
The Messi-Ronaldo duo has dominated the "France Football" scene for nearly 15 years, both together have won the "Golden Ball" trophy 12 times. Messi-Ronaldo are part of the history of world football, in numbers no one has done better than them, the only discussion is who is the best of all time.
In all likelihood, the golden era of the two stars of world football is over, unless Messi or Ronaldo do something crazy next at the World Cup in Qatar.
Messi, as the last winner of the "Golden Ball", this year was not even in the first 30 selected finalists. Ronaldo managed to cross this threshold by ranking in 20th place.
In the last 18 years, from 2004 to now, this is the worst position for CR7, the same as in 2005. Both players were not present at the last ceremony, where Karim Benzema was awarded the trophy of the "Golden Ball".