Former Laos manager: For players outside Laos, the country's domestic players only know Ronaldo and Messi

Live Bar February 5, 2016 In the 2016 FIFA Player of the Year award, the captain of the Lao national team voted for Cristiano Ronaldo. Steve Darby, the boss of the Lao national team at the time, talked about it in an interview with Theathletic.

Steve Darby said: "For players outside of Laos, these lads only know Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi. Don't assume that players anywhere in the world know players from other parts of the world. When a Lao child grows up in a village without television, his vision is not as broad. ”

"The reason I got a voting form was because the general secretary of Laos speaks English. If he doesn't speak English, he'll most likely throw the form away, which is common elsewhere. In Laos, they don't think the award matters. Laos can't make a dime out of it, and Lao players have no chance of winning the award. ”

Steve Darby also revealed that in 2008, he also filled out a form for the Thai captain, when he was the coach of the Thai team. "Someone said to me, 'Fill out this form, okay?'" he recalled. So I did. I probably won't be able to meet the national team captain until the next international match day, so it's much faster than finding him and explaining everything through an interpreter. No one checked the signatures, and I even changed the voting results because I thought it would make more sense. ”

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