02/17/2020 - 17:09
- Clarín.com
- sports
Lionel Messi will be news the day he does not break a record or the one that is not awarded. That day is not yet here, because most is something that happens, just happened or is about to happen. The detail, this time, is that he should have shared it.
It has individual and collective awards, although the former, he said several times, would exchange them for titles with the national team. He has them for scorer, for assistant and even for better pay or more friendly children. If it'd exist. He has them in the National Team and in Barcelona.
The striker of Barcelona and the Argentine team was recognized with the Laureus 2020 Prize for the best male athlete of the year, an award he shared with the Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton, after he was matched in the voting during the gala held in Berlin.
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The attacker excused his absence at the gala and was honored by the recognition in a video: "I was very excited to be able to be for what it means and I want to send this message to thank the Academy for giving me this recognition. It is a very reward important and I feel especially honored to be the first to win it in a group sport. "
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For his part Hamilton, six times world champion of his discipline, thanked Mercedes for his confidence during these years and said: "I was very excited to be able to be for what it means and I want to send this message to thank the Academy that has given me This recognition is a very important prize and I feel especially honored to be the first to win it in a group sport. "
(EFE source)