{"id":294995,"date":"2023-10-31T14:24:39","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T14:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=294995"},"modified":"2023-10-31T14:24:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T14:24:39","slug":"lionel-messi-backs-erling-haaland-or-vinicius-jr-for-next-ballon-dor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/lionel-messi-backs-erling-haaland-or-vinicius-jr-for-next-ballon-dor\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi backs Erling Haaland or Vinicius Jr for next Ballon d'Or"},"content":{"rendered":"
Lionel Messi has revealed who he expects to battle for the Ballon d’Or in the coming years.<\/p>\n
For the past 15 years, the Argentinian playmaker and Cristiano Ronaldo have dominated the award.<\/p>\n
The Inter Miami player set a new record by winning his eighth award last night in Paris, extending his number of trophies over his Portuguese rival.\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, with Messi now aged 36 – it is expected that this will be his last award and it is now up to the next generation of superstars to take over.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Asked who he thinks could be the next to win the award, Messi told L’Equipe\u00a0‘For a few years, we have seen players that can win it coming through.<\/p>\n
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Lionel Messi has tipped former PSG team-mate Kylian Mbappe as a future Ballon d’Or winner<\/p>\n
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Erling Haaland narrowly missed out on being ranked the best footballer in the world last night<\/p>\n
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‘It could be hotly contested in the coming years with players like Haaland, Mbapp\u00e9 and Vinic\u00edus Juinor.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘There are lots of young players that will fight for the Ballon d’Or. I also think that Lamine Yamal, who is still very young but who has already played very well with Barcelona and has become an important player [could compete].\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘There will certainly be others who will fight for it as well with other players yet to appear. It will be a new era.’<\/p>\n
Former team-mate\u00a0Mbappe riled up the supporters of Stade Brest during Paris Saint-Germain’s 3-2 win there on Sunday – and then doubled down on social media to defend his actions.<\/p>\n
The French captain scored to put his side 2-0 up at Stade Francis-Le Ble, but Brest pegged them back to 2-2. Mbappe saw an 89th minute penalty saved, but was in the right place to dispatch the rebound and put PSG ahead with his 250th career club goal.<\/p>\n
Mbappe, 24, was booked for a gesture to the crowd during his goal celebration, and was immediately substituted off in favour of Nordi Mukiele.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Barcelona youngster Lamine Yamal has received high praise from Argentinian legend Messi<\/p>\n
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Real Madrid starlet Vinicius Jr received the\u00a0Socrates Award for social commitment last night<\/p>\n
Mbappe taunted the Brest supporters, geeing them up in reaction to their own anger, and making hand gestures signalling the 3-2 scoreline in favour of PSG.<\/p>\n
French sports journalist Bertrand Latour wrote on X: ‘A captain of the French team should not do that.’<\/p>\n
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