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        Messi on cusp to win the sixth Ballon d'or      Some widely regard him as the best player ever to dwell on planet earth, and think the likes of Pele of Brazil and Diego Maradona of Argentina cannot be compared to the Barcelona's football king, hence they call him "the GOAT". Lionel Andres Messi has been a top player, who has consecutively been keeping his critics quiet for the past decade. He effortlessly contribute immensely to the successful outings of FC Barcelona every single time. Before Wednesday's crunchy tie against Liverpool, a lot of talks had been going round the social media platforms with the sports fans around the world, on how Liverpool's defensive prowess, with the likes of Joe Gomez, Van Dijk, Matip and Robertson intended to subdue and confine Messi's movements with the ball on his home ground. At the first 45 Minutes, it looked slightly like things were going according to plans for Liverpool as Messi had little or no c...

   Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk as PFA Player of the  Year The defensive maestro became only the fourth defender since 1973/74 to be crowned the Frofessional Footballers' Association's Player of the year. Van Dijk at the PFA award ceremony  The talented centre-back has been effortlessly helping Liverpool to contest for the club's greatest title challenge in the English Premier League era, winning the individual and prestigious award by defeating one of his strongest challengers, in Manchester City's Raheem Sterling, who won the Young Player of the Year gong to compensate for his prolific and outstanding season this term. Since the commencement of the Frofessional Footballers' Association award, there have been 41 different winners who have emerged as winners, which many people consider as the most prestigious individual accolade in the English game. Only four centre-defenders have won the special individual award, with attacking players winning on severa...