Ballon d’Or gets trending on Twitter as fans tell to give the award to Messi for the record 8th time as he finally lifts the World Cup trophy

An 8th Ballon d'Or loading for 35-year-old Lionel Messi? 🏆 pic.twitter.com/ARqBECTCdA

— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) December 18, 2022

8th ballon d'or incoming pic.twitter.com/NnWJiuwolI

— aqua (@aquaa) December 18, 2022

Messi today just won:

His 1st FIFA World Cup
His 2nd Golden Ball
His 8th Ballon d'Or

🐐🐐🐐 pic.twitter.com/LLDVwmYy6p

— JAKE BUCKLEY 🇦🇺 (@TheMasterBucks) December 18, 2022

8th Ballon D'Or ⏳🌕 pic.twitter.com/VlkTgvp6qY

— Managing Barça (@ManagingBarca) December 18, 2022

🐐 Lionel Messi this season;

🏟️ 29 games
⚽️ 24 goals
🎯 18 assists
🥅 42 goals contributions in 29 games
👑 23x MOTM

🌕 8th Ballon d'Or loading……#FIFAWorldCup|#Messi𓃵|#GOAT𓃵 pic.twitter.com/qVMpzCDyiW

— FIFA World Cup Stats (@alimo_philip) December 18, 2022

Lionel Messi could go from winning the Ballon d'Or, to dropping out of the top 30, to going straight back to winning the Ballon d'Or again.

Do you know how ridicilous that would be?

— 𝐀𝐅𝐂 𝐀𝐉𝐀𝐗 💎 (@TheEuropeanLad) December 18, 2022

Lionel Messi 8th Ballon D'or prop begins today 😏🐐

Currently Chances are
Messi :- 71 % 🏅
Mbappe :- 29 % pic.twitter.com/HF39LP8s2R

— 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐲 🎩 (@Shelby_Messi) December 19, 2022

8th ballon d’or loading. pic.twitter.com/IHi1S0NkqV

— Khaya Dlanga (@khayadlanga) December 18, 2022

Lionel Messi before winning his 5th Ballon d'Or: "5 Ballon d'Ors or 1 World Cup?"

Messi: "1 World Cup."

He now has won the World Cup and is about to win his 8th Ballon d'Or. pic.twitter.com/OvVX7RbLtk

— Barça Universal (@BarcaUniversal) December 18, 2022

Lionel Messi this World Cup:

🇸🇦 Arabia: ⚽️
🇲🇽 Mexico: ⚽️🎯 + MOTM
🇵🇱 Poland:❌️
🇦🇺 Australia: ⚽️ + MOTM
🇳🇱 Netherlands: ⚽️🎯 + MOTM
🇭🇷 Croatia: ⚽️🎯 + MOTM
🇫🇷 France: ⚽️⚽️ + MOTM

Most Assists✅️
Golden Ball ✅️

8th Ballon d'Or at the age of 35. 🔜🐐 pic.twitter.com/NaHT8LkEdQ

— Nolo (@NoloFCB) December 18, 2022

Birthday Benz 🌟

Happy 35th to Ballon d'Or holder, @Benzema 🥳🤍#LaLigaSantander pic.twitter.com/2HeJK5crRf

— LALIGA English (@LaLigaEN) December 19, 2022