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Since 2010, the FIFA Ballon d'Or has been dominated by Lionel Messi, but the Barcelona forward faces his biggest challenge yet to retain his prize.
Messi has held FIFA's new world player of the year trophy for Four years, but with Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal heroics and Franck Ribery guiding Bayern Munich to Champions League glory, the Argentine faces stiff competition to claim the top prize again.
Since 2010, the FIFA Ballon d'Or has been dominated by Lionel Messi, but the Barcelona forward faces his biggest challenge yet to retain his prize.
Messi has held FIFA's new world player of the year trophy for Four years, but with Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal heroics and Franck Ribery guiding Bayern Munich to Champions League glory, the Argentine faces stiff competition to claim the top prize again.
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