Did Lionel Messi deserve the Ballon d'Or 2021?

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On 29 November 2021,

2021 was given to Lionel Messi, marking the seventh time that this superstar has been named the best player all over the world. 

The award is in recognition of Messi’s contribution to captaining Argentina to the Copa del Rey title and qualification for the

, which is the first major international honor of the country for 28 years. 

However, his win became

about whether he deserved the title of the owner of the Golden Ball 2021 since the Robert Lewandowski has also had a record-breaking season at Bayern Munich. 

Despite scoring 25 goals, the Polish

did not win enough votes to win his first Ballon d’Or.

In fact, part of the reason for the public controversy is that Lewandowski had been the favorite to collect a Golden Ball in 2020; but due to

of the global pandemic, the award had been postponed and this year, he was beaten by Messi to this precious award. 

Nonetheless, the Polish star - Lewandowski did take home the award for Striker of the Year and received Messi’s message in recognizing his

and contributions. 

Also, in the award, Cristiano Ronaldo finished sixth in the 2021 Ballon d’Or standing and Chelsea, the winner of the Champions League last season was awarded club of the year at the Ballon d’Or Gala.

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