“The 2020 Ballon d’Or? I’m not excited …”

Although it is exactly one week since Leo Messi raised his seventh Ballon d’Or, an award from France Football that rewards the best player of a whole calendar year, reactions to the award continue. With some rest to digest what happened, Robert Lewandowski gave an interview to the program The “power of football” de la Cadena goes to the Sports Channel to explain his feelings after finishing in second position.

“I felt sad, there is no denying it. I cannot say that I was happy, on the contrary. I have a feeling of helplessness. Being so close, competing with Messi … Of course I respect how he plays and what he has achieved. Just the fact of competing with him shows me the level that I have reached. But actually, I felt sad. It was good that after the gala we didn’t have a game during the week, “confesses the Warsaw forward.

In the midst of this sadness, Leo Messi himself wanted to ‘pamper’ the Polish striker by asking that France Football award him the 2020 prize, which was left deserted by the publication’s own decision due to the pandemic. The Bayern man appreciates the gesture, but assures that he is not too excited to receive the award at this point. “I would like Messi to be sincere, that they are not empty words,” he said with a smile on his face. “However, I am not enthusiastic about it,” he said.

The Pole was second in the voting for the men’s Ballon d’Or with 580 points to the 613 for Leo Messi, the winner. The podium was completed by Jorginho with 460 points.