Ronaldo will not participate in The Best 2024 voting, FIFA president speaks out

(Dan Tri) - Cristiano Ronaldo did not participate in the vote for The Best 2024 award organized by the International Football Federation (FIFA) because he believes that this award is gradually losing its prestige. The FIFA President immediately objected.

The Best 2024 award took place in Doha (Qatar) in the early morning of December 18, Vinicius surpassed his opponent Rodri to become the best player in the world voted by FIFA.

Notably, this is the third consecutive year that Ronaldo has not participated in the vote for this award, even though he is still the captain of the Portuguese national team.

Ronaldo decided to boycott FIFA awards (Photo: Getty).

According to Goal, the reason Ronaldo did not participate in the vote was because FIFA did not respect him. At the 2022 World Cup, CR7 failed to impress when he was constantly on the bench, which is why FIFA thought Pepe was more suitable to represent Portugal in the vote in the previous 2 seasons.

After two seasons without being selected, the Portuguese superstar has decided to refuse all voting activities related to FIFA.

In January, Ronaldo shocked world football when he claimed that the Ballon d'Or and FIFA The Best were losing their prestige. The Portuguese striker told Record: "I don't mean to say that Messi or anyone else doesn't deserve the award.

I simply don't believe in these awards anymore. What's more important are the actual numbers."

At this year's FIFA The Best, although he had the right to vote for the best player, Ronaldo let Bernardo Silva, vice-captain of the Portuguese team, represent him in the vote.

At the 2024 The Best awards ceremony, FIFA president Gianni Infantino protested Ronaldo's boycott of the two most prestigious individual awards in football: "FIFA's awards are the criteria to determine who is the best in the world.

Since it is a result of people's votes, it ensures transparency, objectivity and full reflection of all criteria. This award finds the best among the top talents. With many voting categories, everyone has the right to participate."

FIFA President Gianni Infantino spoke out against Ronaldo's decision at The Best 2024 awards ceremony (Photo: Getty).

The Best award was established by FIFA in 2016, and has become a competitor to the Ballon d'Or organized by France Football. While the Ballon d'Or is voted for by the press, The Best award will be chosen by the captains of national teams and fans.

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