Five things we learned from the Ballon d'Or

Lionel Messi won FIFA’s Ballon d’Or for a fifth

time on Monday night, beating off team-mate

Neymar and Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo.

Here what we learned from the night.

1. It wasn’t close.

Ronaldo was pretty far behind Messi

(Walter Bieri/AP)

Messi ended up with 41.33% of the votes with

Ronaldo back on 27.76. Many find it hard to chose

between the two on a wider level, but in 2015

there was no contest.