After celebrating the The Best FIFA Awards 2022 from Paris this Monday, All the captains of the affiliated teams and their votes to choose the ‘Best Player of the Year’ were announced, among other prizes. One of the most striking aspects of this process was that, according to the FIFA, Cristiano Ronaldo did not participate as the captain of the Portugal National Team.
👀 Who voted for whom in #TheBest? Know the breakdown of each category! 👇
— FIFA World Cup 🏆 (@fifaworldcup_es) February 27, 2023
It should be remembered that in the World Cup in Qatar 2022, The Al-Nassr footballer from Saudi Arabia did not have the World Cup match he would have wantedsince he ended up being relegated to the bench of the Lusitanos by coach Fernando Santos and The person in charge of taking the bracelet was Kepler Lima ‘Pepe’, who ended up casting his vote in favor of Kylian Mbappé and forgot to Lionel Messi.
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The rest of the choices made by the former Real Madrid footballer were Luka Modric and Karim Benzemain second and third place in the race for ‘Best Player of the Year’ during 2022. All this, taking into account that the Merengues elements were key to winning the 2021-22 Champions League; Mbappé ended up being the top scorer and the figure in the World Cup final.
How many The Best awards has Cristiano Ronaldo won?
The historic player of Real Madrid and the Portugal National Team won the first two editions of ‘The Best FIFA Awards’ in 2016 and 2017. In the first year he was champion of the Champions League against Atlético de Madrid and of the European Championship against France; for the following year, he was crowned again in the European Champions Cup against Juventus.
The players who have won The Best award the most times 👀
Lewandowski, the only player who can boast that he has been at the level of Leo Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo 😱 pic.twitter.com/KEVJ4bmq5s
— GOAL in Spanish (@Goal_en_espanol) February 27, 2023
This was the vote for Pepe substituting for CR7
The veteran central defender of FC Porto does not forget his past as a Madridista, which is why he opted to go with Thibaut Courtois over Emiliano ‘Dibu Martínez and Yassine Bounou as ‘Best Goalkeeper of the Year’; Regarding the strategists to choose the ‘Best Coach of the Year’, Pepe ended up choosing Carlo Ancelotti (Real Madrid), Walid Regragui (Morocco National Team) and Didier Deschamps (France National Team).
Future of Cristiano Ronaldo in Portugal
The number ‘7’ of Al-Nassr has its doors open with the new helmsman of the Portuguese, Roberto Martínez, since the same Spanish technical director said in his presentation that a legend like Cristiano Ronaldo: ‘deserves all your respect’. Some reports pointed out that in mid-January he visited him in Saudi Arabia and had the first talks with him.
