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#1 Ballon d'Or 2019
The last time Lionel Messi won the Ballon d'Or was in 2015. Since then, Messi has finished behind Cristiano Ronaldo twice, in 2016 and 2017. Last season, the Argentinean finished 5th as Luka Modric ended the Ronaldo-Messi duopoly on the awards.
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None of the players ahead of him deserved to leave him behind, but Lionel Messi never uttered a word of regret in public. He let his football do the talking and cut back to the end of the season, Messi has been on fire and leads our list of the top contenders of the Award right now.
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The Argentinean is well ahead of the competition in terms of goals and assists this season. Apart from the Copa del Rey, he is the top scorer of every competition he has been a part of so far and could well lift his 6th European Golden Boot this season as well.
If Lionel Messi does win his 6th Ballon d'Or by the end of this year, it will put him up to the summit once again. It will be a deserved accolade for the Greatest Of All Times.
