Lionel Messi And Cristiano Ronaldo Make Ballon d'Or All-Time Dream XI

- Ballon d'Or XI list has been announced by the French Football Magazine

- Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are both grateful for making the team

- Brazilian legend Ronaldo Delima also made the Ballon d'Or XI

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Lionel Messi who is the captain of Spanish giants Barcelona and Cristiano Ronaldo who plays for Juventus have both shown their appreciations after making Ballon d'Or all-time XI.

Ballon d'Or is an annual award presented by French Football Magazine in which Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are currently topping the list of highest winners.

The Ballon d'Or award started in the year 1956, and Stanley Mathews was the first winner following his superb performances for English club Blackpool then.

Fans had thought the first Ballon d'Or award would go to Alfredo Di Stefano because of his incredible games for Real Madrid, but he finished on second position and won it the following year.

Barcelona legend Messi has won the award six times so far in his career, while Cristiano Ronaldo has five of the awards in his cupboard.

Lionel Messi took to his official Instagram page to thank the organisers of the award and also congratulated other players who made the list.

''For me it is an honor to have been included in the eleven of the Ballon d'Or Dream Team.

''I want to thank you for choosing me and also congratulate all the players who were selected in the two teams and all the nominees, there are real phenomena on that list.''

Portugal international Cristiano Ronaldo who first won his Ballon d'Or award at Manchester United in 2008 also appreciated the organisers on his Instagram page.

''I’m very honoured to be part of France Football’s All Time 11. What an amazing Dream Team.

''They all deserve my respect and admiration and I’m obviously proud to be amongst such extraordinary players. Thank you.''

Earlier, Legit.ng had reported how Arthur Melo joined the debates on who is the best between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, claiming that the Portugal international is more accessible than the Argentine.

For more than 10 years now, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have been involved in serious rivalries, most especially in the Spanish La Liga.

These two players have won all titles any player can dream of in club football with only the FIFA World Cup yet to be won by any of them.

Despite playing with Lionel Messi at Barcelona, Brazilian star Arthur who is currently at Juventus is rating his teammate at the Turin high than the Argentine.

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