Lionel Messi flinches from huge bang as he’s presented with seventh Ballon d’Or amid fireworks alongside Paris Saint-Germain teammate and Yashin Trophy winner Gianluigi Donnarumma
December 2, 2021
Lionel Messi was spooked by fireworks as he was presented with his Ballon d’Or in front of Paris Saint-Germain fans ahead of their clash with Nice on Wednesday.
The Argentine was crowned the world’s best player for a record s messi holding shirt poster eventh time earlier this week as he controversially beat Robert Lewandowski to claim the top individual award in football.
And ahead of the 0-0 draw with Nice at the Parc des Princes, PSG put on a presentation for the 34-year-old to display his latest Golden Ball alongside Gianluigi Donnarumma, who was awarded the Yashin Trophy for the best goalkeeper on the planet.
Messi, however, was not expecting loud fireworks to go off during the presentation as he flinched from loud bangs going off behind him whilst holding his Ballon d’Or in front of the Parc des Princes crowd.
PSG’s 10-match winning home run was ended after they were held to a goalless draw by Nice at home.
You can look at a clip of the incident, below…
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Angel Di Maria and Kylian Mbappe went closest to scori di maria psg jersey ng for Mauricio Pochettino’s side, who were wasteful in front of goal.
However, they remain 12 points clear at the summit ahead of Marseille, who are up to second in the table following a 1-0 success at Nantes.
Gerson scored the only goal of the game after half an hour before Nicolas Pallois was sent off for the argentina messi jersey adidas hosts shortly afterwards.
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