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‘Giving FIFA award to Ronaldo and not Messi, hurt my soul' – Football legend, Diego Maradona

?Giving FIFA award to Ronaldo and not Messi, hurt my soul 

Argentina Football legend, Diego Maradona has described how he felt when Cristiano Ronaldo won Best FIFA Men's Player award for the second year running on Monday, beating off competition from Barcelona's Messi and Paris Saint-Germain's Neymar.

According to Maradona, who presented the accolade alongside Brazil international Ronaldo together with FIFA president Gianni Infantino to the Real Madrid striker, he admitted that it "hurt his soul" to hand the Best FIFA Men's Player award to Cristiano Ronaldo and not to compatriot Lionel Messi.
"To give the Best [award] to Ronaldo and not be able to give it to Messi hurt my soul," Maradona told TyC Sports.
?Giving FIFA award to Ronaldo and not Messi, hurt my soul
Maradona, who coached Messi while in charge of Argentina between 2008 and 2010, met with the Barcelona striker during Monday's ceremony.
Speaking about the brief meeting, he said: "The meeting with Messi was fantastic," Maradona said. "I spoke to him, and the same love and affection was there as always."

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