DBasia.news – In the 2018 The Best FIFA Football Awards, Luka Modric is chosen as the best player, defeating Cristiano Ronaldo and Mohamed Salah. Modric’s achievement in the event in London also ends the domination of Ronaldo and Lionel Messi in recent 10 years. While both players chose to absent for unknown reason until now.
Interestingly, Messi and Ronaldo also take part in the voting, one of the three elements besides the national team captain, coach, and the media.
Lionel Messi
Then, who is the choice of Messi and Ronaldo? Are they entering their own names in the choice list?
According to Bleacher Report Football, Messi placed Modric as his choice. Meanwhile, Kylian Mbappe in the second list. Meanwhile, the rival, Ronaldo, is in the third rank.
Similarly, Cristiano Ronaldo didn’t include Messi in his choice. CR7 chose Raphael Varane in the top, Modric and Antonie Griezmann as the runner-up and third position.
Now, both Modric, Messi, and Ronaldo still have one more opportunity to achieve another prestigious individual title, Ballon d’Or. In 2017, Ronaldo became the best due to his impressive performance with Real Madrid and Portugal national team.