Believe it or not Lionel Messi has never won the FIFA Puskas Award for best goal of the year. His brilliant solo effort against Athletic Bilbao looked like a shoo-in for the 2015honor, until you see how the winner, 27-year-old Brazilian journeyman Wendell Lira, scored, after some brilliant buildup, with a spinning bicycle kick for Goianesia.
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