Who will win the 'UEFA Player of the Year' award?
(Baonghean.vn)- The shortlist for the UEFA Player of the Year award has only three names: Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Gianluigi Buffon. According to the assessment, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are still the more important names.
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| The title of “UEFA Player of the Year” was born since the 2010-2011 season, dominated by two outstanding individuals Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi (each won 2 times). Only 2 seasons 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 Andres Iniesta (Barcelona) and Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich) were honored. In the 2015-2016 season, Cristiano Ronaldo was honored for the second time after a successful season at both club and national team level of Portugal. |
UEFA had a hard time selecting these three faces from a shortlist of 10 people. Real Madrid - the team that has won 3 Champions League titles in the last 4 years, contributed 4 players in the top 10 (Modric 4th, Kroos 5th and Ramos 7th). Also in the top 10 are Buffon's teammate, Paulo Dybala (Juve) ranked 6th on the list. Kylian Mbappe (Monaco), Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) and Zlatan Ibrahimovic (MU).
Surprisingly, Luis Suarez, who scored 37 goals for Barcelona in all competitions last season, and Neymar, who joined PSG for 222 million euros this summer, are both absent from the list.
The shortlist of three players was selected by a group of 80 coaches from the teams participating in the group stage of the Champions League and Europa League in the 2016-2017 season; along with 55 football journalists selected by the European Sports Media Organization.
Ronaldo made a great contribution to helping Real Madrid win the Champions League for the second consecutive time, with a total of 12 goals in this prestigious tournament.
The other superstar is Messi, who won the Copa del Rey with Barcelona and was also La Liga's top scorer last season (37 goals).
Meanwhile, goalkeeper Buffon helped Juventus win the Serie A title for the 6th consecutive time and reach the Champions League final. So far, he is the 2nd goalkeeper to be selected in the final 3 names since the award was introduced in the 2010-2011 season. The other "goalkeeper" was Manuel Neuer in the 2013-2014 season.
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| Goalkeeper Buffon helped Juventus reach the Serie A throne for the 6th time. Photo: Internet |
In terms of form and achievements, experts believe that the prestigious title of European football will hardly escape the hands of superstar Ronaldo. If that happens, this will be the first time a player has won this prestigious title for two consecutive years.
In the women's category, the shortlist includes striker Pernille Harder of VfL Wolfsburg, midfielder Dzsenifer Marozsan of Olympique Lyon and winger Lieke Martens of Barcelona./. |
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