MESSI

The Best FIFA Football Awards

Milan’s Teatro alla Scala acclaimed #TheBest, joined by the great and good of the beautiful game. Lionel Messi collected the Best FIFA Men’s Player award for the first time, though it is the sixth time that he has been recognised by world football’s governing body as the player of the year.

After beating fellow finalists Cristiano Ronaldo and Virgil van Dijk to the award, the 32-year-old Argentinian star shared his views of the evening with FIFA and looked back on his award-winning season.

He reflects on a "strange" season, helping through the next generation of Barcelona starlets and gives an insight into the rivalry with Cristiano Ronaldo.