The jury was seduced by the Stratospheric 2020-2021 season of Lewandowski, author of 48 goals, all competitions. Captain of FC Barcelona had received the Golden Ball in November.
Le Monde with AFP
Robert Lewandowski, Serial scorer of Bayern Munich and holding the trophy, retained the title of best FIFA player of the year, Monday 17 January, at the Best 2021 ceremony in Zurich.
The 33-year-old won the trophy after 2020, at the end of a faster year. He imposes herself in front of the other two finalists: Argentinian Messi (Paris-SG, Ex-FC Barcelona), Sacred seven gold balloon at the end of November, and the Egyptian Mohamed Salah (Liverpool). Cristiano Ronaldo, who has become in 2021 the record of goals in selection, has been honored by a special price. “It’s a dream, I must thank my teammates, especially in the national team, with whom I played during these almost twenty years,” commented the attacker, author of 115 goals with Portugal.
The jury composed of breeders, captains, journalists as well as supporters and supporters around the world, was seduced by Lewandowski Stratospheric 2020-2021, author of 48 goals, all competitions.
“I am happy and very honored to win this trophy. I feel proud,” commented Lewandowski, who received the duplex price. “This trophy also belongs to my partners, my coaches, we all work hard to win games and trophies.”
The great striker, nonuple champion of Germany, has mainly market on the Bundesliga with 41 goals in 29 games, or a unit more than Gerd Müller, who has held this record for half a century (since the season 1971 -1972) and to which a tribute has been made, Monday, at this online gala organized in Zurich.
Consecration for Alexia Putellas
After his gold balloon received in November, the Spanish Alexia Putellas, Captain of FC Barcelona, won the title of best FIFA player of the year at the Best 2021 ceremony, signing a double.
The trophy delivered to the midfielder of 27 years rewards the entire female barça, crowned at once in the championship, in the Spanish Cup and especially in the Champions League at the end of a season 2020-2021 exceptional. Putellas succeeds English Lucy Bronze, Manchester City Player.
“I want to thank all my teammates because this trophy is for all of us,” she reacted. “This trophy will be a motivation for this year and I hope we will have a lot of success,” she added. “In Spain, we have a lot of talents, we had to work more and we needed some time. It’s not the result of a few months, it is the result of several years”, continued the laureate.
Putellas becomes the second player to succeed in the double ball of the Golden Trophy The Best in the same year, two years after the American world champion Megan Rapinoe. In this case, it is even a triplet for the Spanish international, designated European player of the year 2021 by UEFA. “Alexia”, as it is written on the back of his jersey, won the title of best player, Monday, in front of the Australian star of Chelsea, Sam Kerr, and his compatriot Jennifer Hermoso, FC Barcelona attacker.