Lionel Messi wins the Golden Ball at the FIFA World Cup 2022. He is the first player to do so twice.
Lionel Messi, the captain of Argentina, won the Golden Ball. He is the first player in the tournament’s history to win the award twice. Messi was named the best player again in 2014 when the Albiceleste came in second place behind Germany.
The FIFA World Cup Golden Ball is give tournament’s best player. After scoring seven goals and getting 3 assists at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, there was little doubt about who would get the honor. Lionel Messi, the captain of Argentina, won the Golden Ball. He is the first player in the tournament’s history to win the award twice. Messi was named the best player again in 2014 when the Albiceleste came in second place behind Germany.
Argentina vs. France
But France couldn’t stop Argentina’s Blue and White machine on Sunday night. Messi and Angel Di Maria scored in the first half to give them the lead against the defending champions. It looked like the game would be over after 90 minutes, but Kylian Mbappe scored twice to send the game into extra time.
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Messi scored again for Argentina, but Mbappe scored a hat-trick to send the game to penalties. He was only the second player in World Cup history to do so. Ultimately, Argentina won because goalie Emiliano Martinez kept his cool and made a key save.
Argentina started the tournament with a shocking loss to Saudi Arabia, but they got back on track and had a string of great games to win their third World Cup 36 years after Diego Maradona led them to their second title.
Complete List Of Golden Ball Winners
2022 Lionel Messi (Argentina)
2018 Luka Modric (Croatia)
2014 Lionel Messi (Argentina)
2010 Diego Forlan (Uruguay)
2006 Zinedine Zidane (France)
2002 Oliver Kahn (Germany)
1998 Ronaldo (Brazil)
1994 Romario (Brazil)
1990 Salvatore Schillaci (Italy)
1986 Diego Maradona (Argentina)
1982 Paolo Rossi (Italy)