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Cristiano Ronaldo didn’t vote on this 12 months’s FIFA Awards.
Lionel Messi was named one of the best male participant on the FIFA awards ceremony on Monday however his arch-rival Cristiano Ronaldo, who didn’t function within the shortlist, avoided casting his vote for this 12 months’s occasion.
The winner is set after votes from choose nationwide workforce captains and coaches and Ronaldo, who captained Portugal on 136 events, was anticipated to be a part of the method. However, FIFA confirmed that after the World Cup in 2022 the place Ronaldo was kind of relegated to the bench, long-time teammate Pepe took the duty of voting instead of the 5-time Ballon d’Or winner.
The former Real Madrid defender voted for Messi’s PSG teammate Kylian Mbappe as the primary alternative, adopted by Luka Modric and Karim Benzema.
On Monday, Messi edged out Kylian Mbappe once more, this time to gather the FIFA Best Men’s Player award. After main Argentina to World Cup glory in an epic ultimate in opposition to Mbappe’s France final 12 months in Qatar, Messi gained the Best Player vote in opposition to Mbappe and Karim Benzema to clinch the FIFA award for the seventh time in 14 years.
The 35-year-old Messi additionally beat Mbappe – who was searching for his first FIFA greatest participant award – to be awarded the Golden Ball trophy for one of the best participant of the World Cup by FIFA.
After the victory, he stated, ‘It is a matter of honor for me. I need to thank my colleagues, together with my supervisor Scaloni, and we’re right here representing all of them (the Argentina workforce), as a result of with out them we might not be right here.
“It’s recognition of the part he played in what we’ve achieved,” he stated.
Talking in regards to the 12 months 2022, Messi stated, “It has been a loopy 12 months for me. After a lot struggle and a lot willpower to win it, I’ve achieved my dream.
“Winning the World Cup is probably the most stunning factor in my profession. It is a dream for a lot of, however just a few obtain it.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
