"Barcelona" team strategist Ernesto Valverde is convinced that the fact that Lionel Messi only finished fifth in the "Ballon d'Or" voting is absurd.
The five-time winner of this trophy immediately lost to Madrid's "Real" midfielder Luka Modrić.
E. Valverde has a slightly different opinion on these elections: "I will not engage in a broad discussion of how important these trophies are. We congratulate Luka on this trophy, but it is absurd that Messi only finished fifth. I think he deserves to be higher with his performance.“
