Five reasons why Messi should have been nominated for the FIFA Best Award

#2 He outperformed the nominees in other key areas

Beyond just the goals and assists, Messi's game is about so much more, and in this regard, he also outdid the other nominees.

Overall, he had better stats than all three podium placed players in other aspects of the game, as per Omnisport.

He completed more dribbles (253) than all three players Modric (73) Salah (114) Ronaldo (55), and created more chances than the trio, with his 121 chances created one of the highest across the continent, and significantly more than Modric (60) and Ronaldo (54), with Salah coming closest to the Argentine with 97 chances created for his teammates.

With more goals, assists, chances created and dribbles completed than all the nominees, it seems rather absurd that the man who posted all these incredible stats was left off the nominees' list.

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