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Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, Spanish coach Pep Guardiola and Real Madrid, were chosen as the best player, coach and club of the XXI century, at the gala of the Globe Soccer Awards held in Dubai, in which Iker Casillas and Gerard Piqué received special recognition for their successful careers.
Cristiano Ronaldo surpassed the Argentine in the vote Leo Messi, the Brazilian Ronaldinho and Mohamed Salah. Present in the luxurious Armani Hotel, the Portuguese star received the award with emotion. “It is precious to receive this award. I thank everyone who voted for me, my family, my mother and my sisters.”
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“Being nominated alongside great footballers is an honor for me. This motivates me even more. It is incredible that children want to be like me, wear the same haircut. I want to see them around the world making the sound when I score a goal”, wish.
The gala left a desire shared by all, the return of fans to the stadiums once the coronavirus pandemic. “It is boring to play without an audience,” Cristiano confessed. “I don’t like playing in empty stadiums at all. Without fans, football is nothing.”
It was the message with which the president of Fifa, Gianni Infantino, began the gala, which left a special memory to two recently deceased football legends such as the Argentine Diego Armando Maradona and italian Paolo rossi.
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“Soccer is the most important of the least important things. We remember what has suffered from the pandemic and how important soccer is for people,” he claimed. The player of the year was won by the forward of the Bayern Munich Robert Lewandowski, who beat Cristiano Ronaldo himself and Leo Messi.
“We have only lost one game in 2020 and I have scored a lot of goals. It’s not that I’m going to sit at the table of Cristiano and Messi rather, I invite you to sit at my table, “he joked.
In the technical section the big winner was Pep Guardiola, elected the best in the century.
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The current Manchester City manager beat Alex Ferguson, Zinedine Zidane and José Mourinho. Meanwhile, in the section of best coach of the year the award went to Hans Dieter Flick, Bayern Munich coach, after his great season crowned with the conquest of the Champions League.
In the vote, he beat Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp and Atalanta, Mario Gasperini.
Real Madrid was elected the best club of the century ahead of Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Al Ahly; Two special moments were the recognition of Iker Casillas and Gerard Piqué for their careers; while Bayern won the recognition as the best club of the year and Jorge Mendes as agent of the century.
EFE
