“Messi Ballon 3rd…1st is B.Silva” Portuguese journalist controversially votes for ‘take care of my family’

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[MyDaily = Lee Hyun-ho Reporter] A Portuguese journalist with a Ballon d’Or voting right rated Bernardo Silva (29, Portugal) higher than Lionel Messi (36, Argentina).

Global sports media ‘ESPN’ highlighted on the 5th (Korean time) that “Portuguese reporter Joaquim Rita voted Messi in third place in the Ballon d’Or vote.” With the voting details of the reporters being revealed, it became clear who chose which player.

Reporter Rita chose Bernardo Silva as the first place for the Ballon d’Or. He selected Vinicius Junior (23, Brazil) for second place, Messi for third, Erling Haaland (23, Norway) for fourth, and Kylian Mbappe (24, France) for fifth.

He is being criticized for choosing his countryman Bernardo Silva as the first place. Of course, Rita’s one vote didn’t have a significant influence. However, he is being criticized for disregarding objectivity and blindly voting for a player from his own country.

A total of 92 first-place votes were cast in this Ballon d’Or vote. Messi was written as the first place on 65 of the voting papers, while Haaland was first on 21 papers. Five voting papers chose Mbappe as the first place. The remaining one vote was for Bernardo Silva.

The 2023 Ballon d’Or ceremony was held at the Chatelet Theater in Paris, France, on the 31st of last month. The world’s top footballers all gathered in one place. Messi was finally chosen as the first place. Messi lifted his eighth Ballon d’Or trophy, once again recognized as the world’s best player.

Messi won the Ballon d’Or with a final score of 462 points. Haaland was second with 357 points, and Mbappe was third with 270 points. Following them, Kevin De Bruyne, Rodri, Vinicius, Julian Alvarez, Victor Osimhen, Bernardo Silva, and Luka Modric made it to the TOP 10.

There is a single Asian player on the list. South Korean defender Kim Min-jae, who led Napoli to win the Italian Serie A last season, was chosen as the final 22nd place. Among the 30 candidates, there were only three central defenders, and Kim Min-jae was the highest ranked among them.

Meanwhile, Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo was not the subject of the vote. This is because he did not make it to the previously announced list of 30 Ballon d’Or candidates. Ronaldo has won the Ballon d’Or five times in total, in 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, and 2017.