Why did Lionel Messi win The Best? the footballers who voted for him

The day most anticipated by hundreds of thousands of fans has arrived, the day of The Best FIFA Awards. As has become common in recent editions, the awards ceremony was not spared from the heavy controversy on social media, as there are all kinds of opinions, and many were surprised to see Lionel Messi being chosen as the best player of 2023.

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It is a reality that after the merits of the year, Erling Haaland was the main favorite to win The Best award, as he won the Premier League being the top scorer, the UEFA Champions League being the top scorer, and he also won the FA Cup.

Despite the controversy, FIFA was transparent and honest with the voting system, and revealed the captains of the national teams who voted Lionel Messi as the winner of the award. Below are some of the captains he revealed

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Some of the captains who voted for Messi:

Berat Djimsiti (Albania), Marc Pujol (Andorra), Freddy Ribeiro (Angola), Germain Hughes (Anguilla), Quinton Griffith (Antigua and Barbuda), Fernando Lewis (Aruba), Matthew Ryan (Australia), Lesly St. Fleur (Bahamas) ), Sayed Abbas (Bahrain), Jamal Bhuyan (Bangladesh), Jomo Harris (Barbados), Romelu Lukaku (Belgium), Evral Trapp (Belize), Edin Dzeko (Bosnia), Ryan Isaac Mendes (Cape Verde), Kouch Sokumpheak (Cambodia ), Milan Borjan (Canada).

The list does not end there... Saint-Cyr Ngam-Ngam (Central African Republic), Ahmat Abdraman (Chad), Xi Wu (China), Gary Medel (Chile), Radamel Falcao (Colombia), Luka Modric (Croatia)