Messi beats Mbappe again at FIFA awards
World Cup champion Lionel Messi edged Kylian Mbappé again, this time to take FIFA’s best men’s player award on Monday.After steering Argentina to World Cup glory in an epic final against Mbappé’s France last year in Qatar, Messi won the best player vote against Mbappé and Karim Benzema, and secured the FIFA prize for the seventh time in 14 years.“It was a crazy year for me,” Messi said. “I could fulfil my [World Cup] dream after fighting for it for so long.
Real Madrid star Benzema won the more prestigious Ballon d’Or in October ahead of the World Cup. The France forward missed the tournament because of injury. Messi was not on the long list of Ballon d’Or candidates announced in August. Earlier Monday, French prosecutors opened a preliminary investigation into a rape accusation against Hakimi, a defender at Paris Saint-Germain.
Mead was the joint top scorer at the Euro and was named the tournament’s best player. She sustained a serious knee injury in November while playing for Arsenal and could miss the Women’s World Cup in July in Australia and New Zealand. The women’s coach award went to Sarina Wiegman, who led the England to the title at the Women’s European Championship.
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