Heartbreak for Ronaldo As Ballon d’Or Result Leaked, Winner Revealed 48 Hours to Gala Night

• Messi has been named as the favorite to win the 2021 Ballon d'Or award ahead of Robert Lewandowski and Benzema
• Robert Lewandowski would have won it last year, but the award was cancelled by the organizers because of COVID-19
• Messi who won the Copa America with Argentina is now on the verge of landing seventh Ballon d'Or award

With 48 hours to the 2021 Ballon d'Or gala night, Lionel Messi of Paris Saint-Germain has been reportedly named as the winner of the prestigious award beating the likes of Benzema and Robert Lewandowski.

In the first half of the year 2021, Lionel Messi was in great form for Barcelona and also his national team helping Argentina to win the Copa America where they defeated Brazil in the final.

The Copa America win for Argentina was also the first title Lionel Messi has won with the national team after failure in previous attempts to land a crown.

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Since joining Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer from Barcelona, Lionel Messi has not been that impressive in which many have ruled him out in the race for the Ballon d'Or.

According to the report on UK Sun, it has been claimed that Lionel Messi's close friends are already aware that the Argentine will be winning his seventh Ballon d'Or award.

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Lewandowski was the favourite to win the Ballon d'Or last year, before he was cruelly robbed of the opportunity by France Football cancelling the award in the wake of Coronavirus.

This season, the Bayern Munich striker has also been impressive in all competition with Real Madrid man Karim Benzema also firing in all cylinders.

Messi, Lewandowski Named as FIFA releases 10-Man nominees for the best football award 2021

Earlier, Legit.ng had reported how the world’s football governing body FIFA revealed the candidates shortlisted for The Best FIFA Football Awards 2021, the winner of which will be revealed at an online ceremony on January 17, 2022.

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A ten-man list of nominees was unveiled on FIFA website which include Barcelona legend Lionel Messi and Manchester United striker Cristiano Ronaldo.

The pair have dominated both the FIFA awards and Ballon d’Or in the last one and a half decade, but that of this year will be tightly contested with Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski also on the list.

Although he was denied the Ballon d’Or last year as the award did not hold due to the spread of the pandemic, Polish star Lewandowski won the Fifa Best Player award last year as he will look forward to winning it again.