On September 24, FIFA distributed awards to the best at the ceremony - The Best-2018.

The forward of the Spanish "Barcelona" and the Argentina national team Lionel Messi as captain of the national team also had the opportunity to vote for the best soccer player of the planet.

Star winger "blaugranas" for the first time gave his voice to the sworn enemy of recent years - Cristiano Ronaldo. Messi put the Portuguese on the third line. The first two positions were taken by Luka Modric, who eventually won this award, and Kilian Mbappe (PSG) respectively.

It is interesting that Ronaldo himself did not find a place for Lionel in the top 3. The forward of Juventus placed Rafael Varan (Real Madrid, France), Luka Modric (Real Madrid, Croatia) and Antoine Grizmann.

Note that for the first time since 2008 the best football player of the year FIFA recognized not Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi. For 10 years they invariably received this title. Each has five titles. Messi himself took the fifth place in the vote, and Ronaldo - the second.

All the results of voting can be seen HERE.