Fifa fail to read Cristiano Ronaldo’s name at The Best Football Awards despite absent Juventus star making World XI
FIFA failed to read Cristiano Ronaldo’s name out when they revealed their Bext XI at their awards ceremony on Monday night.
The Juventus forward was pipped to the main award by long-time rival Lionel Messi.
But he did make The Best XI – yet the hosts didn’t even read his name out.
All the other ten players took their place on the stage in Milan and were applauded as their names were read out.
Ronaldo seemed pretty unflustered about that though – he shared a photo on Instagram of him relaxing and reading a book as the ceremony played out, relaxing at home as he nurses an injury.
Messi prevented it from being a hat-trick of Liverpool triumphs in Milan as the Barcelona legend bagged the The Best Fifa Men’s Footballer of The Year Award.
FULL LIST OF WINNERS
Men’s player: Lionel Messi.
Women’s player: Megan Rapinoe (USA).
Men’s coach: Jurgen Klopp (Liverpool).
Women’s coach: Jill Ellis (USA).
Goalkeeper: Alisson (Liverpool.
World XI: Alisson (Liverpool); Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus), Sergio Ramos (Real), Virgil Van Dijk (Liverpool), Marcelo (Real); Luka Modric (Real), Frenkie De Jong (Barcelona); Kylian Mbappe (PSG), Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Eden Hazard (Real), Ronaldo (Juventus).
Fair Play: Marcelo Bielsa and Leeds.
Puskas Award for best goal: Daniel Zsori (Debrecen).
Fans award: Silvia Greco (Brazil).
The Argentine legend claimed his sixth Fifa Footballer of The Year Award, shocking Van Dijk, who had won the UEFA Champions League Player of The Year last month.
The Liverpool defender came second, with Juventus star Ronaldo in third.
It came after Van Dijk’s manager Jurgen Klopp and team-mate Alisson Becker, both picked up honours in the managerial and goalkeeper awards.
American captain Megan Rapinoe took home the Women’s Best Player award, beating Lucy Bronze and Alex Morgan.
RONALDO SNUBBED MESSI
The World Cup winner, who was top goal scorer in the tournament, won the award after her manager Jill Ellis won Women’s Coach of The Year.
And SunSport revealed that CR7 snubbed Messi on his own voting.
Messi beat Juventus striker Ronaldo and Liverpool colossus Virgil van Dijk to the coveted prize.
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How the stars voted
Lionel Messi: 1) Sadio Mane 2) Cristiano Ronaldo 3) Frenkie De Jong
Cristiano Ronaldo: 1) Matthijs De Ligt 2) Frenkie De Jong 3) Kylian Mbappe
Virgil van Dijk: 1) Lionel Messi 2) Mohamed Salah 3) Sadio Mane
Harry Kane: 1) Lionel Messi 2) Virgil van Dijk 3) Cristiano Ronaldo
Gareth Southgate: 1) Lionel Messi 2) Cristiano Ronaldo 3) Virgil van Dijk
Andy Robertson: 1) Virgil van Dijk 2) Frenkie de Jong 3) Sadio Mane
Eden Hazard: 1) Sadio Mane 2) Virgil van Dijk 3) Lionel Messi
Luka Modric: 1) Cristiano Ronaldo 2) Eden Hazard 3) Lionel Messi
Hugo Lloris: 1) Lionel Messi 2) Cristiano Ronaldo 3) Kylian Mbappe
Giorgio Chiellini: 1) Cristiano Ronaldo 2) Frenkie de Jong 3) Mohamed Salah
The Barcelona star picked Sadio Mane as his top choice, with Ronaldo second and team-mate Frenkie de Jong his third pick.
But Ronaldo didn’t reciprocate the love – he went with Juve compatriot Matthijs De Ligt first, followed by De Jong second and Kylian Mbappe third.
Van Dijk went with eventual winner Messi first, with team-mates Mo Salah second and Mane third.