On Monday evening, the 2019 "Ballon d'Or" awards ceremony was held in the capital of France. The main award - the "Golden Ball" - was won for the sixth time in his career by Lionel Messi. He left behind both Virgil van Dijk and Cristiano Ronaldo. The Argentine faced stiff competition from the Liverpool center-back. As the results were announced, L. Messi and V. van Dijk were separated by only 7 points. L. Messi received 686 points, van Dijk received 679. In third place was Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo with 476 points. Behind him were Liverpool forwards Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah. "France Football" received votes from 180 journalists from around the world. "Ballon d'Or" voting results: (place, player, club, points) 30-28. Joao Felix (Atletico) - 0 30-28. Marquinhos (PSG) - 0 30-28. Donny van de Beek (Ajax) - 0 27-26. Karim Benzema (Real) - 1 27-26. Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool) - 1 25-24. Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) - 2 25-24. Marc-Andre ter Stegen (Barcelona) - 2 23. Hugo Lloris (Tottenham) - 3 22. Heung-Min Son (Tottenham) - 4 21-20. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) - 5 21-20. Dusan Tadic (Ajax) - 5 19. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) - 8 18. Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona) - 9 17. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) - 11 16. Sergio Aguero (Man City) - 12 15. Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus) - 13 14. Kevin De Bruyne (Man City) - 14 13. Eden Hazard (Real) - 25 12. Raheem Sterling (Man City) - 30 11. Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona) - 31 10. Riyad Mahrez (Man City) - 33 9. Bernardo Silva (Man City) - 41 8. Robert Lewandowski (Bayern) - 44 7. Alisson (Liverpool) - 67 6. Kylian Mbappe (PSG) - 89 5. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) - 176 4. Sadio Mane (Liverpool) - 347 3. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) - 476 2. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) - 679 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) - 686
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