Hardly a day goes by during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar - especially in the first round - without leaving behind a lot of controversy over the "Man of the Match" award.
This is due to the "strange" choices of some players, some of whom went out to express their "surprise" at their choice to win this award.
Directly with Belgium's opening match in the World Cup finals against Canada - which ended in favor of the "devils" with a goal without a response - Belgium and Manchester City star Kevin De Bruyne made a surprising statement in which he said that he "does not know why he was chosen as the man of the match?"
Indicating that he "maybe he doesn't deserve it," before returning and saying that "it may have something to do with my name," being one of the brightest stars in the tournament.
selection method
De Bruyne was not the only player to make this statement, but Moroccan star Hakim Ziyech made a similar statement after the Belgium match, in the second round of the group stage, as he said in the press conference that followed his handing over the award that he "does not deserve it", while the weightings were She tended to his colleague Noureddine Amrabat, who was the undisputed star of the meeting.
These controversial statements and choices made many observers wonder about the criteria or the method through which this company chooses the player of the match award.
In response to these questions, the French newspaper L'Équipe revealed that the selection of the "Man of the Match" is by a vote carried out by fans on the FIFA website, where they have the opportunity to vote between the 66th and 88th minute of the game. The match, and based on its results, the winning name is chosen.
They get a bad rating
The French newspaper said that this process was not successful in many matches, and it always caused a lot of criticism, and it was completely contradictory to the points given by the newspaper's experts to the players after each match.
The star of Real Madrid and the Croatian national team, Luka Modric, scored 4/10 in his country's match against Morocco in the first match of Group F;
Due to his mediocre appearance, he was awarded the 'Man of the Match' award.
officially |
- Luka Modric Man of the Match 👏🇭🇷 pic.twitter.com/VSSz1qOkev
- Qatar World Cup 2022 (@world1Cup2022) December 1, 2022
The same goes for Gareth Bale, in the Wales national team match against the United States (1-1), where he received a score of 10/4 from the experts of the newspaper "L'Equipe", and he was awarded the Man of the Match award despite that.
Even the star Cristiano Ronaldo, he did not deserve to get the award for the best in the Portugal match against Ghana - according to the same newspaper - despite scoring a goal from the penalty kick and achieving a record, being the first player to score in 5 different versions of the World Cup, as he got a score less than Teammates Bruno Fernandes and Bernardo Silva.
This happens at a time when many observers believe that the selection is made on the basis of the bright names that can guarantee better promotion for the company sponsoring the award.