All-time football greats Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo neglected to find a spot in the men’s Reality Group of the Year declared by worldwide players’ association FIFA Ace on Monday.
Messi, 37, plays for Entomb Miami in MLS while Ronaldo, 39, plays for Al-Nassr in the Saudi Ace Association. In the rundown of 26 players chose for the last eleven democratic, Messi and Ronaldo were the ones in particular who are not related with any European club.
This is the initial time starting around 2006 that Messi has not been chosen in this rundown. Argentina’s Reality Cup victor holds the record for being chosen in the group multiple times. Ronaldo has been chosen multiple times yet was last remembered for this group in 2021.