The Ballon d'Or voting records have been leaked online, which shows that Van Dijk was very close to winning his first Ballon d'Or trophy as there are only seven points between him and Messi.


Lionel Messi has won his record-breaking sixth Ballon d'Or this year by beating Virgil van Dijk and Cristiano Ronaldo. But many football fans believe the Liverpool defender has the ability to clinch the trophy.

And the leaked voting records show that point of view. Van Dijk is only seven points behind the winner Messi.

Here are the full rankings:

1st - Messi - 686 pts

2nd - Van Dijk - 679 pts

3rd - Ronaldo - 476 pts

4th - Mané - 347 pts

5th - Salah - 178 pts

6th - Mbappé - 89 pts

7th - Alisson - 67 pts

8th - Lewandowski - 44 pts

9th - Bernardo Silva - 41 pts

10th - Mahrez - 33 pts

11th – De Jong - 31 pts

12th – Sterling - 30 pts

13th – Hazard - 25 pts

14th – De Bruyne - 14 pts

15th – De Ligt - 13 pts

16th – Agüero - 12 pts

17th – Firmino - 11 pts

18th – Griezmann - 9 pts

19th – Alexander-Arnold - 8 pts

20th – Tadic - 5 pts

20th – Aubameyang - 5 pts

22nd – Son Heung-min - 4 pts

23rd – Lloris - 3 pts

24th – Koulibaly - 2 pts

24th – Ter Stegen - 2 pts

26th – Wijnaldum - 1 pt

26th – Benzema - 1 pt

28th – Felix - 0 pt

28th – Marquinhos - 0 pts

28th – Van der Beek - 0 pts

And the detailed votes of the journalists from all around the world are also revealed


https://www.reportminds.com/2019/12/messi-beats-van-dijk-by-only-7-points.html?m=1


Cc lalasticlala, seun, mynd44, dominique

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