Anwar Ibrahim (Cairo)
The Argentine “legend” star, Lionel Messi, the American Inter Miami player, has not been spared attacks and criticism, since he was crowned the eighth Ballon d’Or during his football career, after competing with the young Norwegian Erling Haaland, the English Manchester City star, and the French striker Kylian Mbappe, the Paris Saint-Germain striker.
The last of these “indirect” criticisms came from Katia Aveiro, the sister of his “arch-rival” Cristiano Ronaldo, the Saudi Al-Nasr player, in a feminine way, by insinuation, not statement.
Katia posted a message on her Instagram account, carrying a picture of her brother Ronaldo placing in front of him the many individual awards he had won, including the five Golden Balls, and commented with “applause” signs 5 times.
She wrote about her “legend” brother: He won it and it was not given to him, in a clear indication that her brother’s awards are “deserved” while some of Messi’s awards are not deserved, thus joining quite a few football stars, experts and those interested in football, who have confirmed that Messi does not deserve a number. Of his Ballon d’Or awards, especially the last one in 2023.
To everyone who watched it, the comment seemed to be an “attack” on Messi, who won his last Golden Ball last Monday, during a large ceremony, held by the French magazine “France Football” at the Chatelier Theater in the French capital, Paris, even though his season included nothing but winning the World Cup with the national team. “Tango”, and did not include any other distinguished achievement, while the Norwegian Haaland contributed, over a full season with City, to the “historic treble” of the English Premier League, the Champions League and the FA Cup, in addition to his achievements at the individual level, which included Scoring 52 goals in various competitions last season, and breaking the record for the most goals in one season (36 goals).
It is worth noting that Ronaldo and Messi dominated the Ballon d’Or for more than a decade, starting in 2008, and the last Ballon d’Or won by “The Don” was in 2017, while “The Flea” continued after that and won it 3 times, the last of which was this year.
The first match that Messi will play after winning the last Golden Ball will be during this month, as the Argentina national team faces Uruguay and Brazil, respectively, in the World Cup qualifiers, while Ronaldo plays tomorrow against Al Khaleej in the Saudi League.
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