Lionel Messi claims record-extending seventh Ballon d'Or(1/4)

Paris Saint-Germain's Argentine forward Lionel Messi reacts after being awarded the Ballon d'Or award during the 2021 Ballon d'Or France Football award ceremony at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, Nov. 29, 2021. (Photo/Agencies)

This combination of file photographs created on Nov. 29, 2021, shows Barcelona's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi reacting as he receives the Ballon d'Or football award (top, L to R) for the year 2009 in Boulogne-Billancourt, outside Paris, on December 6, 2009; for the year 2010 in Zurich, on January 10, 2011; for the year 2011 in Zurich on January 9, 2012; for the year 2012 in Zurich on January 7, 2013; (bottom L to R) for the year 2015 in Zurich on January 11, 2016; for the year 2019 in Paris on December 2, 2019; for the year 2021 in Paris on November 29, 2021; and the award displayed at the ceremony in Paris on November 29, 2021. (Photo/Agencies)

Paris Saint-Germain's Argentine forward Lionel Messi poses after being awarded the Ballon d'Or award during the 2021 Ballon d'Or France Football award ceremony at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, Nov. 29, 2021. (Photo/Agencies)

Atletico Madrid's Uruguayan forward Luis Suarez (R) congratulates Paris Saint-Germain's Argentine forward Lionel Messi after handing him the Ballon d'Or award the 2021 Ballon d'Or France Football award ceremony at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, Nov. 29, 2021. (Photo/Agencies)