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Many experts and fans are surprised that Jürgen Klopp became world coach again on Thursday evening.

The coach of Liverpool FC is also amazed: “I'm not the best coach, but I won the award.

I was actually surprised, I have to say.

It's a great honor and hard to believe, to be honest. "

The FIFA election between Klopp and Hans-Dieter "Hansi" Flick from FC Bayern - in the online voting of around 200 journalists and fans with voting rights, it ended in a draw.

In the vote, the votes of the national coaches and captains of the selection teams of the FIFA member associations, selected journalists and fans from around the world were equally decisive.

Elections could be held until December 9th.

In the event of a tie, Fifa looks at the votes of the colleagues, so the opinion of the other coaches was decisive for the coaches.

Here Klopp was slightly ahead.

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The rules are different for the choice of world coach than for the choice of world footballer.

In the event of a tie, the votes of the team captains would have decided.

From the big European nations - except for Spain's Sergio Ramos (who voted for Zinedine Zidane, his coach at Real Madrid) - the captains for the Bayern coach: Harry Kane, Giorgio Chiellini, Hugo Lloris and Manuel Neuer.

Loew voted for Flick

It was similar with the national coaches: Gareth Southgate, Luis Enrique, Didier Deschamps and Joachim Löw voted for Flick.

Only the Italian Roberto Mancini gave his voice to Klopp.

“It's a shame that Hansi Flick didn't win in his category.

He would have deserved it too, ”said Bayern sports director Hasan Salihamidzic.

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And FCB President Herbert Hainer emphasized: "In my eyes, Hansi Flick would have been a worthy world coach, but congratulations to Jürgen Klopp."

While Flick got a lot of votes from Europe - for example from Ryan Giggs (Wales), Roberto Martinez (Belgium) and Kasper Hjulmand (Denmark) - Klopp found more support from other Fifa members around the globe, especially from the Commonwealth.

It is quite possible that Klopp also benefited from its greater global awareness.

Neither Cristiano Ronaldo nor Lionel Messi as captains of Portugal and Argentina had Klopp in their top three.

Both chose Flick.