The awarding of FIFA recognition to the Argentine star sparked widespread debate in the international press. At the same time, social networks were filled with mockery against the world champion.
A wave of criticism and a tsunami of memes helped Lionel Messi triumph in FIFA’s annual The Best award. The choice of the Argentine sparked widespread questioning of the award awarded by the governing body, because The Argentine star’s year was no better than that of the big favorite: Erling Haaland.
“The Manchester City striker’s merits were numerous: European Golden Boot (36 Premier goals); treble champion with City, that is Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup (53 goals and nine assists throughout the season); Premier League Player of the Year 22-23; Top scorer in the Champions League (12 goals); and European Super Cup champion (won against Sevilla)”, writes Marca to recall that the trans-Andean was the only champion with PSG of the French tournament and won the League Cup with Inter Miami.
“The Argentine star won the votes and this announcement generated a huge surprise during the gala in London. The faces of Alfie Haaland, father of the Norwegian star, and Pep Guardiola, perfectly reflected what they experienced in the English capital. The moment was strange to say the least. », insisted the Spanish newspaper.
In the meantime, La Opinión – a Latin newspaper in the United States – titled its report with the word “controversy” and in the published text it published that the controversy arose “after the draw with 48 points between the Argentinian, who during the season only won Ligue 1 with PSG and the Leagues Cup with Inter Miami and the Norwegian who won the treble with Manchester City (Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup).
And then they explain that “in this scenario, the rule that establishes a tiebreaker for this type of situation is the vote carried out by the international captains and in this case the balance tips in favor of the captain of the Argentine national team who ended up receiving a total of 107 votes to 64 European votes.
And the Hispanics of El Confidencial added that “among other awards obtained by the Norwegian, Haaland received the European Golden Boot, the Golden Boot of the English Premier League and the double of the English Premier League player and youth player titles. It wasn’t enough. Messi won when no one expected it “.
Finally, on the other side of the mountain, everyone celebrated a new triumph for their greatest idol, but the C5N network also reflected what was happening on the networks and titled: “FIFA The Prize Controversy Best won by Lionel Messi.
Of course, in his note he clarified that the Albiceleste captain was tied with Haaland for being the best and concluded: “FIFA said the winner was defined in accordance with Article 12 of the Allocation Rules, i.e. the one chosen first by the greatest number of captains. In this category, Messi won with 107 votes to Haaland’s 64.
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