The highly anticipated Ballon d’Or went to Argentinian star Lionel Messi for the eighth time at the ceremony held in Paris on Monday, October 30th.
After the award ceremony, Cristiano Ronaldo drew attention with his comment under a critical post about Messi.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s likes and comments on a post criticizing Lionel Messi’s 2023 Ballon d’Or award on Instagram became a trending topic.
“HE WENT TO RETIRE, THEY GIVEN A REWARD”
In the post, the following expressions were used for Messi:
“As predicted, they gave the Ballon d’Or to Messi. He seemed to retire at PSG before the World Cup. Then he went to retire at Inter Miami. He won the World Cup, but by scoring 6 penalties… Also, the World Cup was full “It was 10 months ago, now it’s November. Messi should have had 5 Ballon d’Ors, not 8. They gave him the awards that Iniesta-Xavi, Lewandowski and Haaland, who won 6 trophies in one season, deserved.”
RONALDO’S REACTION WAS AN EVENT
Cristiano Ronaldo liked this post and commented using 4 “smile emojis”.
Here is that post and Ronaldo’s comment;
MESSI: “IT WAS A GREAT COMPETITION”
Referring to his rivalry with Ronaldo after winning the Ballon d’Or award, Lionel Messi said:
“It was a great rivalry in a sporting sense. This rivalry fueled us both because we are both competitive people. Ronaldo always wants to win, like me. It has been a great process for both us and football fans. We both deserve to be at the top and stay there for a long time.” “I think it’s easy to get to the top, but it’s very difficult to stay there for 10-15 years like we did. The competition between us created good memories for everyone.”