The Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus), the Argentine Lionel Messi (Barcelona) and the Polish Robert Lesandowski (Bayern Munich) are the three finalists for the 2020 FIFA The Best award, the winner of which will be announced on the 17th, according to the organization. .
Messi won the award in last year's edition, in which the Portuguese striker, winner in 2016 and 2017, and the Dutchman
Virgil Van Dijk
(Liverpool), aspiring again but outside the finalist trio on this occasion, was also a finalist.
The other nominees this year were the Spanish
Sergio Ramos
(Real Madrid) and
Thiago Alcántara
(Bayern Munich / Liverpool), the Belgian
Kevin De Bruyne
(Manchester City), the Senegalese
Sadio Mané
(Liverpool), the French
Kylian Mbappé
(Paris Saint- Germain) the Brazilian
Neymar
(Paris Saint-Germain) and the Egyptian
Mohamed Salah
(Liverpool).
FIFA revealed the three finalists for each of the awards that it will present next week as the best this year, including the Slovenian goalkeeper of Atlético de Madrid,
Jan Oblak
, and the Argentine coach of English Leeds United,
Marcelo Bielsa
.
Oblak will compete for the distinction with Brazilian
Alisson
Becker (Liverpool), winner in 2019, and Manuel
Neuer
(Bayern Munich).
The coach of the German team,
Hans-Dieter Flick
, winner of the Champions League, and his compatriot
Jurgen Klopp
(Liverpool) - chosen last year - will be the rivals of Bielsa to win a prize that the French coach of Real also chose Madrid Zinedine Zidane and Sevilla's Spanish coach Julen Lopetegui.
The Uruguayan forward of Atlético de Madrid
Luis Suárez
is among the three final candidates for the Puskas award for the best goal of the year, for the one scored as a Barcelona player in the league win over Mallorca (5-2), on December 7, 2019. His compatriot Giorgian de Arrascaeta (Flamengo) and Korean Son Heungmin (Totteenham Hotspur) will be the other two contenders.
Jennifer Hermoso falls from the fight
In the women's category, the English Lucy Bronze (Olympique Lyon / Manchester City), the Danish Pernille Harder (Wolfsburg / Chelsea) and the French Wendie Renard (Olympique Lyon) will compete for the best player award.
FC Barcelona forward
Jennifer Hermoso
entered the first selection, but not the final, to relieve the American Megan Rapinoe, who was chosen in 2019.
FIFA, which included former players Pablo Aimar (ARG), Gilberto Silva (BRA), Hope Powell (ING) and Christie Pearce Rampone (ISA) to announce the finalists, also confirmed that the award ceremony of The Best awards 2020 will be held as a virtual television show, broadcast from its headquarters in Zurich, and will be hosted by former Dutch player Ruud Guillit and English journalist Reshmin Chowdhury.
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