أحمد السباعي Free Membership
Liverpool striker Sadio Mane can be regarded as one of the media's oppressed players. His achievements, numbers and contributions to the Reds and his country do not receive due coverage, while other players are highlighted and inflated.
The Liverpool striker, who presented a special season last season, achieved numbers and won collective and individual titles paving the way for winning the golden ball presented by the magazine "France Football" specialized for the best player in the world on the second of next month.
Senegal won the Champions League and runners-up in the Premier League, and was crowned the English Premier League's top scorer with fellow striker Mohamed Salah and Gabonese striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, and led the "Teranga Lions" to the African Nations Cup final. Algeria clean view.
Moreover, during 47 games last season, Mani scored 29 goals and made seven more with his team and his country, in addition to being a team player attacking and dribbling and making goals for his teammates and extracting penalties, as well as his defensive role in the pressure on the ball holder when the ball cut off his teammates Forwards.
Mani, 27, deserves not only the award because of his performance and titles, but also this season's superiority over his rivals:
Argentine Lionel Messi, who made a fantastic season but only won the league title and third place in the Copa America with his country.
- Dutchman Virgil van Dijk, Mani's teammate and captain of the Netherlands, did not offer the same standards for his country.
- Egyptian star Mohamed Salah, who came out with his country from the price of the African Nations Cup final.
* Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo has the numbers far from what Mani did last season.
- French teenager Klyan Mbappe, who was unable to emerge last season in the Champions League.
But what is wrong with Mani's career this season is the loss of the African Nations Cup final, and the failure to achieve the title that was waiting for his country for the first time in its history.
"Messi and Ronaldo are amazing. I am very far from them. I will do everything I can and make a double effort to reach their level. Winning this award is a childhood dream and I am happy that I am one of the best," he told L'Equipe magazine. Candidates, I work collectively for the team, winning the award is not an obsession for me but if I win it will be the culmination of the team's efforts, this is my dream and if realized I will be proud and the happiest person in the world.
The only African to lift the award was Liberian star George Weah in 1994. Will Mani become the second African player to be crowned with this prestigious award?