Lewandowski surrendered at Messi’s feet: ‘He’s in first place for the Ballon d’Or for winning the World Cup’

Since the draw for the group stage of the Qatar 2022 World Cup was held, the duel between Argentina Y Poland it was flagged because it would be the intersection between Lionel Messi Y Robert Lewandowski, two of the best footballers of recent years. In the previous one everything was enriched with the crossing between the Polish scorer and an Argentine journalist, and later on the pitch, Rosario’s man even denied a salute to his rival when he fouled him.

Now, a week after the consecration of the ‘Pulce’ together with the team led by Lionel Scalonithe current Spanish Barcelona player had no choice but to surrender at the feet of the captain of the national team, in reference to the upcoming elections for the Ballon d’Or.

“Maybe there’s one more player playing for the same club (than Kylian Mbappé), but there’s only a World Cup that decides who will win this season and Leo is now definitely in the top position for what he’s achieved. it means everything to him. Now he can enjoy it.”Lewandowski said in an interview for the Catalan newspaper Mundo Deportivo.

The reality is that there isn’t much to question. Lionel Messi’s performance in Qatar 2022 enters the gallery of the best singles in the history of the World Cup: goals on all occasions, with both legs, inside and outside the area, assists and an integral mastery of the game that led him to lift the World Cup , that title that he so much wanted and that was long awaited.

His last 20 games with the Albiceleste shirt include three titles: the 2021 Copa América against Brazil at the Maracanà, the Final against Italy at Wembley and the icing on the cake with the World Cup, in a heart-pounding definition against the champions in charge of France at the Lusail Stadium from Doha. So, the question falls out of maturity: Is Lionel Messi the best footballer in history?

However, there is one that can be done first: Does Messi deserve to receive the “Super Ballon d’Or”?award that France Football Magazine awarded for the first and only time in 1989 to Alfredo Di Stéfano and which recognized the best footballer of the last 30 years.​

Messi is the first winner in the history of this award (7, the last one in 2021) which rewards individual performances during each season and is awarded by France Football magazine. A detail? In the last elections, last October, the Rosary was not included among the 30 finalists.

The memory of the crossing in Qatar

“I can only say it was a good conversation. I don’t want to explain what we talked about, but it was a good dialogue,” Lewandowski explained of what happened after the final whistle in Argentina’s 2-0 win over Poland , the last date of group C, which qualified both to the round of 16.

In the second half, the Pole fouled Messi in midfield, and La Pulga showed complete indifference towards him when he apologized for the striker’s action.

“I ran into Messi and it was very strange because we were both in midfield. I was defending in the middle of the game and I knew I had to help the team,” the Pole said at the time of the attack and the fact that both they found themselves protagonists of a foul in midfield.

In the mixed zone, Leo Messi minimized what happened with the Polish champion: “Nothing happens, nothing. He doesn’t speak Spanish and they taught me that everything that is spoken on the pitch stays on the pitch and in the locker room”. he said.

Despite not speaking the same language, after the game Lewandowski and Leo were seen chatting in the middle of the pitch, hands covered over their mouths. What was said in that speech didn’t come out until the interview released this Sunday.

It was very clear that after the foul by Lewandowski, Messi did not accept the Pole’s apology and continued the match with complete indifference. Also, he reacted as if she didn’t exist.

But the anger has been going on for a year, after the post-pandemic delivery of the 2021 Ballon d’Or was postponed by Covid.

Lewandowski believed it would be for him as he had a perfect season with Bayern Munich and scored 40 goals. Hand.

That prize eventually went to Messi, who won his seventh personal award because he had a great season in Barcelona and won the Copa América in Brazil together with the national team, relegating the Pole to second place, by just 33 votes.

The result unleashed the Pole’s fury. The curious thing is that right at the awards ceremony, it was Messi himself who gave Lewandowski a good atmosphere: “It’s an honor to fight with Lewandowski, you were the winner of last year’s Ballon d’Or (for 2020 which was not delivered due to the pandemic) and France Football should give you the award. You should have it at home too.”

Lewandowski did not believe the message sent by Leo during the ceremony and retorted: “I would like it to be a sincere statement from a great player and not empty words,” he said in a bad mood.

The new chapter took place in January this year with The Best award given by FIFA. And this time it was for Lewandowski who once again brought Messi back to center stage.

“I came to the conclusion that the Fifa award is more important, because only journalists vote for the Ballon d’Or. Instead, football professionals, captains and coaches vote for this trophy, who can evaluate everything more realistically,” said the Poland, lowering the price of the Ballon d’Or awarded by the French.

The Pole, for his part, was shocked when asked about Messi upon his arrival in Qatar.

“Things are misinterpreted. I’ve never said that Messi’s words weren’t sincere. What he said about me in Paris moved me and made me really happy. I congratulate him on the award,” Lewandowski said. However, no one believed him.