On January 16, Beijing time, Messi officially announced that he beat Haaland and Mbappe to win the 2023 World Footballer of the Year Award.
But now an intriguing situation has emerged, this is the first time in Messi's career, after winning the award for more than 5 hours, he has not updated any news on his personal Instagram to celebrate the award he won, perhaps even Messi himself did not expect that he could be awarded the World Footballer of the Year.
So far, Messi's personal Instagram has fallen into a deathly silence, we all know that Messi did not go to the scene to receive the award this time, it was his predecessor Henry in Barcelona who accepted the award for him at that time, maybe Messi himself felt that Haaland could win the award, so he gave the first pick ticket to Haaland, thinking that he would not go to the scene, but in the end, even if he gave this vote to Haaland, others still had to vote for him.
The captains of the 107 national teams all chose Messi and helped him get the award in his pocket, a choice that even Messi himself may not have expected, so so far a full 5 hours have passed, and Messi has not updated any social media updates. Celebrate yourself for this honor.
Messi himself may also feel that this award is a little too unexpected, and after he won the award, there are also many good friends of Ronaldo who came directly to bombard Messi. Ronaldo's good friend, Edu, rebuked FIFA angrily and said: "Messi winning this award will be the biggest shame in the history of world football!" This person is also one of Ronaldo's best friends, and the two often travel together before.
In addition, Messi's die-hard fan, Internet celebrity speed roared angrily at Messi: "It means that this vote is just a joke." Ronaldo scored 310 goals last year, and Messi only scored 43 goals, so why give the award to Messi?"
Casillas and Mateus, two legends of European football, publicly bombarded Messi for winning the award. Mateus said bluntly: "If you don't think about the World Cup, this award should not belong to Messi, he may be the strongest in the past 20 years, but this past season, Haaland is clearly better than him." Casillas sprayed: "Messi's award is the most unfair thing. ”
Josep Pedrerol, the host of Spain's Channel 6, also said: "If Messi can win the World Footballer of the Year when he plays in the United States, then Ronaldo must also be among the candidates for all the best awards!" Fran Garrido, the same Channel 6 celebrity, also angrily scolded Messi: "Ronaldo is better than him in 2023." ”
There are also a large number of fans and netizens who have all poured in, cyberbullying Messi, saying that the release of this award has ruined football, thinking that Messi himself is embarrassed and did not leave Miami to attend the award ceremony.