Barcelona forward Leo Messi celebrates after scoring. Photo EPA
Opinion
Opinion
Ballon d’Or: Lionel Messi deserved to win over Liverpool’s Van Dijk despite raising the bar to where extraordinary looks ordinary
- Time for a defender to win, some say, as they point to Virgil Van Dijk’s stellar season but history says otherwise
- Only three defenders and one goalkeeper have ever won the award – and rightly so
Barcelona forward Leo Messi celebrates after scoring. Photo EPA