Didn’t ‘Lewa’ deserve it? Know the controversial vote of Lionel Messi for The Best

Robert Lewandowski won The Best 2021 Award, prevailed over the favorite Leo Messi and to the Egyptian Mohammed Salah. After the award ceremony was over, the votes of each player were announced and the Argentine star surprised with his choice. He did not place the Pole even as his third best player of the season.

The Rosario footballer voted for his teammates Neymar Junior and Kylian Mbappe first and second place respectively. His third vote was for the attacker of the Real Madrid Karim Benzema. A ’10’ vote that caused surprise after the praise, at the Ballon d’Or award, which was given to Robert Lewandowski for the great campaign he carried out.

In 2019, the defender Van Dijk He started as a great favorite after being champion with Liverpool of the UEFA champions league. However, the votes favored the Argentine, who had won the Golden Shoe (36 goals in 34 games), top scorer for the ‘Orejona’ with 12 goals in eight games. In addition, he won La Liga and the Pichichi.

Last year the Pole took it unquestionably Robert Lewandowski for the first time, after superb performances in the Bundesliga and the UEFA Champions League, both tournaments won by the Bayern Munich. He was the top scorer in both the local and international competition. The attacker turns next to Cristiano Ronaldo as the players who have won this award the most times.

Source-larepublica.pe