- Celia Cuccittini admitted Messi and his family didn’t expect him to win this year.
- Messi’s Mum said: “We thought the fifth had been the last.”
- She added: “His career does not stop surprising us every day.”
Lionel Messi‘s mother Celia Cuccittini spoke about her son’s incredible Ballon d’Or victory in an interview for CNN. She admitted neither the family nor Messi himself expected to win the accolade this year.
Cuccittini said: “I am very happy. We were not expecting this. We thought the fifth had been the last. Honestly, this was a beautiful surprise. He (Messi) did not expect it either. I do not know if he found out minutes before, I do not know, but we did not know anything.”
She concluded: “Messi’s career does not stop surprising us every day.”
She concluded: “Messi’s career does not stop surprising us every day.”
Messi has now won six Ballon d’Or awards, more than any other player in the history of football.
The Argentine has also scooped other crucial individual accolades this year, including the European Golden Shoe and FIFA The Best.
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