???? FIFA The Best: SHOCK votes! Messi better than Kroos, Mbappé “snubbed” ????

Spalletti had chosen Kroos, Deschamps did not vote for Mbappé. In the end, Vinicius Jr won The Best FIFA Men’s Player Awards 2024 (here are all the awards awarded) even though many did not select him as the best overall.

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This is not an anomaly, but a voting system that adds different scores. In short, Vinicius was the most voted by coaches, players and media, but many did not choose him as true “The Best” in their personal podium to be given to the FIFA staff (5 points went to the first player selected , the second 3 and the third 1).

Meanwhile, this is the complete ranking of the eleven candidates, not revealed at the time of the awards ceremony: behind Vinicius con 48 pointsThere are Rodri (43) e Bellingham (37).

Messielected MVP but in the USA, it is only sixth (25) behind Carvajal (fourth) e Yamal (fifth). Kroos is seventh, Mbappé is ninth behind Haaland. Closing the list are Wirtz of Leverkusen and Valverde of Real Madrid, a club that brought 5 candidates out of the 11 total into the rankings.

Further details were also revealed in the post of the ceremony, such as who voted for whom. As he reports RMC SportsFor example, France coach Deschamps did not vote for Mbappé as best player of the year: he preferred Vinicius in first place.

Spalletti, however, had no doubts: he went straight (as did Paolo Nicolato, coach of Latvia) on Toni Kroos, also chosen as the best by Calhanoglu, captain of Turkey. The Italian coach then selected Bellingham as second and Messi as third.

The complete list of votes is provided AS: many, like Pochettino and Donnarumma (captain of Italy) voted Messi as first.

Riyad Mahrez and Edin Dzeko, captains of Algeria and Bosnia, chose Rodri; the Juventus player Danilo and his compatriot Vinicius, as did Modric, Salah and Van Dijk.

Vini was also chosen by Kessié, James Rodriguez, Jovetic, Rrahmani, Koulibaly and many others. Curiosity: Oblak, like Kane, Kimmich and Son, voted for Rodri. As did Pierluigi Pardo, representative of the Italian media, who placed the City ace ahead of Vinicius and Yamal.

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