Messi as the best player; Ronaldo is not even in the first hundred; The Guardian list is out
2022 was the golden days of Argentine star Lionel Messi’s career. It was in 2022 that the star’s last wish to win the world title blossomed. The fans said Messi was the best player last year after wearing the title of world champion. The actor has already won many awards.
Now the leading media The Guardian has also chosen Messi as the best player of the past year. Even at the age of 35, the actor’s best performance is behind such awards.
French star Kylian Mbappe is second only to Messi on the Guardian’s list. Karim Benzema, the current Ballon d’Or winner and former French superstar, is in third place.
Erling Haaland and Croatian hero Luka Modric, who is performing brilliantly for Manchester City this season, are in fourth and fifth place.
Kevin De Bruyne is in sixth place and stars Robert Lewandowski and Vinicius Jr are in seventh and eighth place. Thibord Courtois shares ninth place with the best players
Mohamed Salah is also in tenth place on the list.
BREAKING: Lionel Messi has been named the Best Footballer of 2022 by ‘The Guardian Newspaper.’
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— SK10 𓃵 (@SK10__Football) January 27, 2023
🥇 Leo Messi is number 1 in The @guardianlist of the 100 best male footballers in the world, the 6th time he has topped the list!
Cristiano Ronaldo drops out of the Top 10 for the first time since the list was established in 2012, coming in at number 51. pic.twitter.com/4ck3dZh7gE
— MessivsRonaldo.app (@mvsrapp) January 27, 2023
The star from Brazil is in twelfth place. But the Portuguese legend Cristiano Ronaldo has not even been able to become one of the first hundred people.
Ronaldo, who stepped down from Manchester United and moved to Saudi Arabia to train for the European chapters, could not excel in the last two games of his new club, Al Nasser.
Fans are disappointed to see Ronaldo struggling to return to his old form after winning five Ballon d’Ors and several league titles in his career.
Content Highlights: The Guardian picks Lionel Messi as best player, Cristiano Ronaldo not in first 100 names