Lionel Messi has been voted winner for FIFA “The Best” award for the year of 2022. According to the initial leaks of the winners list, it was beinf rightfully predicted that the Argentinian would be beating the likes of Karim Benzema and Kylian Mbappe because of his performance in the 2022 World Cup.
Lionel Messi beats Kylian Mbappe, Karim Benzema
It has become evident that his victory and performance with the Argentinian team in the Qatar 2022 World Cup has become the deciding factor.
Messi’s performance for his club, Paris Saint-Germain, although rocky in his first season, improved drastically in 2022.
Throughout the years of 2022, the Argentinian legend lodged a total of 35 goals and 30 assists within 51 features for both country and club. These 65 total involvements in goals had been also taken into light while voting for the “Best” award.
The winners of FIFA’s “The Best” award for player, goalkeeper, and coach awards are determined through a process of voting in which four different groups have equal weightage: the football fans, the captains and head coaches of national teams worldwide, and selected media representatives.
Messi wins FIFA The Best, World Cup win becomes determiner
The World Cup 2022 finals has been regarded as one of the most iconic showdowns in the history of World Cups, where the legendary battle between Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi will be remembered for ages.
Lionel Messi scored two goals and later converted his penalty into a goal, on the contrary, Kylian Mbappe scored a hat-trick on the pitch against “the best” goalkeeper winner, Emi Martinez, before netting his penalty in the shootout.
Hence, it can be concluded that the voters of the award had based their votes on the result of the iconic match, where Lionel Messi-led Argentina emerged victorious and lifted the much-anticipated World Cup trophy, winning the hearts of billions.
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As for Kylian Mbappe, the French icon and legend in-making will get his hands on ample of individual awards in the future, for his career has just begun.
Lionel Messi’s second win in this category has levelled him up with his arch rival, Cristiano Ronaldo, who also has won this award twice.
