Paris: After the Argentine superstar Lionel Messi received the ‘FIFA The Best’ award for the best football player of the last year, the voting information of the players is out. ‘Goal’ reported that the first vote was given to Brazilian superstar Neymar instead of Messi Mbappe, who had the right to vote as Argentina’s captain.
Messi’s first voted teammate, Neymar, is in ninth place on the list. National team captains, coaches, 300 journalists from different countries and selected fans of the players voted to select the best player. This is the seventh time Messi has won the FIFA World Player of the Year award. Messi was selected as the best player with 52 points. Mbappé and Karim Benzema are in the second and third positions.
Mbappe, who is second in the points table, got 44 points. 34 points for Benzema. England team captain Harry Kane gave the first vote to Messi. Two and three votes were given to Mane and Benzema. Egypt captain Mohamed Salah did not vote for Messi. The player’s first vote was for the Brazilian player Vinicius.
Messi has won FIFA World Player of the Year once, FIFA Ballon d’Or four times and FIFA The Best twice. Argentina won the World Cup under the captaincy of the player who scored seven goals including two goals in the final in the Qatar World Cup. Messi also won the Golden Ball award for the best player in the World Cup. Messi also played a crucial role in making PSG champions in the French league football last season.
Story highlights: Messi’s vote for Neymar in FIFA The Best Award