This Monday the winner of the FIFA The Best award will be decided and the Argentine Lionel Messi together with the Frenchmen Karim Benzema and Kylian Mbappé will compete for the award for the best player of the year.
The great favorite to win the award for best player is Leo Messi, because the rules for this edition also include the Qatar 2022 World Cup, in which the Argentine was champion.
That achievement could help Messi win the award and thus continue adding another medal to his already complete record.
It is worth noting that the Argentine did not have a good season with Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in 2021-2022, and that took him out of the Ballon d’Or nominees.
However, the extraordinary performance he had in the World Cup put him in contention for The Best.
In fact, Karim Benzema, who won the Ballon d’Or for his great season with Real Madrid, could be affected by his absence from the World Cup in scoring for the award.
In relation to Mbappé, one of the points in his favor is that he was the top scorer at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, and the main architect of the French team reaching the final.
Unlike the Ballon d’Or, which is awarded with the votes of a jury of journalists from all FIFA countries, The Best has four juries weighing a quarter each: selectors, captains, journalists and fans, who can vote through a digital platform.
With information from EFE.
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