translated from Spanish: FIFA came to the passage of questioning to a vote that anointed Messi as the best in the world

FIFA responded by public statement, by questioning to the election of Lionel Messi, as the best player of the 2018-2019 season, which the agency delivers.
This was said, after Nicaragua’s captain said he had not voted for his pair of Argentina in the election, but argued that in the final report he did appear to give his preference to the Barcelona star.
“FIFA is disappointed to see a number of reports in the media, questioning the integrity of the voting process for The Best awards,” the body said, which also called the information “unfair and misleading.”
The body also raised that the voting process is supervised, and also audited by an independent observer, which in this case was PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
“FIFA and PwC follow the allocation rules and standard control procedures. Under these procedures, FIFA requested all member federations to submit their voting forms both electronically and in writing. Written documents must also be signed by the persons responsible for the association, as well as by persons authorized to vote. Therefore, for a vote to be valid, it must include the respective signatures and the seal of the member association,” FIFA said.
The agency raised that together with the auditing company, it can demonstrate that all votes sent within the established deadlines were taken into account and that “there is no doubt as to the authenticity of the results”.
FIFA further assured that if irregularities were detected, which would not even affect the outcome of the vote, they will be investigated and sanctioned.

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