After it became known that Lionel Messi was chosen as the Best Player of the FIFA at The Best 2022 awards, the choices made by the captains came to light of each of the national teams affiliated with the highest entity of world football and in Concacaf there was a surprise, since Tyler Adams chose Kylian Mbappe before the world champion with Argentina.
The captain of the United States Selection opted for the French star of Paris Saint-Germain above the footballer who guided the Argentines to win the third World Cup of its history in Qatar 2022, something that is striking when having captains like Héctor Moreno (Mexico), Atiba Hutchinson (Canada), Celso Borges (Costa Rica) and Romell Quioto (Honduras) who did go with the ’10’ of the Albiceleste.
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It should be remembered that Adams became the youngest player to wear the World Cup bracelet at the age of 23 years and 280 days.and aims to be the leading man of the process in ‘The Stars and Stripes’ towards North America 2026. At The Best 2022 gala, the coach of Argentina, Lionel Scaloni, hinted once more that it will be in Messi the decision to reach this World Cup fair or not.
Other captains who voted for Mbappé
Some of the leaders in the European teams opted for the top scorer of the 2022 World Cup, since Hugo Lloris (France), Hakan Çalhanoglu (Turkey) and Kepler Lima ‘Pepe’ (Portugal) voted for Mbappé ahead of Lionel Messi.
The most striking votes that were not for Messi
The first of the votes that is not so surprising is that of Hassan Al-Haydos (Qatar)since the Frenchman of 24 years is the main image of the PSG that belongs to Qatar Sports Investments. Of the captains of South America, the only ones who did not vote for Messi were Marcelo Martins Moreno (Bolivia) and Thiago Silva (Brazil), who chose Mbappé and Neymar, respectively. Another from Concacaf who did not go with the ’30’ from Paris was Juan Barrera (Nicaragua).