One more time Lionel Messi integrates the podium of soccer players chosen by the Uefa to win the prize “best player of the season”. The federation of european football announced the three finalists this morning on their social networks and they are: Kevin De Bruyne, Erling Haaland and Messi.
This is the seventh and last time in the outstanding race of the “Flea” that appears on the podium (only surpassed by Cristiano Ronaldo). He won it twice, in 2011 and 2015. He had also won 2009in the old denomination of the prize.
The winner will be announced on August 31 in Monacoduring the draw for the group stage of the Champions League.
The three nominees were voted on by a jury made up of the coaches of the clubs that played in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League in the 2022/23 season, together with the coaches of the men’s national teams of the UEFA member associations. A group of journalists selected by the European Sports Media (ESM) They were also part of the jury.
Coaches and journalists were asked to choose three players from the shortlist by assigning them five points, three points and one point, respectively. The final result was based on the total number of votes cast by the coaches and journalists. Coaches could not vote for players from their own team.
Messi’s season and why UEFA chose him
Although Messi shone with the psg and finished the season with his second title of the league 1were his exploits in the world of the FIFA in Qatar with Argentina the ones that really turned heads and elevated it.
Icon of his generation, Messi He became the first Argentine to raise the world from Diego Armando Maradona. He scored seven goals and received the Golden Ball to the best player of the final phase. In March, he became the third player in history to reach 100 international goals.
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Your 2022/23 in numbers:
Achievements:
- World Cup Champion, World Cup Ballon d’Or winner, Ligue 1 champion
UEFA champions league:
- Matches: 7
- Goals: 4
- Assists: 4
- Man of the Match Awards: 1
French league:
- Matches: 32
- Goals: 16
- Assists: 16
Source: Ambito
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