DT of Portugal completely forgot about Cristiano Ronaldo in the vote for the best player in The Best

The ceremony of The Best has left a lot of cloth to cut, especially after FIFA spread the elections of the coaches and the captains of the national teams around the world. In this regard, the controversy began in Portugal after Fernando Santos did not consider Cristiano Ronaldo among his three favorites.

The coach of the Portuguese team put Chelsea’s Frenchman N’Golo Kanté in first place. Immediately, the Italian of the ‘Blues’ Jorginho appeared and, to close, the Pole from Bayern Munich Robert Lewandowski, who finally won the award for the best player for the highest football entity on the planet.

The local media took Fernando Santos’ decision with surprise. And it is that the DT, on other occasions of The Best, did grant his vote in favor of Cristiano Ronaldo. The truth is that both will meet again to face the European playoff that will give the last tickets to the Qatar 2022 World Cup in that confederation.

Cristiano Ronaldo, special award

Cristiano Ronaldo has received the special award for his career at the FIFA The Best gala, held in Zurich (Switzerland), after breaking the record for goals for national teams. The striker, who already has 115 goals with the Portuguese side, last year surpassed the previous universal mark held, with 109 goals, by the Iranian striker Ali Daei.

Cristiano, who was live at the gala, held behind closed doors, assured that he still has “passion for football”. “I have been playing since I was five or six years old and when I step on the pitch, I go to train, I enjoy it. My motivation is still there. I will be 37 years old very soon and I am motivated”he declared.

“I have worked very hard and I continue to do so. I love this sport. I still feel that passion and want to continue. When people ask me how long I will continue, I say that I hope to play four or five more years. Everything is mental. Physically, if you treat your body right, it will respond when you ask it to.”, he added.

The scores of The Best

Robert Lewandowski won FIFA’s The Best award for the second consecutive year with a four-point advantage over Leo Messi. The Pole obtained 48 units, for the 44 of the Argentine. Mohamed Salah added 39. The podium is completed by Karim Benzema (4th/30), Kanté (5th/24), Jorginho (6th/24), Cristiano Ronaldo (7th/23), Kylian Mbappé (8th/16 ), Kevin de Bruyne (9th/11) and Neymar (10th/10).