By deciding to attend next Monday’s FIFA awards gala, Lionel Messi is displaying a praiseworthy amount of fair play.

Lionel Messi wasn’t included on the three-man shortlist for The Best award for the past season, with Cristiano Ronaldo, Luka Modric and Mohamed Salah ahead of him.

Nonetheless, Messi has been included in the team of the year and is, due to this fact, invited to the occasion.

While others might not want to accept that invitation, realizing that they’ll not be taking home the main prize, Messi has decided to attend the ceremony in any case, as he has done throughout his career even when he hasn’t won certain individual awards.

There was controversy just some weeks ago when Ronaldo avoided UEFA’s awards ceremony once it became clear that Modric would be pipping him to the best player gong.

Read more: https://sportblitzz.com/2018/09/20/messi-will-attend-the-best-awards-ceremony-despite-best-player-snub/#ixzz5RfKg4qq2

thats the good spirit of sportsmanship, you cant win all the time

Humble guy.He remains the best