Sergio Ramos and Mohamed Salah aren’t exactly best of friends. If one may recall, Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos was accused of a deliberate rough tackle and in the bargain, Mohamed Salah was ousted from the Champions League final 2018. The game was played between Liverpool and Real Madrid. Post this, Ramos was trolled brutally and was slammed for the act. The Egyptian had also declared that he had not forgiven Ramos for the act. Cut to today, Sergio Ramos who was nominated for The Best FIFA Award 2019 but also voted for Salah. He also voted for Eden Hazar and Cristiano Ronaldo his Real Madrid colleague. Cristiano Ronaldo Loses The Best FIFA Player 2019 Lionel Messi, Portugal Football Labels CR7 as ‘The Best Ever’.
Mohamed Salah was nominated in the category of The Best FIFA Men's Player Category. As per the sources of FIFA, it was Ramos who had voted for Salah. The Egyptian also bagged votes from Stefan Savic (Montenegro) and Marek Hamsik (Slovakia). However, in the end, it was Lionel Messi who walked away with the award pipping Cristiano Ronaldo. Liverpool was fairly dominant as Jurgen Klopp went on to win The Best Manager Award Alisson Becker as the Best Goalkeeper.
Lionel Messi went on to win the Best FIFA Men's Player 2019 pipping Cristiano Ronaldo, Harry Kane, Kylian Mbappe, Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk. After winning the award, “To be honest it's been a while (since he won an individual prize)," he commented. "It's the first time I've won The Best. But individual prizes are linked to team success more and more all the time,” said Lionel Messi on a concluding note.
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