{"id":9426,"date":"2023-01-24T20:25:01","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T20:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/01\/24\/messi-wins-the-player-of-the-year-award-surpassing-cristiano-ronaldo\/"},"modified":"2023-01-24T20:25:01","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T20:25:01","slug":"messi-wins-the-player-of-the-year-award-surpassing-cristiano-ronaldo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/01\/24\/messi-wins-the-player-of-the-year-award-surpassing-cristiano-ronaldo\/","title":{"rendered":"Messi wins the Player of the Year award, surpassing Cristiano Ronaldo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p>Lionel Messi has surpassed Cristiano Ronaldo as the World Soccer Player of the Year, having been named by Argentina.<\/p>\n<p>Messi has won the individual award six times, compared to Ronaldo\u2019s five.<\/p>\n<p>The Argentine had a memorable 2022 when his country won the FIFA World Cup for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>He was voted the World Cup\u2019s top player after tallying seven goals during the competition. In seven games, he added three assists.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to winning the Ligue 1 championship, Messi made 21 appearances this season and registered 13 goals and 14 assists.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to choose the former Barcelona star over Karim Benzema as the magazine\u2019s Player of the Year was explained by World Soccer\u2019s Jamie Evans, \u201cThe World Cup remains the sport\u2019s pinnacle, where legends are written and legacies are defined,\u201d he said. \u201cMessi\u2019s name will be forever associated with 2022, just as Pele is with 1970, Maradona with 1986, and Zinedine Zidane with 1998.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(News extracted from the Daily Post)<\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: Olomukoro1 (via  Opera<br \/>News )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       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