In 2006, Fabio Cannavaro was named as FIFA's World Player of the Year. The then-Real Madrid defender fended off competition from teammate Zinedine Zidane and Barcelona's Ronaldinho for the award having won the World Cup with Italy that summer. Ronaldinho's colleague at the time, Lionel Messi, a floppy-haired adolescent, wasn't even in the top 10 let alone on the podium. That was the last time that Messi didn't feature in the top three until Monday, that is, when it was revealed that Cristiano...
Monday, September 3, 2018
Lionel Messi's being punished for his excellence with FIFA award snub
In 2006, Fabio Cannavaro was named as FIFA's World Player of the Year. The then-Real Madrid defender fended off competition from teammate Zinedine Zidane and Barcelona's Ronaldinho for the award having won the World Cup with Italy that summer. Ronaldinho's colleague at the time, Lionel Messi, a floppy-haired adolescent, wasn't even in the top 10 let alone on the podium. That was the last time that Messi didn't feature in the top three until Monday, that is, when it was revealed that Cristiano...
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