Lionel Messi after claiming that winning FIFA's The Best award is "more important" than winning the Ballon d'Or.Messi narrowly pipped Lewandowski to a record seventh Ballon d'Or title back in November despite a sizeable proportion of fans believing the Polish striker had done enough to win.Instead, Lewandowski was crowned FIFA's The Best Men's Player last month, with Messi coming in second."I have been thinking lately and I have come to the conclusion that the FIFA award is more important," the Bayern Munich star told a Polish magazine, as per Marca."Only journalists vote for the Ballon d'Or, there is no clear verification.
Instead, professional football and the press vote for the FIFA award."Perhaps in the prestigious ranking, the Ballon d’Or is better positioned, but the recognition I received by winning The Best makes me proud because I know how hard I worked for many years."In actual fact Lewandowski's comments are inaccurate, as international managers and captains have been involved in the Ballon d'Or voting process since 2007.Should Robert Lewandowski be retroactively awarded the 2020 Ballon d'Or?
Let us know what you think in the comments section below...Tensions between the pair appear to have been growing ever since the 2020 Ballon d'Or was cancelled due to Covid-19, an award many believed would've been given to Lewandowski after winning the treble with Bayern.Messi even acknowledged this during his 2021 acceptance speech, urging organisers to retroactively hand the 2020 award to his rival.Much of their feud since then has been fuelled primarily by innuendo and mistranslations, but competing with each other for the game's biggest individual honours would probably drive a wedge between even the best of friends..
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