Without a doubt, the FIFA Best Awards gala left great surprises. One of them featured Fernando Santos, the Portugal coach, who forgot his captain: Cristiano Ronaldo.
In general, the coaches of each national team tend to vote for their top figure. However, this was not the case for Fernando Santos, who preferred to choose other players for The Best instead of CR7.
The Portuguese strategist, 67 years old, placed first the Frenchman N’Golo Kanté (5 points), then the Italian-Brazilian Jorginho (3 points) and finally the Pole Robert Lewandowski (1 point), who won The Best as the footballer of the year.
The Portuguese press, in this sense, took Santos’ decision as a surprise, because in other editions he did choose Cristiano Ronaldo. Although the Manchester United star received a special The Best as the top scorer in the history of the beautiful game.