‘I was asked when I would retire’

PSG star and Argentina national team won the ‘France Football’ Ballon d’Or for the seventh time in his career this Monday (29)

This Monday (29), at the Théâtre du Châtelet, in Paris, Lionel Messi made a strong outburst after winning his seventh Ballon d’Or from the French magazine “France Football”. On the stage of the ceremony, the star was thrilled with the achievement, made many thanks, but he also recalled that many even questioned him about his retirementleading one to think that he would not win the award again after 2019 (until then his last achievement).

“The truth is, it’s amazing to be here again. Two years ago I said it was my last years, that I didn’t know what could happen, and I’m here again. From there they started asking me when was my retirement date, now I have to be in Paris and I am very happy to be here, very excited. I really want to keep fighting for new challenges. So I don’t know how much I have left, but I hope it continues for a long time because I love football a lot, I love it and I hope to continue. I want to thank all my teammates from Barcelona, ​​PSG and, above all, my teammates from the coaching staff of the Argentine national team”, he began by saying.

Messi also highly valued winning the America Cup in 2021, his first title with the argentina national teamand revealed that the trophy was essential for him to win another Ballon d’Or.

“Many times I won this award and I had the feeling that something was missing, but this year was different. I got the dream I wanted so much, after having tripped so many times, slipped at the H time, and a lot of this award comes from what we did. in the Copa America, and I want to share this award with my teammates”, he continued.

Finally, the star did not fail to congratulate Robert Lewandowskido Bayern Munchen, who finished second in the Ballon d’Or. In 2020, he was one of the candidates to take the award, but there was no ceremony.

“Robert, you deservedly won last year, and I hope that ‘France Football’ can bestow this award on you, because you were the fair winner and you deserve to take this award home.”

Check out the top 10 of the Ballon d’Or 2021:

1. Lionel Messi (PSG)

2. Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)

3. Jorginho (Chelsea)

4. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)

5. N’Golo Kante (Chelsea)

6. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)

7. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)

8. Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City)

9. Kylian Mbappé (PSG)

10. Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG).