Immediately after announcing the 2023 The Best titles, the International Football Federation (FIFA) publicly released the votes of national team coaches and captains. Vietnam's representatives are Mr. Philippe Troussier and defender Que Ngoc Hai.
Coach Troussier chose Erling Haaland as the best player of 2023. The remaining two positions were Rodri and Kylian Mbappe. Meanwhile, Que Ngoc Hai chose Haaland, Rodri and Kevin De Bruyne in the three positions on the ballot. Thus, both Vietnamese representatives did not name Messi - the overall winner.
Messi won the FIFA The Best 2023 award for best player of the year.
The Argentine superstar's win of The Best award in 2023 has caused much controversy. Unlike the Ballon d'Or vote of France Football Magazine (France), the 2022 World Cup is outside the period of evaluation of individual achievements of The Best award.
In 2023, Lionel Messi had no outstanding achievements. He left Paris Saint-Germain to move to Inter Miami and only played 14 matches for the American team. Messi's League Cup title is clearly far less prestigious than the treble of Champions League, FA Cup and Premier League that Haaland and Rodri won with Man City.
Of the more than 200 national team captains voted for, 107 voted for Messi in the number 1 position. Que Ngoc Hai was among the 64 captains who voted for Haaland. The votes of the national team captains were the secondary index to determine the winner when two players had the same number of points - the first time in the history of the FIFA The Best award.
In the category of best men's team coach, Pep Guardiola was honored for leading Man City to a historic treble. Meanwhile, the best goalkeeper award also went to Man City representative Ederson.
Phuong Mai
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