BALLON D’OR 2023: AGAIN  LIONEL MESSI WINS IT EXTENDING HIS RECORD MAKING IT HIS EIGHT FOLLOWING THE WORLD CUP TITTLE

Lionel Messi wins the 2023 Ballon d’Or on Monday at the most awaited ceremony in Paris. Messi extending his ballon d’Or to eight beating his former Paris Sain-Germain team – mate Kylian Mbappé and Manchester City’s Erling Haaland. Even though there were surprises at the 2023 Ballon d’or ceremony, the world cup winner won the prestigious award.

Despite being outscored by Erling Halaland last season, Messi’s performance at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar proved to the world even though he was 36. He captained the Argentine team to glory. not only putting an exclamation mark on a career for ages, but realistically propelled him into connection for the Ballon d’or trophy.