Ballon D’or Vote Reveal! Messi Finishes Miles Ahead Of Haaland

Lionel Messi beat Erling Haaland to the 2023 Ballon d’Or men’s award as expected, but nobody saw him winning by the landslide revealed on Saturday.

According to information made public by a number of outlets, including Fabrizio Romano, Messi won the World Cup with 105 more votes than Haaland, going on to win his eighth Ballon d’Or. The Argentine tallied 462 points while the young Norwegian striker received 357.

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The winner of the trophy was decided by a vote of journalists from the top 100 countries in the Fifa Men’s World Rankings. Henry Winter, the English delegate, surprisingly voted for Messi, considering Haaland’s goal-scoring prowess in the Premier League the previous season.

Messi and his Inter Miami teammates will take on New York City FC in a friendly on November 10, a match arranged in celebration of his Ballon d’Or win. The 36-year-old will then captain Argentina in World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Brazil later this month.