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FRANCE, PARIS, KUPANG TIMES - As predicted, Argentina National Team Mega Star, Lionel Messi was officially selected as The Best FIFA Men's Player for the 2022 edition.
No one doubts La Pulga's absolute victory, after successfully achieving his big dream, to win the FIFA World Cup, Qatar 2022.
The Best FIFA Football Awards is FIFA's official annual event which has been eagerly awaited.
This event is similar to the Ballon d'Or, namely; determining the best player, best team, best coach, best goalkeeper, and many other categories in the world of football in the last one year.
So, this time the Best FIFA award was influenced by the FIFA World Cup, Qatar 2022.
This prestigious four-year tournament was held in Qatar in November-December 2022.
The Argentine national team, which won the championship after defeating the French national team, and the Argentine national team were also selected as the best team in the tournament.
Tuesday, (28/02/23) early morning WIT, FIFA held a ceremony in Paris to announce the winners.
Lionel Messi was present and took the stage to lift the trophy as the best player in the 2022 edition.
Imagine, Messi plays a crucial role in the struggle of the Argentine national team to win the FIFA World Cup, Qatar 2022.
Leo carried a heavy burden in the Argentina national team and succeeded in pushing the other players to unite and fight from the group stage to become champions.
This time, Messi outperformed Kylian Mbappe and Karim Benzema who were included in the top three Best FIFA Men's Players.
Lionel Messi the rightful winner,
Messi presented many impressive performances in leading the Argentina national team at the FIFA World Cup, Qatar at the end of 2022.
La Pulga also managed to score 7 goals and three assists throughout the tournament.
It's not just great contributions on the pitch that are extraordinary.
The owner of 7 Ballon d'Or also shows a great leadership spirit that helps unite the Argentine national team in aiming for big targets as a team.
Evidently, Lionel Messi was chosen as the winner of the Golden Ball / or the best player in the FIFA World Cup, Qatar 2022.
The FIFA World Cup trophy, is the perfect achievement in the career of the former FC Barcelona star, who has previously been riddled with trophies.
This is the second time Messi has won the FIFA best player award, after winning it for the first time in 2019.
Messi's best moments in 2022,
• Messi appeared impressive in the 2022 World Cup final, match Argentina vs France.
Leo scored two goals and took the first kicker role in the penalty shootout.
• Argentina lost to the Saudi Arabian national team in the first match of the 2022 World Cup group phase.
• In the second match, Argentina was held to a 0-0 draw by Mexico, but then Messi became the winner for the team.
• Against the Netherlands in the last eight, Argentina risk their fate in the penalty shootout.
Messi leads his team-mates in a calm manner and is very good on the pitch.
• At club level, Lionel Messi continues to score goals and contribute greatly to PSG, even though he has to adapt to his new season with PSG.
They say about Messi,
• Lionel Scaloni, coach of Argentina: "I'm honored to coach him and watch him play,"
"Managing him is really special because every time you see him play he is a big motivation for his team-mates, for the fans, for the whole world,"
• Pep Guardiola, Man City boss: "If Messi had not won the World Cup, my opinion of what he has done for football would not have changed at all,"
"For me, he is the best,"
• Ronaldo, legend of the Brazilian national team: "His football eliminates rivalries,"
"I saw many Brazilian fans and fans from all over the world who supported Leo in the World Cup final yesterday,"
|Narration: Sport, Football,
|Text: W.J.B
|Literacy Resources: FIFA, W.J.B,
