LEO MESSI, CHOSEN BY 13 COUNTRIES
The journalists that voted to the "MSN" to win the Balloon of Gold
Published:12/12/2016 - 23:44h
Updated:13/12/2016 - 00:28h
The election of Cristiano Ronaldo like Balloon of Gold 2016 was not unanimous -would result almost impossible-, since the journalists of several countries decided to plant to Leo Messi, Neymar and Suárez by in front of the player of the Real Madrid
Cristiano Ronaldo already has the Balloon of Gold 2016 in his power, but there were several journalists that chose to Leo Messi, Neymar Jr or Luis Suárez by in front his in the votes for the prestigious individual prize that awards "France Football" annually.
A total of 13 reporters chose, in fact, to Leo Messi in first position by in front of Cristiano Ronaldo, causing that the Argentinian star of the FC Barcelona finalised in the second position, since Cristiano Ronaldo obtained roughly the double of votes that he to carry the award, mainly by his titles of UEFA Champions League 2015-16 and UEFA Euro 2016 with the Real Madrid and Portugal.
The countries that voted "MSN"
Messi finished second with 316 points, and was chosen in the first place by the representatives of 13 countries quite shoot: Andorra, Argentina, Bolivia, Islands Fiji, Iceland, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malawi, Islands Seychelles, Slovakia and Turkmenistán.
By his part, Luis Suárez finished in fourth position with 91 points, being chosen in the first place by the representative of his country (Uruguay), in addition to Iran and Japan. Finally, Neymar Jr finish fifth and went the best player of the world for the journalists of the Central African Republic, Jamaica and of the Turkish Islands and Caicos.
In this sense, fits recalcar that there was not a total consensus of opinions between the journalists, although it calls the attention that Andrés Iniesta and Sergio Bouquets, among others, did not receive neither an alone vote in any of the three options of the constituents. For tastes, colours.
