Paris: Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will go head-to-head once again for the title of world’s best footballer after being shortlisted along with Neymar on Monday for the 2015 Fifa Ballon d’Or.
For the seventh time in eight years, the dynamic duo of Barcelona’s Messi and Real Madrid’s Ronaldo are expected to fill the top two places on the podium in Zurich in January for the coveted accolade of being the year’s leading player. Argentine Messi, who will now have been on the podium for an amazing nine successive years, won four times in succession between 2009 and 2012.
