Lionel Messi beat Erling Haaland to the 2023 Ballon d'Or men's award as expected, but nobody saw him winning by the landslide revealed on Saturday.
WHAT HAPPENED? In information revealed by several outlets, including Fabrizio Romano, Messi received 105 more votes than Haaland as the World Cup winner went on to win his eighth Ballon d'Or. The Argentine tallied 462 points while the young Norwegian striker received 357.
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