And the name of the captain of Comoros is ....."the captain of the antional team"! what a long name... haha

anyway congrats to Messi. The voting is not based on sentiments or based on achievements or trophies. It is based on experience and judgment of 400 odd national coaches and team captains who are probably the best candidates out there to judge the best player, coach, goal etc, because it is them who knows and understands the inside workings of football and knows what it is needed to perform at the highest level consistently etc.

But one thing though, is that only International team coaches get to vote. I would have thought most of the experienced coaches would be club coaches. For example, Fergie dont even get to vote.

Anyway, there is always house rules for different polls / competitions, just have to accept it and move on