UEFA's trick for Cristiano Ronaldo to get in 2019 XI

According to the 'Daily Mail', this was the strategy that UEFA followed so that Ronaldo, one of the players with the most fans in the world, wasn't left out of the most voted players per position.

On this occasion, the organisation opted for a 4-2-4 (at the last minute according to the aforementioned source), a formation that hadn't been used in previous years. Disregarding 2017 (they chose a 4-4-2), in the last 6 years they went for a 4-4-3.

A source close to the organisation, according to the 'Daily Mail', revealed that a player with as much "popularity" as Ronaldo, couldn't be left out of the starting XI.

The player to miss out in this case, according to the aforementioned source was N'Golo Kanté, who was the third most voted CM. "It is indeed an electoral fraud, the anonymous source said.

 

January 15, 2020