Football Update: FIFA Ballon d’ Or news- Andres Iniesta speaks on Messi’s Ballon d’ Or triumph
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Barcelona-c39078 star, Andres Iniesta, spoke about Lionel Messi winning FIFA Ballon d’ Or 2010. He said that he was thrilled that Messi won the title for the year 2010. The Argentinean maestro snatched the title from under the nose of the Spaniard by securing
22.65 % of the votes, whereas Spanish star got 17.36 % of the votes. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 successfully managed to defend the title as he had already won the Ballon d’ Or for the year 2009.
The 26 years old Spanish star dismissed the potential acrimony over his team mate’s victory, in fact the Barca midfielder expressed his wishes for Messi by saying,
“I am quite thrilled for Lionel winning the Ballon d’ Or but I am happy that I managed to get into the top three of the competition and I will continue the same run. I have to keep on dreaming but it’s not difficult and it’s hard to deny our performance
if we work with dedication and show our desire to win.”
Andres Iniesta was a favourite contender to some extent for his goal in World Cup 2010 final thereby leading Spain to win the world cup. He led his team to the triumph and was confident enough to win the sensational voting. On the question of winning the
treble this season, he added, “We have already done this and have the ability and potential to do this again. For that, we would need to win titles and that’s the only thing we could get picked for the individual crowns. We are in the middle of a defining
moment for our team, results and for us on a personal level.”
The 23 years old Lionel Messi was given the award at Kongresshaus Zurich on Monday evening and Real Madrid Coach, Jose Mourinho, was declared Coach of the year for 2010. Messi scored a hat - trick in his first game after winning Ballon d’ Or in
an encounter against second division leaders, Betis. Xavi, Iniesta and Messi received a standing ovation from the fans for a thrilling 5 - 0 victory at home. In a press encounter on Thursday, Messi stated that winning Ballon d’ Or against his team mates has
not strained his relations with them. He stated that he has great respect for his team fellows and that he had no idea why people disperse speculations. Messi asserted that he would be able to win these prizes without the support of his team fellows; he knows
his relationship with Xavi and Andres Iniesta.
Up till now, the Ballon d’ Or committee was consisted of senior journalists, set up in 1956 by French Football magazine, now consisted of skippers and managers of 208 affiliated sides of FIFA. A few pundits were expecting Messi to lose to one of his team
mates because of his modest run in World Cup 2010 tournament in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011 led them to the victory. An analysis of Messi’s astonishing performance in 2010, whereby he scored 60 goals for his club and country,
made the difference.
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