FIFA’s The Best voting system has been accused of being rigged after several nations tabled complaints. Barcelona star Lionel Messi pipped Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk and Cristiano Ronaldo, of Juventus, to the gong on Monday night. The national team coach, captain and a journalist from each country gets one vote in each category. However, Sudan’s coach Zdravko Lugarisic and Nicaragua’s Juan Barrera have alleged their ballots do not represent what they actually submitted. Meanwhile, the Egyptian Football Federation claim their votes, by coach Shawki Ghareeb and captain Ahmed Elmohamady, were not included in the results.

Source: Express September 26, 2019 13:52 UTC