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Lionel Messi won a prestigious award this Wednesday night and set a precedent.

By William Estrella

Lionel Messi won a prestigious award this Wednesday night and set a precedent.
Lionel Messi won a prestigious award this Wednesday night and set a precedent.

Lionel Messi continues to make history even while on vacation. The soccer player from Rosario arrived in Miami with his wife Antonela Roccuzzo and his three children for what will be his official presentation at Inter, agreed for this Sunday, July 16. However, waiting for that to happen, Leo gave a new lesson in greatness that surprised everyone.

Messi had been nominated in several categories of the ESPYS awards after his great year that he crowned with the World Cup and, as expected, he ended up taking more than one award. The categories in which he emerged victorious were the best male soccer player and best performance in a championship, in which he prevailed over Nikola Jokic (NBA Finals MVP), Leon Edwards (knocked out Usman) and Rose Zhang (winner of the LPGA Pro Debut) with his performance at the World Cup in Qatar

However, this latest triumph was not one more, but rather it is historic: it is the first time that this award, which has been given since 1933, has been won by a footballer. In other words, neither Ronaldo Nazario obtained it for the 2002 World Cup nor Kylian Mbappé for his 2018 World Cup in Russia. On the contrary, the one who could have obtained it is Diego Armando Maradona with his dazzling participation in Mexico 1986.

Messi did not attend the ceremony

Despite his achievements, the captain of the Argentine National Team was not present to receive the award. This goes hand in hand with his recent statement that he is not interested in winning the Ballon d'Or for the simple fact that he no longer attaches importance to individual awards, especially after winning the last World Cup, which was the big goal. of the.


William Estrella

William Estrella

I'm a Mexican sports journalist with more than 8 years of experience, especially in digital media. I cover breaking news and investigative articles on current soccer events worldwide. I currently write for El Futbolero USA. Previously, I worked as a radio announcer in my country, covering Mexican soccer.

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