The Best Awards: who voted for Messi and Scaloni, the most controversial ones and the four ‘madmen’ who elected Julián Álvarez Best Player

One of the most colorful tasks of the election for The Best award is to destroy as were the votes of the best footballers in the world, chosen among them, and also the space for controversies and curiosities. Therefore, we propose to review who they chose Lionel Messi AND Lionel Scaloni in each triplet, those who They opted for no Argentinian despite winning everything and the four ‘madmen’ who considered it Julián Álvarez was the best player of 2022.

First, it is worth mentioning how the vote was created, which began last November, before the start of the 2022 Qatar World Cup. First, a group of FIFA experts and external interest groups from the football world made an initial selection of nominees in which their three favorite players, coaches and goaltenders were chosen for “The Best”.

This selection resulted in two lists of eleven candidates each for the best player, another of five for the best coach and, finally, two lists of five candidates for the best male and female goalkeeper.

The second part of the election is divided into four parts, which assign different scores according to the locality: 25% journalists (one for each Federation); 25%, World Teams captains (211 members); 25% recruiters (211); and the remaining 25% of the general public (through social networks).

And that’s where these details come from. For example Lionel Messithird-time winner of The Best for Best Player, he chose from his shortlist Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Karim Benzemawhile for DT localized Lionel Scaloni, Pep Guardiola and Didier Deschampsand for the archer a Emiliano Martinez; Thibaut Courtois and Yassine Bounou.

Who did Scaloni vote for? For the player it was for Messi, Julian Alvarez and Croatian Luca Modricon the short list he integrated for and won Pep Guardiola and Carlo Ancelotti and the Moroccan Walid Regraguiand for the goalkeeper remained with Dibu Martínez, Yassine Bounou AND Thibaut Courtois.

At some point the controversies will be investigated. The Brazilian DT Tité did not bring Leónidas de Pujato to the podium, given that he opted for Carlo Ancelotti, Guardiola and Regragui; the captain of Egypt Mohamed Salah left those who eventually occupied it off the podium (Messi, Mbappé and Benzema) because he chose Vinicius Jr, Kevin De Bruyne and Achraf Hakimi; nor did Portugal captain Pepe choose the 35-year-old from Rosario, but Mbappé, Modric and Benzema.

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