This jury convicted Haaland

– It is as big a passing, as it is a scandal, wrote Dagbladet’s Morten P after it became clear that Erling Braut Haaland (20) is not nominated for The Best FIFA Men’s Player 2020.

Those who, on the other hand, got a place among the eleven nominees, who compete in the somewhat special 0-2-2-7 formation are:

• Keepers:
• Defenders: Sergio Ramos and Virgil van Dijk.
• Midfielders: Thiago Alcântara og Kevin De Bruyne.
• Attacking players: Cristiano Ronaldo, Robert Lewandowski, Sadio Mané, Kylian Mbappé, Lionel Messi, Neymar og Mohamed Salah.

Nominated by FIFA

It is now selected journalists, national team captains, national team coaches and supporters who will vote for the best player between the period 20 July 2019 to 7 October 2020.

But the selected did not get to nominate the players. This is what a professional jury consisting of old football players does.

On FIFA’s own website, it appears that those who voted for the selected this year were:

• Cafu (Brazil)
• Essam Hadary (Egypt)
• Diego Forlán (Uruguay)
• Faryd Mondragón (Columbia)
• Ji-Sung Park (South Korea)
• Bastian Schweinsteiger (Tyskland)
• Hristo Stoitsjkov (Bulgaria)
• David David Suazo (Honduras)
• Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast)
• David Villa (Spain)

That’s how they played

Article 3 of the regulations states that players should only be measured on performance on and off the court. The team’s performance or titles should not affect.

So let’s go through the statistics of Haaland and the 11 selected. And we start with the Norwegian power tip.

In the 19/20 season, he scored 44 goals in 40 games for RB Salzburg and Bayern Munich. 10 of them were in the Champions League. This year’s season – until October 7, he scored 4 goals in 3 Bundesliga matches, one goal in the Super Cup and he went goalless in the cup match against Duisburg.

Erling Braut Haaland:

Goal points: 49 goals and 12 assists in 45 games.
Average per match: 1,35
Titles: Austrian Bundesliga.

Cristiano Ronaldo:

Goal points: 37 goals and 7 assists in 46 games.
Average per match: 0,95
Titles: A league.

Robert Lewandowski:

Goal points: 60 goals and 13 goalscorers in 52 games.
Average per match: 1,40
Titles: Bundesliga, German Cup and Champions League.

Sadio Mané:

Goal points: 25 goals and 12 goalscorers in 51 games.
Average per match: 0,72
Titles: Premier League, UEFA Super Cup, Club World Cup.

Kylian Mbappé

Goal points: 32 goals and 23 goalscorers in 40 games.
Average per match: 1,37
Titles: Ligue 1, Franske supercupen, Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue.

Neymar:

Goal points: 21 goals and 13 goalscorers in 30 games.
Average per match: 1,13
Titles: Ligue 1, Franske supercupen, Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue.

Lionel Messi

Goal points: 32 goals and 29 assists in 47 games.
Average per match: 1,29
Titles: No.

Mohamed Salah

Goal points: 28 goals and 13 goalscorers in 54 games
Average per match: 0,75
Titles: Premier League, UEFA Super Cup, Club World Cup.

Dagbladet has tried to get an answer from FIFA, without success.