No vote from Zimbabwe coach, captain in the Fifa Best Awards 2019

There was no vote submitted from a coach or captain for the Fifa Best Awarda according to documents published by Fifa.

Lionel Messi and Megan Rapinoe voted Fifa Men’s and Women’s Best PIC: Fifa.com/Getty Images

It was left to Sikhumbuzo Moyo who represented the media to put a lot in, choosing Virgil Van Dijk, Sadio Mane and Mohammad Salah. No prizes for guessing what club is probably supported there.

But it is a bit weird that out of hundreds of coaches and captains, Zimbabwe did not submit even though while tiny the little remote islands of Vanuatu showed up.

You would think they would. But then our lot probably did not have anyone at the time since they had fired the coach and would you believe it, disbanded the national team.

Oh well.

Mind you, at least Zimbabwe are equal with Yemen. They only had a journalist too. But they could be excused, what with the bombing and all.

Anyway here are the full results of winners below:

Men’s Player: Lionel Messi
Women’sPlayer: Megan Rapinoe
Men’sCoach: Jurgen Klopp
Women’sCoach: Jill Ellis
Men’sGoalkeeper: Alisson
Women’sGoalkeeper: Sari van Veenendaal
PuskásAward: Daniel Zsori
FanAward: Silvia Grecco
FairPlayAward: Marcelo Bielsa and the Leeds United squad
Men’s World11: Alisson; Matthijs de Ligt, Marcelo, Sergio Ramos, Virgil van Dijk; Frenkie de Jong, Eden Hazard, Luka Modric; Cristiano Ronaldo, Kylian Mbappe, Lionel Messi
Women’s World11: Sari van Veenendaal; Lucy Bronze, Nilla Fischer, Kelley O’Hara, Wendie Renard; Julie Ertz, Amandine Henry, Rose Lavelle; Marta, Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe