‘Lewandowski deserves this year’s Ballon D’or’ Zlatan Ibrahimovic gives his verdict on Ballon D’or »FirstSportz

Lionel Messi’s former team-mate Zlatan Ibrahimovic says Bayern’s Robert Lewandowski deserves to win the 2021 France Football Ballon d’Or award. Lionel Messi won the prestigious Ballon d’Or for a seventh time earlier this week, beating it. forwards like Lewandowski and Jorginho as both players are not far away to win it. Messi’s longtime rival, Cristiano Ronaldo, finished outside the top five at sixth in the rankings for the first time since 2010.

However, since Messi won the Ballon D’or, to be fair, that doesn’t sit well with some current and former players. The latest is none other than Messi’s former team-mate and current AC Milan striker, Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Even though the Sweden international had a very brief stint at the Catalan club, he has always had a high opinion of Messi. However, even Zlatan says that Robert Lewandowski deserves this year’s award despite the record and legacy Lionel Messi has created.

“Ronaldo and Messi are both great. I like Messi better because we played together. Lionel Messi lives for football. But Robert Lewandowski deserves this year’s Ballon d’Or. 40 years old said. Zlatan Ibrahimovic may not have a chance to win the Ballon d’Or and his best years are behind him. However, he is one of the most decorated footballers of all time with an impressive trophy cabinet. Zlatan has won a total of 31 trophies in his long career and is continuing to go strong with AC Milan on their quest to win Serie A this season.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the only active player alongside Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Robert Lewandowski to have scored more than 500 goals for club and country. Whether Ballon D’or should be given to Lewandowski or not, the Poland international has certainly been in excellent form for Bayern Munich and the Poland national team. Messi was quick to mention Lewandowski as the clear winner of the 2020 Ballon d’Or which was canceled by French football because of the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. He also asked French football to give the Polish scorer the trophy he really deserves.

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