Ballon d'Or 2019: Lionel Messi continues to bend football to his will like no one in history

11:22pm PST - December 2nd, 2019    ballon d'or - Independent

His largely superficial triumph in Paris on Monday night puts Messi out on his own with six Ballons d'Or. He is now one ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo, and has decisively won the argument