Surprises in the FIFA vote ... Ronaldo ruled his conscience, Messi and Liva let him down!
FIFA revealed the results of voting for the Best Player in the World award for 2020, which went to the Polish star Robert Lewandowski, after he got the highest score (52 points) compared to 38 points for Cristiano Ronaldo and 35 points for Lionel Messi.
And confirmed the voting list announced by "FIFA" after the ceremony that Lewandowski was the first choice in Ronaldo's nominations list as captain of the Portuguese national team.
The results of the voting also revealed that Ronaldo ruled his conscience when he put Messi as a second option, then Paris Saint-Germain and French national team striker Kylian Mbappe as a third choice, but on the other hand Ronaldo was not among the options that Messi registered as captain of the Argentine national team, as he chose Neymar, Mbappe and Lewandowski.
As for Lewandowski, the Spaniard Thiago Alcantara chose his former Bayern teammate, who joined Liverpool this summer, the Brazilian Neymar, the Paris Saint-Germain striker, and the Belgian Kevin de Bruyne, the Manchester City playmaker.
It is noteworthy that the votes of the leaders of the world teams decide the competition for the award by 25% compared to a similar percentage for each of the other three groups participating in the vote, who are coaches of world teams, fans and sports critics.
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