Former Dynamo Kyiv and Ukraine national team midfielder Oleksandr Aliev has commented on the awarding of the 8th Golden Ball to Lionel Messi.
Alexander Aliev- Of course, Messi deserved the "Golden Ball" because he won the World Cup and was the leader of the Argentina national team. Yes, Holand made a treble, but a World Cup is a World Cup. I think Messi fully deserved the award at the end of his career.
Even at 36 he is the number 1 in the world and it doesn't matter that he plays at Inter (Miami). The Argentine showed his level at the World Cup. Who do I see as his successor for the foreseeable future? And there are a lot of good players, the same Holand, Mbappe, Vinicius. I think next year there will be intrigue in the fight for the Ballon d'Or," Aliev said.
