Finally, there was not surprise and Erling Haaland, forward of the Borussia of Dortmund, was proclaimed winner of the Golden Boy 2020, that appoints to the best footballer sub-21 of the world. The Norwegian forward won the prize with 302 points, by in front of the 239 of Ansu Fati, the young star of the FC Barcelona. The third place was finally of Alphonso Davies, of the Bayern of Munich, with 226.
It is necessary to remember that the prize Golden Boy award it the journalists and that footballers like Leo Messi, Joao Felix or the 'Kun' Agüero already won it in his day. After a season in which Erling Haaland has showed his potential goleador in the rows of the Borussia Dortmund, that him fichó the past month of January, has finish obtaining the prize of way quite holgada.
It has not been sufficient for Ansu Fati all the made along this 2020, possibly penalised by the cowardice of Quique Setién evading range him like titling in numerous important parties in which it deserved to be. With Ronald Koeman in the bench, the Hispanic-bissauguineano has shined and possibly had won the prize if these opportunities that has had with the Dutch had had them also with the Cantabrian.
It is necessary to remember that, the past month of October, in which it knew the list of the 20 finalists of the Golden Boy with Ansu Fati between them, the forward culé showed his illusion for winning. "I am very thrilled. At the end, be nominated to a so important prize is something that thrills us to all. But it is necessary to follow working each day so that sucedan beautiful things like this", said, in an interview to 'TuttoSport'.
Even and like this, Ansu Fati always was conscious of the complicated that it would be to carry the prize by the hard competition. "It suffices with reading the list of the twenty finalists to darse immediately that all the players nominated are very good. All had a big championship with his clubs and his respective national selections. All are winning by the simple fact to be in the final list", sentenced.
Erling Haaland, Ansu Fati and Alphonso Davies were the three players that more difference took out on the rest, that remained to a lot of points to reach the podium. To all they followed them Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund), that with 80 points not even arrived to the half of the obtained by his mates, with names like Eduardo Camavinga (Rennes) or Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid) in the list.
Classification of the Golden Boy 2020
- Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund), 302 points
- Ansu Fati (FC Barcelona), 239 points
- Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich), 226 points
- Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund), 80 points
- Eduardo Camavinga (Rennes), 50 points
- They leave Kulusevski (Juventus of Turín), 41 points
- Phil Foden (Manchester City), 36 points
- Dominik Szoboszlai (RB Salzburog), 13 points
- Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), 13 points
- Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid), 9 points