{"id":33599,"date":"2020-12-18T16:27:13","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T16:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=33599"},"modified":"2020-12-18T16:27:13","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T16:27:13","slug":"fifa-best-awards-how-ahmed-musa-rohr-voted-for-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/fifa-best-awards-how-ahmed-musa-rohr-voted-for-winners","title":{"rendered":"FIFA Best Awards: How Ahmed Musa, Rohr voted for winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Super Eagles captain, Ahmed Musa, voted Barcelona captain Lionel Messi, as the best men\u2019s player for 2020, while head coach Gernot Rohr went for Robert Lewandowski.<\/p>\n<p>Lewandowski won the prize following a fantastic 2019\/2020 season with Bayern Munich.<\/p>\n<p>The Poland striker beat regular favourites Messi and Juventus\u2019 Cristiano Ronaldo to the award.<\/p>\n<p>After selecting Lewandowski as his winner, Rohr picked Paris Saint-Germain forward, Kylian Mbappe, for the second spot and gave Senegal\u2019s Sadio Mane third place.<\/p>\n<p>Musa chose Messi to lead his pick followed by Lewandowski and Mane in second and third places respectively.<\/p>\n<p>When the official voting results were released, Lewandowski had a total of 58 points, Ronaldo 38 points and Messi had 35 points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Super Eagles captain, Ahmed Musa, voted Barcelona captain Lionel Messi, as the best men\u2019s player for 2020, while head coach Gernot Rohr went for Robert Lewandowski. Lewandowski won the prize following a fantastic 2019\/2020 season with Bayern Munich. The Poland striker beat regular favourites Messi and Juventus\u2019 Cristiano Ronaldo to the award. 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