Cristiano Ronaldo’s Candidate Choices for the Winner of the 2019 FIFA Best Player

DBasia.news –  The Juventus superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo, has a different choice about voting for the three candidates for the 2019 FIFA Player of the Year award. He did not choose the top two candidates: Lionel Messi and Virgil van Dijk.

FIFA holds an annual gala in Milan, Italy, on Monday (9/23) local time. At that event, a number of the best individuals in football will be chosen.

The most prestigious category at the award is the best male soccer player. In this edition, Barcelona striker Lionel Messi was chosen as the greatest.

Lionel Messi defeated two other finalists namely Virgil van Dijk and Cristiano Ronaldo. Meanwhile, the title of the best FIFA coach 2019 belongs to Jurgen Klopp.

One concern is Cristiano Ronaldo’s absence from the event. In fact, the 2019 FIFA award was held in Milan. 

interestingly, according to Italian Football, Ronaldo did not choose Lionel Messi and Virgil van Dijk when voting. Ronaldo has the right to vote for the status of the captain of the Portugal national team. 

The former Manchester United player prefers Matthijs de Ligt, Frenkie de Jong, and Kylian Mbappe. When drawing straight lines from the three players, all of them are still young.

Meanwhile, Lionel Messi’s choices in a row are Sadio Mane, Ronaldo, and De Jong. Van Dijk voted for Messi, Mane and Eden Hazard.

The following is a list of the 2019 FIFA award winners:

Best Player (Male): Lionel Messi

Best Player (Female): Megan Rapinoe

Best Goalkeeper (Male): Alisson

Best Goalkeeper (Female): Sari van Veenendaal

Best Coach (Male): Jurgen Klopp

Best Coach (Female): Jill Ellis

Puskas Award (Best Goal): Daniel Zsori