• The Best, the most unexpected award
  • Narration: This was the gala The Best
  • Gallery: The green carpet at the Teatro de la Scala in Milan

When asked if Messi is the best player in the world, there is no doubt. Yes. Given the question of whether he deserves for it all the prizes awarded during his career, honestly we must conclude that no. Both statements are not incompatible, because one thing is football stature and another is circumstances and merits. Those of the last year, in the case of the Argentine, have not been the best, despite the title of the Catalan League, unless everything is reduced to their 52 goals , which is not small. For that it is not necessary to deliberate or analyze. Just add, as in the Golden Boot.

The fall in Anfield, against Valencia in the Cup or against Brazil in the Copa America left in Messi a bitterness that does not compensate for the Scala stalls. He does not need to feed his vanity, but his appetite.

Van Dijk , chosen best player by UEFA and among the three nominees for The Best awarded by FIFA, represented the success of Liverpool, champion of the Champions League and a historic pulse with the City for the Premier. It is also one of the pillars of the emerging Netherlands that reached the final of the League of Nations. In 2019, its merits have been unquestionable. But, in addition to all that, Van Dijk is a defender, and The Best and the Golden Ball look almost exclusively at the goal. Beckenbauer , Cannavaro and Sammer are the only ones who have raised them. There is something about these awards that has nothing to do with football, with its collective sense, but with the football industry, inserted in the 'showbusiness', which needs faces, heroes converted by icons in the communication society.

Vote who votes, weighs the hierarchy more than what was achieved during the year. The test is not only the individual prize, but the formation of the ideal eleven, with Sergio Ramos , Modric and Marcelo , after one of the worst seasons in Madrid. The gala, then, must be taken as what it is, a show, not a match. At least, this time he left us a real heroine, Silvia Grecco , who made her blind son feel the emotion of a goal.

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