The Barcelona and Argentina forward has beaten
the likes of Diego Maradona, Zinedine Zidane, Johan Cruyff and Cristiano
Ronaldo to be bestowed with the accolade.
Lionel Messi has been overwhelmingly voted the
greatest player of all-time by Goal
readers, a week after being crowned Goal 50 winner for 2015.
The 28-year-old faced stiff competition from legends of the game but ultimately won with 53,904 people backing the Barcelona forward - a whopping 52 per cent of the 103,611 votes cast.
We must be living in the golden age of football because second place in the poll went to Real Madrid attacker Cristiano Ronaldo (11%), who finished just behind the Argentine in last week's Goal 50.
Messi and Ronaldo regularly find themselves battling for supremacy on and off the pitch, and they go head-to-head again in next month's Ballon d'Or final when Neymar will be joining them in the battle to be crowned as Fifa's best in the world.
The 28-year-old faced stiff competition from legends of the game but ultimately won with 53,904 people backing the Barcelona forward - a whopping 52 per cent of the 103,611 votes cast.
We must be living in the golden age of football because second place in the poll went to Real Madrid attacker Cristiano Ronaldo (11%), who finished just behind the Argentine in last week's Goal 50.
Messi and Ronaldo regularly find themselves battling for supremacy on and off the pitch, and they go head-to-head again in next month's Ballon d'Or final when Neymar will be joining them in the battle to be crowned as Fifa's best in the world.
Diego Maradona's heroics for club and country -
most memorably winning the World Cup in 1986 with Argentina - have often earned
him the status of the greatest football in history, but he's only fit for third
place in the poll with 8% of votes.
Just adrift of Maradona with 7% is Brazilian goalscoring superstar Pele, who won three World Cups during his illustrious career, while Zinedine Zidane finishes fifth with 6% of the final tally.
Just adrift of Maradona with 7% is Brazilian goalscoring superstar Pele, who won three World Cups during his illustrious career, while Zinedine Zidane finishes fifth with 6% of the final tally.
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Messi est un joueur d'équipe bien équilibré et travailleur, connu pour ses combinaisons créatives, en particulier avec les milieux de terrain de Barcelone Xavi et Andrés Iniesta.
ReplyDeleteZidane a toujours été un homme de principe. (Il suffit de demander à Matteo Materazzi). Le Real Madrid, où il a remporté six titres en tant que joueur, coule dans ses veines. Au cours de sa brillante carrière, il a fait plus d’apparitions pour Los Blancos que dans aucun autre club. Il est resté dans la capitale espagnole tout au long de son congé sabbatique. Et vu les profondeurs auxquelles son ancienne équipe a sombré depuis son départ en mai dernier (le Real occupe actuellement le troisième rang de la Liga, à 13 points de retard sur Barcelone), Maillot de foot pas cher il considérait probablement cette opportunité comme une obligation. Il doit avoir. Sinon, il est difficile de comprendre pourquoi il voudrait même que le poste lui soit rendu.
ReplyDeleteIl y a une raison pour laquelle Zidane est parti quand il l'a fait. Malgré son tour du chapeau sans précédent en Ligue des champions, malgré la série de 25 matches sans défaite qu'il a battus à un stade, la hache tournait presque toujours au-dessus de sa tête. C’est comme ça que ça se passe chez Real et Zidane le savait aussi bien que quiconque.