Messi: World title is most important

Lionel Messi would trade all his World Player of the Year awards for just a World Cup title with the national team. “I’ve always said that successes with the team are more important to me,” said the 28-year-old shortly before the FIFA Ballon d’Or Gala in Zurich, where Messi could be awarded his fifth Golden Ball. Winning a World Cup is “the greatest thing you can achieve as a footballer,” said the Argentine, who had already been voted the best player on the planet for the years 2009 to 2012. At the 2014 World Cup, Messi with Argentina only failed in the final against Germany, a major title with La albiceleste is still missing from the offensive star’s collection.