Messi and Rapinoe win the FIFA Best Award

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Few things left to win Leo Messi, but The Best award was one of them. The Argentine from Barcelona won Virgil van Dijk and Cristiano Ronaldo in the award granted by FIFA and voted by the national team, national captains and journalists. The reason why the Barça crack had not lifted this trophy is because it is only the fourth time it has been awarded with this denomination. From 2010 to 2015 the FIFA prize and the Golden Ball coexisted and there Messi dominated with five.

Despite the undisputed size of 10 Barca, the surprise jumped at the Scala in Milan. The victory of Liverpool in the Champions League made Virgil van Dijk slightly favorite, but finally the Dutch center stayed at the gates. Cristiano Ronaldo did not appear at the gala despite its proximity to Turin. In the final ranking, Messi finished with 46 points, for 38 of Van Dijk and 36 of CR
The quantitative and qualitative merits of Messi are clear: 51 goals in 50 games. Champion of LaLiga, top scorer of the Champions and the national championship. The great but was the performance of his team in the return of the semifinals of the Champions League in Liverpool, when Barça failed to maintain the advantage of three goals and stand in the final of Madrid. The "so cute cup" sighed by Captain Culé went down the drain. Nor was Argentina lucky in the Copa América, eliminated in the semifinals by Brazil with unworthy performances of 10. None of that seems to have weighed on the voters, who preferred to keep everything positive that the Argentine did in the course ..

"I want to thank all those who decided that this recognition be for me. Despite how beautiful these recognitions are, they are a secondary thing, the first thing is the collective," said Messi, who was enlightened when he spoke of their children: "They are in love with football and are excited about all the stars around them."

Seeing the list of votes in detail, it can be seen that the Spanish captain, Sergio Ramos, opted for Hazard, Cristiano and Salah. The coach, Robert Moreno, advocated Messi, Hazard and De Jong. Messi voted for Mané, Cristiano and De Jong; but the Portuguese captain did not correspond to him, he chose De Ligt, De Jong and Mbappé.

 Great night for Liverpool despite the fact that Van Dijk kept the honey on his lips, since his coach Jurgen Klopp was chosen as the best coach ahead of his teammates in the Premier Guardiola and Pochettino. The best goalkeeper, Alisson Becker, also came out of the European champion.