He says he admires Messi, but Cristiano’s low blow to Lionel at ‘The Best’ FIFA Awards
The Best awards gala is certainly more respected than the Ballon d’Or, as the voting system is different from that of the famous French magazine ‘France Football’. In the magazine award, the vote of many world-renowned journalists is rewarded, on the other hand, the one from FIFA, is in charge of voting for professionals directly related to soccer, such as coaches, top-level soccer players, captains of national teams and much more. This voting system creates a more prestigious environment when it comes to awarding the prize.
Despite the previously mentioned innovative voting system, controversy is always present among fans, as one always wants to see their favorite player win the prize. One of the most criticized awards in social networks has been that of the best goalkeeper in the world. Among the favorites for the best goalkeeper was Thibaut Courtois, as the main favorite for his great role at Real Madrid. However, the winner ended up being Emiliano ‘Dibu’ Martinez.
Lionel Messi ratified that he continues to dominate world football, after getting the best to the best player of the 2022 season. The Argentine team surpassed the French Kylian Mbappé and Karim Benzema in the voting. After the award, it was revealed that Cristiano Ronaldo decided to ignore the top winner of the Ballon d’Or (7), despite saying on more than one occasion he admires Lionel Messi.
After closing his cycle at Manchester United, Cristiano Ronaldo provided a statement to Piers Morgan, where he praised the captain of the Argentine National Team. Cristiano Ronaldo commented that he does not feel that he has a friendship with the ‘10’ of the Albiceleste, but acknowledged that he admires him for everything he has given for more than a decade.
However, his words were taken by the wind when voting for The Best. It turns out that the prize is awarded by the voting of all the captains of the federated selections. Cristiano is the leader of Portugal and uncovered who granted points the former sporting of Lisbon, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus.
Why did Cristiano Ronaldo voted?
The current Al-Nassr’s offensive of Saudi Arabia decided to put Kylian Mbappé, a companion of Lionel Messi in the PSG first. In addition, he chose Luka Modric in second position and completed the top three with Karim Benzema. In this way, he “forgot” of the best player in history, who added his second The Best, after the one achieved in 2019. It should be noted that there is no official source or certainly no prestigious media that has revealed this information, however, pages on social networks such as ‘juegosimple’, assure that this was the case for the Portuguese vote. Subsequently, also on Twitter, the possibility arose that it could have been fake news.
