In an interview with the Portuguese newspaper “A Bola”.Roberto Martinez admitted he made a mistake by taking the World Cup into account when voting for the Best Player award.
After two weeks of the best awards ceremony, including the Best Player award for Lionel Messi, Roberto Martinez returned to his choice by awarding his five points, and therefore first place in his ranking, to Marcelo Brozovic. Indeed, a few days later, the Portugal coach explained that he had made this choice taking into account the Croatian midfielder's performance during the 2022 World Cup. The problem: the period that voters had to rely on began a few days later. world Cup.
“It was a mistake. I took into account the season as a whole, and therefore the World Cup, which was held for the first time in the winter, while this year's votes were only six months away. (…) I made a mistake during that period and I think I was not the only one, because when we see the votes we realize that there is an intention to build on what happened in the World Cup..“
