Despite his hat-trick with Manchester City, Erling Haaland was edged out by the former Parisian for the 2023 Player of the Year award during the “FIFA The Best” ceremony on Monday.
Argentina’s Lionel Messi has been named the 2023 Player of the Year ahead of Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe, a surprise choice announced at a ceremony on Monday.FIFA the best», where Spaniard Aitana Bonmati continued her raid for the women’s title. The 36-year-old Ballon d’Or scored 48 points, tied with Haaland, who was the favorite because of the avalanche of goals for Manchester City, with whom he had a Champions League-Championship-Cup trouble. England achieved.
The 2022 world champions, despite a disappointing season with Paris Saint-Germain, won by one point in regulations that, in such a situation, give more weight to the captain’s national teams’ vote. His former teammate at PSG, France’s Kylian Mbappe, is third with 35 points.
This result is a big surprise considering the period concerned. This includes taking into account game performances achieved between December 19, 2022, the day after the World Cup final, and August 20, 2023. However, during this period, Haaland found the net 28 times in 33 matches, including 7 of 7. In the Champions League. Messi and Mbappé’s PSG slipped to the round of 16 in Europe’s premier competition, a slide that might seem crippling.
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The French striker overcame the double disappointment of C1 and the World Cup final, where his hat-trick was not enough, to score 17 goals in the last 20 Ligue 1 matches, but these brilliant servants weigh less than a continental coronation. Messi, who was crowned for a third time after 2019 and 2022 and was absent from the London ceremony, had little club influence during the sequence.
Failing to crown his No.9, Manchester City saw six of his players in the typical Team of the Year (Walker, Stones, Dias, Silva, De Bruyne and Haaland), but not Rodri, a scorer in European finals. Istanbul vs Inter Milan. Individually, their coach Pep Guardiola and their Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson won awards commensurate with their respective achievements. Voting was conducted by national teams’ coaches, their captains, journalists and supporters who came to register on the FIFA website, each category representing 25% of the votes.
A hat trick for Bonmati
For women, the FIFA award remains in Spain, even if the crowned head changes: Aitana Bonmati replaces her compatriot Alexia Putelas, the recipient of two previous trophies. The nearly 26-year-old midfielder (he will celebrate his on Thursday) has scooped three of the biggest individual awards in a year with the UEFA and FIFA prizes for best player while also being awarded the Ballon d’Or, a hat-trick. Only its largest was previously achieved in 2021.
“It was a unique year that I will remember for the rest of my life.», she commented from Eventum Apollo in London where the ceremony was held. “I am proud to be part of this powerful generation of women who are changing football and changing the world“, she added, thank you “From the bottom of the heart» her partners, without whom she “There will not be“
Suspense was not too high considering the results and the talent shown on the field by Bonmati. Won the Champions League with Catalan FC Barcelona and the World Cup with Spain, being named the best player in both competitions. The shadow of his compatriot and world champion “Jennifer» Hermoso, now relegated to the less competitive Mexican championship, was not as dangerous as Linda Caicedo (18 years old), a nugget from Colombia and Real Madrid.
World Cup finalists England named Manchester United goalkeeper Mary Earps and her coach, Dutchman Sarina Wiegman, among the winners in their respective categories. Both women retain the trophy they won in 2022
List of FIFA/Best Trophies 2023 :
Best player: Lionel Messi (Argentina/PSG and Inter Miami).
Best goalkeeper: Ederson (Brazil/Manchester City).
Best Male Coach: Pep Guardiola (Manchester City).
Puskas Award: Guilherme Madruga (Brazil / Botafogo)
Best Player: Aitana Bonmati (Spain/FC Barcelona)
Best Goalkeeper: Mary Earps (England/Manchester United).
Best Women’s Coach: Sarina Wigman (England).
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