the CONCACAF W Championship last year. She is also a co-top scorer.
Earlier, Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni was named FIFA Men's Coach of the Year after leading his side to World Cup glory in December.

The women's Coach Award went to Sarina Wiegman, who led England to victory at the European Women's Championships.
Scaloni took charge of the Argentina team on an interim basis at the end of 2018 and has been widely criticized for his inexperience, having never coached a professional team. Earlier on Monday, his national team coaching contract was extended until the end of the 2026 World Cup...

The prize for the female goalkeeper went to England's Mary Epps, European champion, while the prize for best male goalkeeper went to Argentinian Emiliano Martinez, winner of the World Cup. The
the event in Paris was marked by a tribute to Pelé, who died late last year aged 82 after a battle with colon cancer.
Pele's wife, Marcia Aoki, received a trophy in honor of former Brazilian striker Ronaldo soccer superstar.

"To the Almighty who gave us Edson, to Edson who gave us Bailey, and to the world who accepted them so warmly, I would like to say three words: thanks, gratitude, and gratitude," she said.

Alexia Putellas and Lionel Messi are recognized as the best male and female football players.

Lionel Messi and Alexia Putras were honored as the best men's and women's football players at the annual FIFA awards ceremony in Paris on Monday.

Messi, who led Argentina to World Cup glory late last year, has been honored as the best FIFA men's player for the second time, while the midfielder Spaniard Putellas has been named FIFA's Best Women's Player for the second consecutive year.

The awards are presented annually by national team coaches and captains, as well as panels of journalists and supporters from around the world.

Lionel Messi, 35, edges out Paris Saint-Germain team-mate Kylian Mbappe and Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema in voting for the men's award.

"I have fulfilled a long-held dream," Messi said of Argentina's World Cup triumph.
It's every player's dream, and I'm fortunate to have it because so few people can.

In addition, Messi contributed six goals in 26 games as PSG captured a record-tying 10th Ligue 1 championship. Argentina captain. Meanwhile,

Petras scored 34 goals in all competitions last season as he led Barcelona to a domestic treble and a place in the Champions League final against eventual champions Lyon.
© Provided by CNN Putellas accepts FIFA's Best Female Player award. - Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images

The 29-year-old, who missed the European Championships with an ACL injury, edged out United States international Alex Morgan and England striker Beth Mead in the vote.

She also became the first player to win the women's category twice.

Besides Messi, two other Argentines - goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez and coach Lionel Scaloni - were honored at the ceremony, while England goalkeeper Mary Earp Smith and coach Sarina Wegman were honored on the women's side.

The Puskas award for the best goal in men's and women's football went to amputee Polish star Marcin Oleksy, who scored the outrageous scissor goal while playing for Warta Poznan in November.
"I connect very cleanly. It's pure," Oleksy said of his goals.

"When I kicked the ball my eyes followed the ball and I saw it go into the corner of the netI've always wanted to put one in the net. You could see how proud I was when I was scoring.

I straightened up and puffed out my chest. I am so, so happy. "