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FIFA explains The Best award anomaly

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FIFA explains The Best award anomaly
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The FIFA Best award was awarded to Lionel Messi for the Men’s category.

However, there has been hundreds of controversy around the event now with FIFA explaining latest why Egypt’s vote for Salah did not count.

The governing body said: “During the monitoring of the votes submitted by the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) on August 15, it was remarked that the signatures on the voting forms were in capital letters and thus seemed not valid (not authentic). The voting forms were also not signed by the general secretary which is mandatory.”

Another controversial matter was that of Nicaragua captain Juan Barrera who claimed on Twitter that he did not vote for Lionel Messi, Sadio Mane and Cristiano Ronaldo as his top three choices for the award.

“We have checked the voting documents submitted by the Nicaraguan FA and all documents are signed and confirmed with the official stamp of the Nicaraguan FA,” FIFA said.

“Having compared with the vote sheets submitted by the federation and the ones we have published on FIFA.com… we confirm that we have the right votes signed by the player.

“We are asking the Nicaraguan Football Federations to inquire on this matter.”

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