Soccer is one of the most popular sports in the world, and every celebrity and VIP is a fan of the sport. Harry Styles, Adele, and various Hollywood stars support their favorite players and teams. Hollywood’s power couple Zendaya and Tom Holland are also huge soccer supporters. In a YouTube video posted about a year ago, Zendaya and Holland debated some of the biggest issues plaguing the cyber world. They also talked about the moments they met soccer stars like Messi and Kylian Mbappe.

In the list of topics, one was soccer vs football. Tom Holland had very firm beliefs and implied that he is a big fan of soccer. 

When Tom Holland met Messi and Kylian Mbappe

While debating on which sport is better, soccer or American football, Holland said almost all non-Americans like soccer. Although he appreciated the athleticism and the strategies of the NFL. He said, “…but football is the greatest sport of all time.. it is the world sport. You know we went to the Ballon d’Or the other day and we met Messi and it was crazy...”

Holland went on to tell how he met French star player Mbappe. He said, “… and we met Mbappe. I actually asked Mbappe, ‘hey nice to meet you’. He was really friendly. I said, ‘Mate, you have to come to Tottenham’ and he just burst out laughing.“

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In between all this, Zendaya represented true American culture and implied that she didn’t understand anything that Holland was talking about, although she seemed happy when Holland was talking about meeting Lionel Messi.

The History of Ballon d’Or and Messi’s record

Ballon d’Or isn’t an official FIFA award. This wouldn’t be the only shocking fact about the biggest award in the soccer world. Although from 2010 to 15 FIFA and France Football agreed to merge the award and FIFA player of the year. The Ballon d’Or started in 1956 but till 1995 only given to European players. The award got worldwide in 2007.

From 1995 to 2006, the award opened for players of any ethnicity playing for European clubs. Many legends like Pele never won a Ballon d’Or. A reevaluation from France Football suggests that if the award had been worldwide from the beginning, Pele would have won 7 Ballon d’Ors in his career.

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Speaking of the 7 Ballon d’Or awards, Lionel Messi has the most awards to his name. He won for the first time in 2009 and never looked back. He is being followed by his arch-rival Cristiano Ronaldo with 5 Ballon d’Ors.