Present in Paris for the Ballon d’Or ceremony on Monday, Didier Deschamps made a remarkable statement about Lionel Messi.
Even when he is invited with the delegation of the French Football Federation for the France Football Ballon d’Or ceremony, Didier Deschamps does not take off his coach’s costume. Literally as figuratively. The technician always weighs his words when he plays the game of comparisons for this type of individual reward.
Monday evening, the Ballon d’Or gala organized at the Châtelet theater crowned Lionel Messi for the 8th time in his career. A consecration for the Pulga, which however is not unanimous. Asked about this coronation, Didier Deschamps did not wish to place Lionel Messi ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo or Kylian Mbappé.
“Difficult to say that Messi is better than Ronaldo or Mbappé”
“ Is Messi the greatest of all time? The Argentinians say so. He is one of them, but it is difficult to say that Messi is better than Cristiano Ronaldo or Mbappé, who is younger. These are players who left their mark on the history of world football“, launched Didier Deschamps in comments transcribed by ESPN. A statement that did not go unnoticed in Argentina, where the popularity of the French has already been seriously damaged.
