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#3 Lionel Messi’s recent FIFA The Best award triumph
It is no secret that there is an ongoing rivalry between the two most brilliant players of this era - Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. If one of the two gets an individual award, the other pushes for it too.
Until last month, both of them were tied on five Ballon d’Or and FIFA the Best Awards apiece. However, with Messi taking home an extra FIFA The Best award recently and going one ahead of his rival, Ronaldo will definitely want to show the world that he deserves another top individual accolade too.
What better way to do that than winning major honours? And what bigger honour than the UEFA Champions League?
Ronaldo knows that his claim on another award would come down to success on the European front. And he will want to do everything in his power to make sure he gets it.
