Journalist Truong Anh Ngoc contributed to Messi's victory, revealing something that caused a stir

Contributing to the election of the 2023 Golden Ball winner, the only journalist in Vietnam with this privilege, Truong Anh Ngoc, gave his vote to Lionel Messi.

On the morning of October 31, the Argentine star successfully surpassed a series of famous names in the football industry to win the 2023 Golden Ball title. Notably, in Vietnam journalist Truong Anh Ngoc (Sports Newspaper & Culture, Vietnam News Agency) is the first and only journalist from the S-shaped country invited by France Football to participate in the election of prestigious and prestigious individual titles in this world.

Since 2010, the French football magazine France Football has no longer limited the jury to European journalists as since the first election in 1956, but expanded it to all continents. That's why this election has the participation of journalists from Asia, typically journalist Truong Ngoc Anh - Vietnam.

However, with the 2023 Golden Ball, the Organizing Committee has shortened the list to only 100 journalists representing countries whose national teams are in the top 100 FIFA rankings. In August 2023, they will be invited to vote instead of having up to 100 journalists. 180 journalists from 180 countries around the world participated in the voting as in previous years. This decision is expected to improve the quality of the ballot.

After the award ceremony ended, journalist Truong Anh Ngoc announced his vote. The first is Argentine Lionel Messi (playing for Inter Miami), the next 4 names are Erling Haaland from Norway (Manchester City Club), French Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain Club), Kevin de Bruyne from Belgium and Rodi from Spain (both from Manchester City).

On his personal page, the Vietnamese journalist also excitedly shared a few words when the final results were announced: "Congratulations to Lionel Messi on the 2023 Golden Ball, the 8th Golden Ball in his illustrious career. And once Moreover, my vote for the number 1 position was for him, the great Lionel Messi.

Once again, the final vote count coincided with the positions I voted for in the top 5. Before that, in 2021, I also became a "lucky guy" (as commented by German magazine Kicker). when the 5 positions in the ballot of the representative from Vietnam match the last 5 positions.

As a reminder, this prestigious award has nothing to do with FIFA or UEFA but is an award from the French football magazine France Football, dating back to 1956. The right to decide who to vote for belongs to the journalists. There are billions of fans and everyone has their idols, the people who are the best for them, but the number of journalists voting is extremely small, only 100 people from 100 different countries."

It is known that although it is called the "Golden Ball", the award that Lionel Messi just received is not 100% made of gold; It is made of two copper plates and covered with solid gold. Therefore, the Golden Ball title has not high economic value. According to Forbes, if calculated in kind, this prize only costs about 3,000 Euro (about 78 million VND). This number can be said to be far lower than many people's imagination.

However, for a player, they do not care about the economic value of the Golden Ball they receive. Because for a long time, this title has become the most prestigious individual award in the soccer industry. The Golden Ball first started voting in 1956 and to date has 25 players.

Initially, the prize was only awarded to names from Europe. Therefore, Pele or Diego Maradona have never owned a title. It was not until 1995 that this rule was changed and players around the world had the opportunity to win the Golden Ball.

Lionel Messi holds the record for the number of Golden Balls won at 8. Cristiano Ronaldo is second with 5 titles. It is worth mentioning that in history, there are only 10 players who own 2 or more Golden Balls. With this achievement, the Argentine superstar officially has no opponents who can surpass him.

During the honor in 2021, Messi also admitted that his achievements are difficult to overthrow. "I don't know if my record of winning the Golden Ball can be broken or not. I'm not sure this record will be caught. 7 is an impressive number," the 36-year-old player said confidently.

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