for Mauricio Pochettino, “there is no debate, Messi deserves it”

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The Argentinian striker from Paris Saint-Germain received the 7th Ballon d’Or of his career on Monday in Paris.

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More support for the new Golden Ball. Mauricio Pochettino, the Argentine coach of Paris Saint-Germain, spoke on Tuesday, November 30 on the trophy received the day before by Lionel Messi. He felt that the star of the Parisian club “totally deserves” the Golden Ball and that there was “no debate possible”.

“I want to publicly congratulate Leo and also his family. It’s huge. I hope he enjoys. We’re all delighted.”, first rejoiced the coach of PSG in a press conference, on the eve of the reception of Nice in Ligue 1. “He totally deserves the Golden Ball. There is no debate on this subject. I can understand that in other countries some do not agree, but I think he has deserved it.”, said the technician.

“We also hope that it is the first day of the construction of what can be an eighth Golden Ball. We are all delighted to have Messi here. We also hope to have at the end of the year, at- beyond an individual award, collective trophies. It’s something we all want here at the club “, he added.

Lionel Messi won the 2021 Golden Ball. (FRANCK FIFE / AFP)

After the seventh Golden Ball won on Monday by Lionel Messi, voices were raised in the media and among the former glories of football to criticize the result. In Germany, the daily Bild thus described “scandalous choice” the fact that he awarded the award to Lionel Messi and not to Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski.


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