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Bayern Munich striker,   Robert Lewandowski,   was “cheated” after “only” finishing second in this year’s Ballon d’Or award, according to Bild.   The German newspaper labelled the final results as a “scandal”.   Messi,  who joined Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer from Barcelona during the summer, collected 613 points, to win a record-extending seventh Ballon d’Or on Monday.   The Argentina captain has now added to his 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2019 trophies, after winning the Copa America for the first time with his country in July.   Lewandowski,  who went home with the Best Striker prize, was runner-up with 580 points.   Jorginho ended up third with 460, ahead of France’s  Karim Benzema  and  N’Golo Kante  in fourth and fifth places respectively Written by Victor onabajo

Argentina’s  Lionel Messi  won the Ballon d’Or award for the best player in the world for a record-stretching seventh time on Monday, beating  Robert Lewandowski  and  Jorginho  to lift football’s most prestigious trophy yet again. The forward added to his In. Two years ago I thought it was the last time. Winning the Copa America was key”,  Messi  said at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris. Messi,  who joined Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer from Barcelona during the summer, collected 613 points, with Bayern Munich’s  Lewandowski,  named best striker on Monday, getting 580. Jorginho,  who won the Champions League with Chelsea and the European Championship with Italy, ended up third on 460, ahead of France’s  Karim Benzema  and  N’Golo Kante  in fourth and fifth places respectively.