On January 16th, Beijing time, Messi was elected FIFA's Best Men's Football Player of the Year (World Footballer). This is the eighth time he has been elected. In this regard, the famous commentator Han Qiao commented on the video: FIFA's Best of the Year has been reduced to a popularity award, completely losing the original intention of establishing the award.
Han Qiaosheng said: "Messi was elected as the best men's football player in fifa2023. This is the eighth time in Messi's career that he has won this honor. This time Messi won the award, defeating Haaland and Mba among the three candidates. To be honest, it's really a bit surprising. It's not that Messi doesn't deserve it, but the selection scope of this award does not include the World Cup. To put it bluntly, it depends on the performance of the league. If you look at it this way, Messi It was a bit of a surprise that Messi won the award. This is also true. Haaland was crushed by the media votes, and the coach's votes were more. As for Messi, he was crushed by the fans' votes, and the captain's votes were more. The two were tied in total points. But Messi was elected as the captain of the national team with more votes. It seems that the residual influence of this World Cup is still very strong. Last year, Messi had the World Cup championship in hand, and there was no suspense about winning the best. This year, he performed extremely well in the Premier League and Champions League. Even the crazier Haaland is very good."
previously reported that according to FIFA rules, the FIFA Player of the Year award is voted for by the national team captain, coach, reporter and fans, and each voter is ranked first. Three people can be voted on for first, second and third place. The voting results showed that Messi and Haaland both tied for first place with 48 points, but Messi had the upper hand in the votes because he was the captain of the national team of each country and beat Haaland to win the award. Messi did not attend the awards ceremony that day because he was preparing for the new season.
[Source: Jiupai News comprehensive social accounts of relevant parties, etc.]
