Lionel Messi, one of the greatest football players of all time, was recently awarded his seventh Ballon d'Or. This puts him two ahead of his nearest rival Cristiano Ronaldo - nearest in the sense of most Ballons d'Or and in terms of critical comparison.
Their respective careers are both coming to a close, and when they do, both will be considered not amongst their fellow contemporaries, but against the eternal icons of Pele, Maradona, and Cruyff. They have won countless trophies, dragged their
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