Lionel Messi ignored Cristiano Ronaldo when choosing this year's FIFA's Best Men's Player while the Barcelona talisman only put Robert Lewandowski third on his ballot.
After enjoying an historic treble-winning season with Bayern Munich, where he won the Champions League, the Bundesliga and the German Cup, Lewandowski was awarded FIFA's best prize at a virtual ceremony on Thursday.
Now, just hours after the Polish star was announced as the winner, each vote from every country's captain and head coach have been revealed and some may argue that Messi has been tactical when it came to choosing his top three.
A document released by FIFA shows how everyone voted, and the Argentine superstar voted best pal Neymar as his first pick, Kylian Mbappe for silver while Lewandowski was only the third best player this year despite his outstanding campaign in 2020.
Most notably is that Ronaldo was nowhere to be seen on Messi's voting card.
The 33-year-old usually includes his long-term rival in his top-three but decided to snub Ronaldo this time round.
Ronaldo, who snubbed Messi in last year's voting, decided to go with the agreed consensus that Lewandowski was the best player this year while including Messi as second best this time around. The 35-year-old also included Mbappe on his ballot.
Ronaldo and Messi recently shared a pitch and it was the Portugal captain that came out on top after Juventus swept aside Barcelona at the Nou Camp.
The Real Madrid legend was full of praise for Messi, who he insisted was never a rival in his eyes.
'I have always had a very good relationship with him,' said Ronaldo.
'I shared 12, 13 or 14 years of award ceremonies with him. I never saw him as a rival. He always tries to do what is best for his team and me too. I always got along very well with him.
'But we know that in football, for the press, for the show, a rivalry is sought, but I have always gotten along well with him. I see him as always.'
However, the pair looked less than impressed when Lewandowski was announced as FIFA's Best Men's Player on Thursday evening.
Lewandowski notched a remarkable 55 goals in just 47 matches last campaign, scoring 15 in 10 games as Bayern marched to Champions League glory.
The 32-year-old finished top scorer in the Bundesliga, the German Cup and the Champions League last season.
SH2000
507
Media stop all these Though Barcelona is my rival and Messi plays for them and stuffs like that But it's their opinion, it's not your business who they vote if you look at it, it's tactics by Messi, he didn't put Ronaldo because he was up for the award and c'mon Ronaldo didn't put Messi last year If I was the one I wouldn't have even put Lewandowski in third, I won't have put my competition, Big respect to the three legends and Media just leave Messi alone, everyone has freedom to voice his or her opinion
Pianski
107
Despite you Ignored Ronaldo,He has shown generosity by choosing you not Just in Top Three but Voting amongst all the candidate ♥️💪😎 G.O.A.T RECOGNIZES G.O.A.T
BillyDedon
99
When Messi does something which is normal and the media want to pent him red they will put the headlines this manner, last season when Messi voted for Cr7 and Cr7 didn't return the favour the media didn't bring the headlines like the one of Messi, and when Cr7 fans see's it they will troll insult at Messi but when they will see another post in favour of Messi they will say AF are the fans of Messi.
KingJerryTheGreat
57
It's perfect the way it was. Lewandowski deserved to be 1st. Ronaldo deserved to be 2nd. Then Messi deserved to be 3rd. And even though Ronaldo voted for both of them, he still made it in second position. Cristiano Ronaldo things...
KingJerryTheGreat
55
Messi ignored Ronaldo in his votes for BEST 2020 award but Ronaldo DIDN'T ignore Messi. Had the tables been turned around, you would have seen some "FANBASE" trolling Ronaldo....