According to the International Football Federation (FIFA), Russian National Team Coach Valery Karpin and National Team Captain Georgy Jikia participated in the voting to determine the best football player. official site FIFA.
In Karpin’s trio, Argentina’s Paris Saint-Germain’s Lionel Messi came first, Real Madrid’s striker Karim Benzema was second, PSG’s Kylian Mbappe was third.
Jikia decided that Mbappe most deserved the title of best football player. Messi took the second line at the top and Benzema took the third line.
After the FIFA Best of the Year awards ceremony held on February 27, the winners in the Player of the Year, the best coach and goalkeeper and other categories were determined.
Messi won the Best Player category. As part of the Argentina national team, he won the 2022 World Cup held in Qatar. He was recognized as the best player of the tournament.
The two main halves ended with a score of 2:2, the teams scored in extra time and the Argentines were more accurate in the penalty shootout – 4:2.
Formerly a former player of the Russian national football team and St. Petersburg “Zenith” Vladimir Bystrov judicial He laments the dissatisfaction of some experts and fans with the refereeing of the Russian Cup Russian Premier League (RPL) Way quarter-final match between Spartak and Lokomotiv.