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Lewis Ambrose·3 December 2019

🗳 The strangest votes for the 2019 Ballon d'Or

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As ever, the Ballon d’Or voting has thrown up some surprises.

Lionel Messi claimed the award for a record sixth time on Monday night.


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Thanks to Sport Witness, though, we’ve had the chance to peruse the votes and we’ve found a few, well, questionable decisions.

Cameroon

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We have a Liverpool fan voting on behalf of Cameroon!

  • Van Dijk
  • Salah
  • Mané
  • Alisson
  • Alexander-Arnold

Guatemala

And another Red. No place for Messi in their top five.

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  • Alisson
  • Van Dijk
  • De Jong
  • Firmino
  • Salah

Lebanon

And in second place, it’s … wait, seriously?

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  •  Messi
  • Mahrez
  • Van Dijk
  • Mané
  • Mbappé

Serbia

Alisson in second, Tadic in fourth, Mahrez in fifth. And no place for Virgil van Dijk? Come on, Serbia. Be better than this.

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  • Messi
  • Alisson
  • Lewandowski
  • Tadic
  • Mahrez

Sri Lanka

And the award for wildest selection of the year goes to Sri Lanka. Seriously, we think these must have been plucked out of a hat.

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  1. Alexander-Arnold
  2. Aubameyang
  3. Griezmann
  4. Lewandowski
  5. Ter Stegen

Togo

Someone is seriously going to have to explain to us how anyone voted for Hugo Lloris, a goalkeeper with eight clean sheets for his club in 2019.

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  • Van Dijk
  • Cristiano Ronaldo
  • Lloris
  • Messi
  • Mané