The reason why Messi beat Haaland in The Best despite tying votes

The gala FIFA The Best closed with surprise after the nomination of Leo Messi like better player of the world in 2023 for the FIFA. 'The Flea' added the same points that Erling Haaland in the vote (48), but retained the award obtained the past year thanks to the vote of the captains of the masculine national selections, as the established in the regulation of the prize that delivered for the first time in 2017.

Although the captains of the national selections nominated could not vote to himself same, his votes finished being determinants. "If the finalists empatan to points, the prize will award to the person that have received the greater number at first selections of his own group of voters", says the regulation of FIFA. Haaland Added 11 votes of captains and, Leo, 13.

The regulation FIFA finish benefiting to Leo Messi

However, the factor determinant had to see with "the greater number of 'five points' of the votes issued by the captains of the masculine national selections", in accordance with the article 12 of the Regulation of Allocation. In the final table, Leo Messi received 107 points and Erling Haaland 64, by which 'The Flea' obtained his third The Best and the second of consecutive form (2019, 2022 and 2023).

Captains of big selections like Harry Kane (England), Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italy), Luka Modric (Croatia), Virgil go Dijk (Low Countries), Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) or Fede Valverde (Uruguay) gave his vote to the captain of Argentina, to the equal that his ex mate in Paris Saint-Germain, Kylian Mbappé. By his part, Ílkay Gündogan (Germany) and Casemiro (Brazil) voted to Haaland for the first place.

Like this it was the result of the prize The Best. Messi and Haaland equalised with 48 each one, but defined because Leo was chosen 1° in more occasions by the captains of the selections. pic.twitter.com/cx1mvm7kpj

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