Lionel Messi Won The Golden Ball At The 2014 FIFA World Cup
One of the major accomplishments of Lionel Messi is that Lionel Messi won the Golden Ball at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. As a player and captain, Lionel Messi had his finest FIFA World Cup in 2014. Messi contributed four goals to his team's victory in their group during the tournament's group stage. In addition, he won Match of the Match honors in each of Argentina's three victories during the group stage. Lionel Messi received the Golden Ball as the best player in the competition. With four goals and one assist, he was also tied for third place in goals scored. Argentina's Messi scored the first goal in Argentina's 2–1 victory over Nigeria in their last group stage encounter at the 2018 FIFA World Cup. He now joins Diego Maradona and Gabriel Batistuta as the only Argentines to have scored in three different World Cups.
He also made history by becoming the first player to score in the World Cup in his twenties, thirty years old, and even his teens. Argentina was defeated by eventual champions France in the tournament's round of 16. In addition to the World Cup, Messi has competed in five Copa America Cups (2007, 2011, 2015, 2016, and 2019), losing to Chile on penalties in the finals in both 2015 and 2016.
