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The Portuguese international Cristiano Ronaldo will face the eternal rival Lionel Messi and the favorite Robert Lewandowski today in the fight for the trophy of the best footballer in the world, in the “The Best” awards, awarded by FIFA.
The Italian Juventus forward has five “The Best” trophies on his resume (2008, 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2016/17) and seeks to match the Argentine FC Barcelona, current holder of the award and the most awarded among the footballers (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2019).
However, the two main “stars” of world football will face competition from the Polish Robert Lewandowski, considered the favorite to collect the trophy. The forward helped Bayern Munich win the last edition of the Champions League, was the best scorer in that competition and was also voted UEFA’s player of the year in October.
Germans Jürgen Klopp (Liverpool), current “owner” of the award, and Hans-Dieter Flick (Bayern Munich) will compete with Argentina’s Marcelo Bielsa (Leeds) for the award for best male soccer coach.
In women’s football, England’s Lucy Bronze (Manchester City), Danish Pernille Harder (Chelsea) and France’s Wendie Renard (Lyon) compete for the best player award, while Frenchman Jean-Luc Vasseur (Lyon), Britain’s Emma Hayes (Chelsea) and Dutch coach Sarina Wiegman are the candidates for best coach in the women’s sector.
The 11 categories of the “The Best” awards, in men and women, will be chosen by captains and coaches of all teams, fans and representatives of the media from around the world.
The “The Best” awards ceremony, which was initially scheduled for September, but was postponed due to the covid-19 pandemic, will be held through an exclusively virtual event.
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