Lionel Messi votes for Ronaldo at Best FIFA Player awards. But did Cristiano return the favour?
The captain, coaches and selected media personnel from every FIFA member votes for the men's player of the year award.
Lionel Messi actually had Cristiano Ronaldo's name in his three-man shortlist for the best FIFA player of the year award before the Barcelona superstar eventually bagged the top prize himself in the men's category after edging out Ronaldo and Liverpool defender Virgil van Dyk in the final three shortlist.
The captain, coaches and selected media personnel from every FIFA member votes for the men's player of the year award. They name three players and while the first choice carries five points, the second choice carries three and the third choice only one point.
Messi named Sadio Mane (Liverpool/Senegal), Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus/Portugal) and Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona/Netherlands) as his top three picks.
But Ronaldo didn't return the favour to Messi as the Portugal captain voted for Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus/Netherlands), Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona/Netherlands) and Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint Germain/France).
Third finalist Virgil van Dyk chose Lionel Messi (Barcelona/Argentina), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool/Egypt) and Sadio Mane (Liverpool/Senegal) as his three picks.
The captain, coaches and selected media personnel from every FIFA member votes for the men's player of the year award.
Lionel Messi actually had Cristiano Ronaldo's name in his three-man shortlist for the best FIFA player of the year award before the Barcelona superstar eventually bagged the top prize himself in the men's category after edging out Ronaldo and Liverpool defender Virgil van Dyk in the final three shortlist.
The captain, coaches and selected media personnel from every FIFA member votes for the men's player of the year award. They name three players and while the first choice carries five points, the second choice carries three and the third choice only one point.
Messi named Sadio Mane (Liverpool/Senegal), Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus/Portugal) and Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona/Netherlands) as his top three picks.
But Ronaldo didn't return the favour to Messi as the Portugal captain voted for Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus/Netherlands), Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona/Netherlands) and Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint Germain/France).
Third finalist Virgil van Dyk chose Lionel Messi (Barcelona/Argentina), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool/Egypt) and Sadio Mane (Liverpool/Senegal) as his three picks.
