Missing major title, Ronaldo and Messi become judges for France Football's new award
(Baonghean.vn) - C.Ronaldo lost the Best Goal award to Mohamed Salah; Modric surpassed Ronaldo and Salah to become the best in the world; Coach Deschamps was honored by FIFA... are some of the exciting international sports news today.
Ronaldo, Messi to judge France Football's new award
From this year, in addition to the Golden Ball for the best male player of the year,France FootballThe organization also held two more voting awards: the Kopa Trophy for Best Young Player and the Ballon d'Or for female players.
Named after Raymond Kopa, the late Ballon d'Or winner in 1958, the Kopa Trophy is awarded to the best player under the age of 21. The jury consists of living Ballon d'Or winners, the oldest of whom is Luis Suarez, the 83-year-old former midfielder of Barca and Inter Milan. Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, Kaka... are also on the list.
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Ronaldo and Messi have both won the Ballon d'Or five times in the past 10 years. |
Similar to the voting for the Ballon d'Or for male players, the Ballon d'Or for female players has a voting committee made up of journalists who specialize in following women's football.
France Football will announce the nominees for the three awards on October 8. After the voting process, the football magazine will honor the winners at a ceremony in Paris, France on December 3.
C.Ronaldo missed out on the Best Goal award to Mohamed Salah
Despite creating a bicycle kick masterpiece in the match against Juventus in the Champions League last season, C. Ronaldo still missed out on the 2018 Puskas Award for Best Goal to Mohamed Salah.
As we all know, C. Ronaldo created a masterpiece of a bicycle kick against Juventus in the quarter-finals of the Champions League last season. After that, UEFA decided to choose this masterpiece as the most beautiful goal in the most prestigious European club tournament in the 2017/18 season.
In fact, with this masterpiece, C. Ronaldo is also a strong candidate to compete for the title of FIFA's Most Beautiful Goal of 2018 (Puskas Award). However, surprisingly, the Portuguese "superstar" missed out on this award.
Instead, FIFA decided to award the Puskas award to Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah. The Egyptian star received the award for his goal against Everton in the Premier League round of 16 last season.
According to statistics, the Egyptian striker is the first African player to win the Puskas award since its inception in 2009.
Surpassing Ronaldo and Salah, Modric is the best in the world
Luka Modric has surpassed two big rivals Cristiano Ronaldo and Mohamed Salad to win the FIFA The Best 2018 award.
As expected, Luka Modric became the best player in the world in 2018 organized by FIFA.In the vote organized by FIFA, Modric received 29.05% of the votes. Cristiano Ronaldo came second with 19.08%.
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Modric is the best in the world. |
Messi sets record on sad day
With his appearance in the match against Girona this morning, Leo Messi surpassed Dani Alves to become the foreign player with the most appearances in La Liga history (423 matches). In 423 matches, El Pulga scored 387 goals and had 166 assists. Unfortunately, despite Messi's goal, Blaugrana only earned 1 point against their city rivals (2-2 draw).
Leno received sad news from Emery
After the win over Everton, coach Unai Emery was full of praise for goalkeeper Petr Cech. He affirmed that experience is the reason why Cech is trusted. This can be considered sad news for Bernd Leno, who has not been selected as a starting goalkeeper in the Premier League this season. In fact, Leno has shown impatience even though he played in the Europa League last midweek.
Coach Deschamps honored by FIFA
By convincingly helping the French team win the 2018 World Cup, coach Deschamps surpassed many strong candidates to win the best coach award of 2018.
At the 2018 World Cup, coach Deschamps helped the French team "turn into a dragon" when they convincingly won the world championship. This 49-year-old coach breathed new life into Les Blues. They "put away" their usual generosity to return to playing rough and thorny. It brought unexpected results.
Thanks to his World Cup victory with the French team, coach Deschamps was honored by FIFA as the best coach of 2018. This is a worthy reward for this strategist.
To win the best coach award, coach Deschamps beat two strong candidates, Zidane and Zlatko Dalić. While coach Zidane helped Real Madrid win the Champions League for the third consecutive time, coach Zlatko Dalić led the Croatian team to the final of the 2018 World Cup.