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Lionel Messi wins 5th Ballon d'Or, What's with the so-called World XI?

In this piece, Xoel Càrdenas talks quickly about the FIFA Ballon d'Or awarded to Lionel Messi. Xoel's friend, Francis Maxwell at The Young Turks Sports, talks about Messi as well as why the World XI is wrong.

Lionel Andrés Messi: Five-time Ballon d'Or winner.

The greatest of all time continues to grow his legend.

On Monday night, the football world celebrated the greatness that is Leo, as the FIFA Ballon d'Or 2015 was awarded to the Argentine. Messi received 41.33% of the votes, followed by Cristiano Ronaldo's 27.76% and Neymar's 7.86%.

While it isn't surprising that Leo won, I must admit I am surprised that Neymar got only 7.