Last Thursday, FIFA announced the winners of the best 2020 awards, in both individual and collective categories. In this section, the world organization presented its ideal team of the year with a line-up made up of great stars of European football, such as Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo, although without Neymar, figure of the PSG.
In fact, not a single footballer of the Paris team was made by the FIFA for the type of the best eleven of this season. This caused the annoyance of ‘Ney’, who complained about the election with a sarcastic remark spread through his social networks: “PSG is playing a different sport.”
A few days ago, the Scratch forward had expressed disbelief after learning that he was not among the finalists for the best player award. “Are you serious?” He said after hearing Lewandowski, Messi and Ronaldo would compete for the prize, a decision also criticized by former footballer Dimitar Berbatov.
Neymar’s comment did not go unnoticed on social networks. Photo: @ futtmais / Instagram
In addition to the controversy, FIFA’s ideal eleven in 2020 included: Alisson Becker (Liverpool), Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Virgil Van Dijk (Liverpool), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich), Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich), Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City), Thiago Alcántara (Bayern Munich / Liverpool), Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) and Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus).
Winners of the best prizes
Robert Lewandowski and Lucy Bronze were the winners in the Best Player and Best Player categories. In the best coach and coach category, the award went to Jürgen Klopp and Sarina Wiegman respectively, while the best goalkeeper awards went to Manuel Neuer and Sarah Bouhaddi. In the end, Son Heung-Min won the Puskás for the best goal of the season.
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