Messi WAS 'bothered' by Lewandowski comments after winning The Best award

Lionel Messi has admitted to having a feud with FC Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski.?

FC Barcelona legend Lionel Messi has confessed he had a feud with the club's current striker Robert Lewandowski during an interview with ESPN.

Messi was seen snubbing Lewandowski when their respective countries Argentina and Poland met at Qatar 2022. He was also believed to have specifically targeted him during the game with tricks and dribbles.

In his own chat with ESPN, Messi addressed the row and confessed that he had been "bothered" by Lewandowski's statements after winning The Best award.

Messi made a tribute to Lewandowski when claiming the 2021 Ballon d'Or, and noted that the then-Bayern Munich star should have won it in 2020 when the gong was postponed because of the pandemic.

After Messi didn't vote for Lewandowski to win The Best award, Lewandowski said this "was difficult for me to relate to," to Polish outlet Pilka Nozna.

"I voted for Messi because I appreciate what he did in 2021 and, of course, earlier. Messi voted for me in the Ballon d'Or, and I don't know why his point of view changed later.

"However, I have no regrets, no complaints, I accepted it, he made his decision and that's it," Lewandowski finished.

Back in the present, Messi told of how he was bothered by Lewandowski's words "because when I won the Ballon d'Or and I said what I said, I really felt it."

Messi validated Di Maria's remarks by revealing how he dribbled Lewandowski again "because it was him" during the 2-0 win for Argentina over Poland.