According to report from Football España, Lionel Messi was awarded a record-breaking eighth Ballon d’Or trophy.

The Barcelona icon won following a sensational 2022-23 season, with the highlight undoubtedly being leading Argentina to World Cup glory in Qatar.

However, while many felt that Messi deserved the award, there were plenty of others who disagreed with the decision.

One of those was Spanish journalist Tomas Roncero, who said in a video for Diario AS that the award should have gone to Manchester City’s Erling Haaland.

They gave another Ballon d’Or to Messi. He went to retire at (Inter) Miami, but he was already looking to retire at PSG to prepare for the World Cup.

He won the World Cup, yes, well, but with six penalties in his favour.

“The World Cup was 10 months ago, we’re in November. Messi has eight Ballon d’Ors well, he should have five. He has the Ballon d’Ors of Iniesta and Xavi, Lewandowski, who won six trophies in one season, and Haaland, who was the top scorer of everything.”

Diario AS shared the footage on Instagram, and a certain Cristiano Ronaldo would respond. The Portuguese, who had a famous rivalry with Messi for many years, liked the post, as well as commenting with several laughing emojis.