Ballon d’Or 2019, Lionel Messi Defeats Van Dijk and Ronaldo

DBasia.news –  Lionel Messi has been named the Ballon d’Or 2019 winner at the Theater du Chatelet, Paris, Tuesday, AM (3/12/2019).

Lionel Messi successfully defeated the votes from his closest rival, the Liverpool defender and also the Dutch national team, Virgil van Dijk.

The player nicknamed La Pulga won the Ballon d’Or from his career review during 2019. Together with Barcelona, ​​he has embraced the Spanish League Cup 2018/19 season and also the 2019 Spanish Super Cup.

In terms of goal aggressiveness, Messi’s expertise in breaking into the opponent’s goal is undoubted. The 32-year-old player managed to record 51 goals in 50 appearances for Barcelona during the 2018/19 season. The incision is still added to the addition of 11 goals from 15 appearances for the Blaugrana this season (temporary achievements).

Not only that, despite failing to bring Barcelona champions, Lionel Messi became the top scorer of the 2018/19 Champions League with a total of 12 goals from 10 appearances.

Together with the Argentine national team, Messi was recorded collecting 5 goals from 10 appearances during 2019. The nickname he received when playing in the 2019 Copa America and also some test matches conducted by the Tango Team.

Lionel Messi’s rival who has always clung to himself tightly, Cristiano Ronaldo is only ranked 3rd in the Ballon d’Or 2019. Cristiano Ronaldo’s fame lost to Virgil van Dijk at this time.

The Ballon d’Or event itself was chosen based on votes taken from national team captains, national team coaches, and influential football reporters. In the previous event or in 2018, Luka Modric was named the award winner by beating Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.