Argentinian star Messi won FIFA's 2023 Player of the Year. Messi's award surprised most people in the football world. The German media sport1 also wrote a special comment. The title of the article is "Is Messi really the best?"
sport1 said that usually the highest honor in football is given to the player who leads the team to win a major championship, and he also has good achievements. play. There is no need to say much about Haaland's performance in 2023. He helped Manchester City win the Triple Crown and at the same time broke the Premier League's single-season scoring record with 36 goals. At the same time, Haaland was the top scorer on Manchester City's way to the Champions League. But even so, Haaland still lost to Messi in the selection.
And in 2023, Messi left Europe's top leagues. sport1 questioned, if Messi is not the best through sports performance, then what has Messi done? Sport1 said that an infuriating answer may be that many national team coaches, national team captains and media representatives who voted have turned this award into a popularity contest. Perhaps some voters didn't realize that the World Cup was not included in the selection period.
while sport1 tried their best to help FIFA find the basis for the vote. sport1 suggests that a more positive answer may be found in FIFA's Best Players Charter. "This award is based on performance on the pitch and behavior off the pitch." Off the pitch, Messi will conquer the United States, one of the few countries where football is not the first sport, and help promote football, which is worthy of recognition. .
