FIFA delivers its awards today, mostly individual but with some collective category, in an event that will take place in the Swiss city of Zurich electronically. Despite being in the month of January, most of the merits of the nominees will be those of the previous year.
Today, January 17, the highest football organization at the international level will award nine categories. The gala can be followed at FIFA YouTube channel around the world in countries such as Spain (7:00 p.m.), Mexico, Peru and Colombia (12:00 p.m.), Venezuela (1:00 p.m.), Chile and Argentina (2:00 p.m.) or the United States, in the time slot between Los Angeles (10:00 a.m.) and New York (1:00 p.m.).
BEST PLAYER
Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munchen), Leo Messi (FC Barcelona and Paris Saint Germain) and Mohammed Salah (Liverpool) will be the candidates. The Pole starts as a favorite thanks to his record goalscoring (41) in the Bundesliga and winning titles such as the Bundesliga, the DFL-Supercup and the Club World Cup. In Champions League weighed his absence in the quarterfinals.
The Argentine won the Copa del Rey, his last title as a Barça footballer before moving to the Parque de los Príncipes. However, he managed to win the Copa América with the national team, being the main merit to be among the nominees. For his part, the Egyptian did not win any trophy at Anfield last season, but he is at an excellent level so far this season.
BEST PLAYER
The FC Barcelona goes back to have leading role, as it happened in the Ballon d’Or. Jennifer Beautiful Y Alexia Putellas, winner of the aforementioned, represent a Barça team that won the Iberdrola League, the Queen’s Cup and the Champions League in the same year.
On the other hand, Samantha “Sam” Kerr She attends the gala as a representative of Chelsea, with whom she scored 31 goals to lift the FA Cup, FA Women’s Super League, League Cup and FA Community Shield. The only thing missing was the Champions League, where they succumbed in the final against those from Barcelona.
PUSKAS AWARD
In the category for the best goal of the year we find Erik Lamela, for his rabona goal in the Premier League with Tottenham Hotspur against Arsenal; Mehdi Taremi, for his Chilean with Porto against Chelsea in the Champions League; Y patrick schick, author of a goal from midfield with the Czech Republic against Scotland in the last edition of the European Championship.
BEST GOALKEEPER
The nominees under sticks are the two winners of the most outstanding competitions at European level last year. On the one hand we have Gianluigi Donnarumma, for his role in the achievement of the European Championship by the Italian team. For other, Edouard Mendy for lifting the Champions League with Chelsea. The third is Manuel Neuer (Bayern München), which managed to win the Bundesliga, the two Super Cups and the Club World Cup.
BEST GOALKEEPER
In women’s football, the nominated goalkeepers are Ann-Katrin Berger (Chelsea), Stephanie Labbe (FC Rosengard) and Christiane Endler, who was at Paris Saint Germain last year and has ended up at Olympique Lyon for the current one.
The German has managed to win the FA Cup, FA Women’s Super League, League Cup and FA Community Shield with Chelsea, leaving her with the thorn of the Champions League final. The Canadian took over the Swedish Damallsvenskan and the Chilean, with Division 1 Féminine in France.
BEST MALE FOOTBALL COACH
In this category we find Pep Guardiola (Manchester City), Robert Mancini (Italy) and Thomas Tuchel (Chelsea). The great favorite is the latter, who landed in January in the London team and managed to lead them to the achievement of the Champions League.
The Italian coach returned the squadra azzurra to the top of European football, winning the second European Championship in its history after the one achieved in 1968. Finally, the Catalan won the Premier League again and, in addition, won the EFL Cup He had to settle for runner-up in the Champions League and the FA Cup semi-finals.
BEST FEMALE FOOTBALL COACH
The nominations are for Luis Cortes (FC Barcelona), Emma Hayes (Chelsea) and sarina wiegman (The Netherlands and England). The Catalan, already out of the Barça team, is the great favorite for working to win the Iberdrola League, the Queen’s Cup and the Champions League.
The English had her influence with the Londoners, who won the FA Cup, FA Women’s Super League, League Cup and FA Community Shield. Finally, the Dutch coach is about to have directed her native country towards qualifying for the next World Cup and, since she landed in the English, to finish directing the course towards it.
FAIR PLAY
In this case, the big favorites to win the prize are the members of the denmark medical team, who managed to keep Christian Eriksen alive after he vanished in the European Championship tie against Finland.
The other candidates are Claudio Ranieiri, who on matchday 35 of Serie A suggested to his players at Sampdoria that they make Inter the champion’s hall, and Scott Brown, who in the prelude to the Old Firm between Celtic Glasgow and Rangers approached to support Glen Kamara, who days before was the victim of racist insults in another match.
BEST FANS
Finally, we will have the award for the best section of the stands of a team, but there are no nominations and the winner will be announced during the gala.
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