Mbappe admires Messi

"Bring home another trophy," Mbappe wrote on Instagram on the evening of February 27, referring to his being voted in the best FIFA team of the year. "Congratulations to Lionel Messi. You are The Best (meaning the first prize, and also saying that Messi deserves to win the title)", the French striker added.

With this victory, Messi equals the achievements of Cristiano Ronaldo and Robert Lewandowski with two times winning The Best award. If you count the awards awarded by FIFA since 1991, the Argentine superstar raises his own record to seven times, while Ronaldo has only been honored five times.

In his acceptance speech yesterday, Messi mentioned Mbappe. The Argentine striker thinks he is honored to be in the top 3 voted with Karim Benzema and Mbappe, and feels honored to win.

Messi, as captain of Argentina, filled Mbappe in his ballot. Messi's voting order is Neymar (5 points), Mbappe (3) and Benzema (1). Mbappe did not participate in the vote, because the French captain was goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, who gave Mbappe, Benzema and Messi respectively.

Mbappe and Messi were rivals in the 2022 World Cup final. At that time, Messi scored twice for Argentina, and Mbappe scored a hat-trick for France. In the penalty shootout, both were successful. But Kingsley Coman and Aurelien Tchouameni missed, causing France to lose.

At club level, Mbappe and Messi are teammates at PSG. Over the weekend, the duo scored as PSG beat rival Marseille 3-0 in Ligue 1. This weekend, PSG meet Nantes before visiting Bayern in the second leg of the 1/8 Champions League round. , after losing 0-1 in the first leg.