Winner of the Golden Ball in 1990, German Lothar Matthaus, who shone at Bayern and Inter Milan, was “incredulous” at Messi’s success in this year’s edition of the award, to the detriment of Lewandowski.
“Honestly, I don’t understand any of this. With all due respect to Mess and all the other great players, no one deserved the award like Lewandowski. No one has been as consistent as him week after week. I don’t understand how he didn’t win,” he told Sky.
Messi won the award for the seventh time, this time with 580 points. Lewandowski finished in second place with 460.
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