It's gone viral, Cristiano Ronaldo mocks Messi being in a top 3 ranking of 2023 instead of him

The end of the year is coming and, with it, different portals and media are preparing the rankings of the best players of 2023. However, who did not want to be left behind was the International Federation of Football History and Statistics, an organization that published in the last hours a Top 10 of the most outstanding footballers taking into account the last 12 months, and Lionel Messi was included.

This was the opposite of what happened in the 2023 Ballon d'Or, an event in which Leo won. On the contrary, the IFFHS placed the captain of the Argentine National Team third, behind Erling Haaland (1st) and Kylian Mbappé (2nd); although above Rodri, Jude Bellingham, Kevin De Bruyne, Harry Kane, Bernardo Silva and Vinicius.

The newspaper A Bola de Portugal published a photo with the 2023 IFFHS ranking and the Al-Nassr forward was present in the comments with three laughing emojis and one of a monkey covering its face. This was clearly in reference to La Pulga's third place in the Top 10, as well as his absence. Now, it is worth mentioning that there is some reason in his complaint, since CR7 ended the year as the top scorer in the world.