Updated:01/17/2022 18:43h
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Let’s go with a little history ‘The Best’ They are awards that were born after the separation of FIFA and France Football in the delivery of the Ballon d’Or. The first player that appears in the list of winners is Cristiano Ronaldo, which won the first two editions (2016 and 2017). In 2018, the title went to the Croatian Luka Modric, while the winner of 2019 was the Argentine Messi. In the last edition, that of 2020, the award ended up in the hands of Robert Lewandowski, who, like Messi, aspires to win it again. The third applicant is the Egyptian Salah, the Liverpool striker.
In this gala, which as we have reported will be telematic due to the restrictions of the coronavirus, the Puskas Award for the best goal of the year, whose finalists are the Argentine Érik Lamela by a goal in a match between Arsenal and Tottenham in the Premier; the Czech Patrik Schick, for his goal in the Czech Republic-Scotland of the European Championship; and the Iranian Mehdi Taremi for his goal in the Champions League match between Chelsea and Porto. It will also be delivered Hobby Award and of Premio Fair Play.
We remember the candidates for the rest of the FIFA ‘The Best’ award. Best male goalkeeper: the finalists are the Italian Gianluigi Donnarumma (AC Milan/Paris Saint-Germain), the Senegalese Édouard Mendy (Chelsea) and the German Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich). With contenders for the best goalkeeper aparecenla alemana Ann-Katrin Berger (Chelsea), the chilena Christiane Endler (PPSG / Olympique Lyon) y the Canadian Stephanie Lynn Marie Labbé (FC Rosengard / PSG).
Pep Guardiola (Manchester City), Italian Roberto Mancini (Italy national team) and the German Thomas Tuchel (Chelsea) aspire to win ‘The Best’ for the best male soccer coach. In the women’s football category, the list of finalists is made up of Lluís Cortés, former coach of the women’s Barça, the English Emma Hayes (Chelsea FC) and the Dutch Sarina Wiegman (Netherlands team and England team).
In the female category, the Spanish internationals Alexia Putellas and Jenni Hermoso, both from Barcelona, aspire to FIFA ‘The Best’. The third finalist is the Australian Sam Kerr (Chelsea). Putellas, which last November 29 conquered the Golden Ball, the first in the history of Spanish women’s football, starts as the great favorite. If she succeeded, she would sign the triplet after having also been chosen as UEFA Player of the Year.
In this edition, the three finalists are the Argentine Messi (PSG), the Polish Lewandowski (Bayer) and the Egyptian Salah (Liverpool). Messi seeks to join another wound to the seventh Ballon d’Or he received in November and raise his second ‘The Best’, after the one achieved in 2019. Lewandowski won it in 2020, while Salah finished third in 2018.
Who chooses the winners of the ‘The Best’ Awards? These awards are granted after the votes cast by two international juries, made up of the current coaches of the women’s/men’s teams (one per team), the captains and the current captains of the women’s/men’s teams (one per team), a journalist dedicated to representing each national team and fans registered on FIFA.com. The jury, according to the regulations of these awards, decides taking into account the actions carried out by the players between October 8, 2020 and August 7, 2021.
The ‘The Best’ 2021 Awards gala, which will be held at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich (Switzerland), will be held electronically due to the restrictions by Covid, as happened in the last edition. We recall that in 2020 the Polish Robert Lewandowski, from Bayern Munich, was chosen as the best player, while in the women’s category the award went to the English Lucy Bronze.
Good afternoon and welcome to the gala The Best Awards to the best of the year 2021 that has just ended. A day that can be very special for several of the players from all over the world, but that in Spain focuses its attention on Alexia Putellas, who after winning the Ballon d’Or a few weeks ago, appears today as the favorite to win another award as the best in the world.
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