BARCELONA LIVE Messi awarded Onze d'Or as the best player in Europe GILVIKK. 11 hours ago Onze Mondial | Barcacentre Lionel Messi has been named the best player of the season by Onze Mondial , winning the Onze d'Or for the fourth time in his career. He follows Cristiano Ronaldo, who won it last season, only being awarded it twice in his career. With four Onze d'Or awards to his name, Messi surpasses both Zinedine Zidane and Michel Platini to become the player with the most Onze d'Or awards . The Onze d'Or is an award given by French magazine Onze Mondial since 1976. The award honours the best football player in Europe, with anyone playing in a European league eligible. Since 1991, there has also been a vote for the best coach of the year. This year the award is going to Zidane Zidane , who has also won it last year. Messi has recently told the Paper Magazine that he doesn't think of himself as the best player:
Argentina cancels Israel match amid 'threats' against Lionel Messi 16:11, UK, Wednesday 06 June 2018 Image: Lionel Messi is considered by many to be the best player in the world The head of the Israeli football association has said Palestinians have "crossed a red line" by forcing the sudden cancellation of a highly-anticipated friendly match against Argentina. The pre-World Cup fixture was called off after protests by pro-Palestinian groups and claims of threats against star player Lionel Messi. Ofer Eini blamed Jibril Rajoub, head of the Palestinian football federation, for "doing all he can" to remove Israel from international football. He said that while protests are legitimate, Mr Rajoub calling for Arab and Muslim fans to burn photos and t-shirts of Barcelona legend Messi had taken it too far. Image: Jibril Rajoub had urged people to burn shirts with Messi's name Earlier, the Israel