I think this was the most controversial among all the awards that were presented last night, Monday 25th September. There were goals that far outshone that Salah's goal, even some scored by Salah himself.
That sort of goal is what we're see nearly every week in the Premier league. The award looks every bit controversial. It felt like FIFA was simply pitying players like Salah who were available for the show but would have gone home with nothing.
If you take a look at Quaresma's goal which was also in contention, that goal far, far outclasses the one scored by Salah.
The FIFA award will lose its credibility if things like this keeps going on. It's called FIFA the best and not FIFA, the sympathetic award. There should be no sentiments attached.
I wonder how goals like Ronaldo's and Bale's that require much more technicality and skill didn't get picked and Salah's did. It's a disgrace and that just showed that FIFA awarding system is compromised.