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10.11.2009 11:58

Another award for Messi

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Leo Messi has picked up the award as best player of the 08/09 Champions League, given jointly by the “Marca” and ‘La Gazzetta dello Sport’ sports papers.


In the voting, by the two papers' readers, for the Champions Número 1 award, Messi was the only player to receive more than 200.000 points (213.000). Behind Messi came the veteran Juve striker Alessandro del Piero, and Andrés Iniesta.

Here are the results of the votes:

PLAYER VOTES
LEO MESSI (FCB) 213
ALESSANDRO DEL PIERO (JUVENTUS) 196 
ANDRÉS INIESTA (FCB) 167 
CRISTIANO RONALDO (MANCHESTER UTD)  103 
FRANCK RIBÉRY (BAYERN MUNIC)   70 
STEVEN GERRARD (LIVERPOOL)  67 
SERGIO AGÜERO (AT. MADRID)  50 
IKER CASILLAS (MADRID) 44 
RAÚL GONZÁLEZ (MADRID)  43 
RUDD VAN NISTELROOY (MADRID  38 


Another award for Messi
Previous awards
Leo Messi was chosen as the Player of the Tournament and best striker of the 2008/09 Champions League by UEFA, awards he also picked up from the LFP as the best player and striker in the Spanish League. Messi is also a favourite for this year's World and European Player of the Year awards.


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