Against all odds, Messi won the Golden Ball

Lionel Messi Ball wins his second consecutive Gold. The Argentine player was chosen by the magazine France Football and FIFA as the best player in 2010. Mourinho, the best coach.

While Xavi and Iniesta had the odds in favor to keep the maximum individual award that can win a football player, teammate, Lionel Messi took the award for the second consecutive year. Among the achievements of Messi in 2010 highlights the achievement of the Spanish League where he was top scorer with 34 goals, also have booked another 26 in other competitions.

Bitter taste for the world champions Xavi and Iniesta who had the statistics and history in their favor: in a year of global, usually the prize is given to a world champion. One example is that Fabio Cannavaro won the award in 2006 (the year in which Italy was champion of the world), Ronaldo won it in 2002 (when Brazil won the world) and Zidane won the award in 1998 (when France won the championship .)

Meanwhile, Jose Mourinho was voted the best coach in front of Pep Guardiola and Vicente Del Bosque.

Source: Brand