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Cristiano, Lewandowski and Messi, finalists of the The Best

MESSI WILL ASPIRATE FOR HIS SECOND

OFFICIAL: Messi, Cristiano and Lewandowski, finalists of The Best

Published:11/12/2020 - 17:09h

Updated:11/12/2020 - 20:03h

FIFA has announced this Friday the finalists for The Best 2020 awards. Leo Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Robert Lewandowski are the candidates to win the award for best footballer of the year

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This Friday has been the day in which the FIFA has announced the finalists of the prizes The Best 2020. In the section of better masculine footballer of the season goes back to be Leo Messi. The Argentinian, winner the past year, will go back to aspire to this prestigious award after a past campaign in which it did not win at all to collective level, but went back to shine to individual level.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Robert Lewandowski are the others two candidates that has proposed the FIFA. In the case of the Portuguese, to win it would be his third prize The Best, since it conquered the two first editions, in the 2016 and the 2017. From this moment, the '7' of the Juventus of Turín has not won any and has seen like Luka Modric and Messi snatched it to him. In the case of the Pole, is the first time that is finalist and to win it would be the first of his career.

Of the three candidates, the one of the Bayern of Munich is definitely the big favourite to carry the award. The Pole carried the triplete with the Bavarians and went the maximum goleador of the Bundesliga and of the Champions League, with 34 and 15 so many, respectively. In total, the one of Warszawa annotated 55 targets in 47 meetings the past course, in addition to giving 10 assistances. Spectacular numbers that, added to the triumphs of the group germano, do that this The Best have the practically decided winner.

In the case of Messi, the rosarino finished the campaign with 31 so many in 44 crashes between all the competitions. They are more than 20 goals less than Lewandowski, but the forward of the Barça surpasses by a lot to the of the Bayern in assistances. By the 10 that gave the Pole, the culé delivered 27, an authentic atrocity that, still like this, is little likely that him acercque the The Best. On the other hand, Cristiano finished the course with 37 targets and 7 assistances in 46 crashes, many less than the Pole.

Besides, it is necessary to stand out that Marc-André ter Stegen did not go in between the three finalists for the best goalkeeper of the campaign. The German, that was to big level, but that did not win at all, remained went in profit of Alisson Becker, that carried the Premier League with the Liverpool; Jan Oblak, that did not win at all, but completed an excellent year; and Manuel Neuer, that went back to his best level and besides won the triplete with the Bayern. The put of the ones of Munich is the big favourite to carry the prize, the same that it is it Lewandowski.

The taconazo of Luis Suárez opts to better goal of the year

Also it fits to say that Luis Suárez will compete with Giorgian of Arrascaeta and Are Heun-Min by the best goal of the year. The impressive taconazo of the charrúa in the Barça-Mallorca of the past season aspires to turn into the best of the course. On the other hand, Kürgen Klopp, champion of the Premier with the Liverpool; Marcelo Bielsa, that rose after a lot of years to the mythical Leeds to the Premier; and Hansi Flick, that did with the triplete with the Bayer, will look for the award to better trainer.

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