[New post] Cristiano Ronaldo did not vote in The Best FIFA awards, Lionel Messi picked Neymar over Kylian Mbappe, and Martin Odegaard overlooked Erling Haaland
Josh Fordham posted: " Voting for The Best FIFA awards on Monday night could cause some tension between teammates. Lionel Messi was the big winner as he scooped the best men's player prize following Argentina's World Cup triumph in which he also won Player of the To" talkSPORT
Voting for The Best FIFA awards on Monday night could cause some tension between teammates.
Lionel Messi was the big winner as he scooped the best men's player prize following Argentina's World Cup triumph in which he also won Player of the Tournament.
Messi scooped the best men's player award for the second time
His teammate, and Aston Villa star, Emi Martinez was named best goalkeeper, while there were plenty of Premier League stars in the team of the year.
The Lionesses' success was recognised too with Sarina Wiegman and Mary Earps picking up coach and goalkeeper of the year, respectively.
The awards were voted for by national team captains and coaches, as well as journalists and fans on the FIFA website.
How the players and coaches voted have been revealed.
As Portugal captain, Cristiano Ronaldo is entitled to cast a vote. However, he mysteriously did not decide to do so and instead Pepe made the selections.
The former Real Madrid man chose Kylian Mbappe, Luka Modric and Karim Benzema.
Ronaldo did not vote in the awards, despite being Portugal captain
Messi is Argentina captain and with his votes he selected Neymar over Kylian Mbappe in the battle of his Paris Saint-Germain teammates. In third place, he picked Benzema.
Other notable choices included that of Norway, and Arsenal, skipper Martin Odegaard. He opted to put his international teammate Erling Haaland in second place and put Messi first.
England captain Harry Kane also went for the 35-year-old Argentina maestro, while also picking Sadio Mane in second and Benzema third.
Mbappe lost out to PSG teammate Messi again
France's Hugo Lloris showed solidarity with his international teammates with Mbappe and Benzema taking the top two slots, with Messi third.
On winning the prize for a second time since its launch in 2017, Messi said: "Wow, it's amazing.
"It's been a tremendous year and it's an honour for me to be here tonight and win this award. Without my teammates I wouldn't be here.
"I achieved the dream I had been hoping for for so long. Very few people can achieve that and I have been lucky to do so."
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