Lionel Messi after Cristiano Ronaldo wins 5th Ballon d'Or

Twitter trolls Lionel Messi after Cristiano Ronaldo wins 5th Ballon d'Or

Tonight, Real Madrid and Portugal superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo was crowned the world's best player for 2017, beating his rival Lionel Messi (Barcelona) and Neymar (PSG) to clinch the Ballon d'Or award for the fifth time in his outstanding career.

He now equals Lionel Messi who has won the award 5-times. In another context, Ronald and Messi have been the only two players to have won the award in the last 10 years.

Now social media is trolling Lionel Messi who used to be the favourite to clinch the award.