Last Monday, 30 November, in Paris at the theatre "Chatelet" held the official ceremony of awarding the annual award "Golden Ball" to the best footballer in Europe according to the results of the season-2022/23.
Lionel Messi with the Ballon d'Or2023.As expected, this time the owner of the prize of honour was the Argentine striker of the American "Inter Miami" Lionel Messi, who last season played for the French PSG.
It should be noted that Messi is already the 8th time to become the owner of the "Golden Ball" and this is an absolute record in the history of the award. Before that, Messi received the honourable prize in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019 and 2021.
Recall, the ten nominees for the "Golden Ball"-2023 formed the following footballers:
1. Lionel Messi ("PSG"/"Inter Miami")
2. Erling Holand ("Manchester City")
3. Kylian Mbappe (PSG)
4. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
5. Rodri (Manchester City)
6. Vinicius Júnior (Real Madrid)
7. Julian Alvarez ("Manchester City")
8. Victor Osimhen ("Napoli")
9. Bernardo Silva ("Manchester City")
10. Luka Modric (Real Madrid).
