Last Monday night the gala of The Best award at the Eventim Apollo auditorium in London. Voting was conducted under captains, captains, coaches and trainers of the 211 football teams that are members of FIFA, a journalist expert representing each selection and beginners registered on FIFA.com to vote online.
The winners are Lionel Messi (best player of the year), Aitana Bonmati (best player of the year), Ederson (best goalkeeper), Mary Earps (best goalkeeper), Pep Guardiola (best coach) and Sarina Wiegman (best coach). In addition to other considerations such as Puskas Award or the Fair Play Award of FIFA, among others.
FIFA has already made public the complete list of votes for each of the prizes and have some elections some stars from the world of football which you probably didn’t expect.
1
Luka Modric
Lionel Messi, Rodri and Marcelo Brozović
The Croatia captain and one of Real Madrid’s heavyweights voted Lionel Messi as the best player of the year. In addition, he voted for Manchester City and National Team midfielder, Rodri, and his Croatian teammate, Brozovic, ahead of names like Benzema, Mbappé and Haaland.
2
Fede Valverde
Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland
The bracelet wearer in the Uruguayan team and a main pillar in Ancelotti’s Real Madrid, Fede Valverde, also chose Leo Messi as the best player of the year.
3
Riyad Mahrez
Rodri, Erling Haaland and İlkay Gündoğan
As captain of the Algerian national team, Riyad Mahrez spent his three votes on three teammates from his Manchester City team. Leaving figures present on the vote list like Mbappé or Leo himself.
4
Alvaro Morata
Pep Guardiola, Xavi and Simone Inzaghi
The captain of the Spanish senior team chose two Spanish coaches as the best coaches of the year. In addition, his third vote was given to Simone Inzaghi, coach of an Inter finalist in the Champions League.
5
Kylian Mbappé
Pep Guardiola, Luciano Spalletti and Xavi
The captain of the French team and PSG chose Messi more than anyone else he chose. Surprisingly, even though Mbappé voted for Messi first, the Argentine did not choose the Frenchman.
6
Montse Tomé
Jenni Hermoso, Aitana Bonmatí and Salma Paralluelo
In the women’s votes, the Spanish coach’s first choice was surprising. Well, the Asturian voted Jenni Hermoso as the best player, with Aitana Bonmatí and Salma Paralluelo his second and third choices. Irene Paredes, for her part, chose Aitana Bonmatí as her first choice.
7
Robert Martinez
Marcelo Brozovic, Bernardo Silva and Leo Messi
As reflected in the coaches’ vote, each team’s coach usually prioritizes one player from his team. It is curious to see how ‘Bob’ left the first place to Brozovic, the finalist of the Champions League with Inter ahead of Bernardo, champion of the Champions League and international in the Portuguese team.
Source: La Verdad
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