There was Argentine tango in Paris.
Before the seats full of celebrities from the world of soccer at the Palais Pleyel in the French capital, the Argentines, led by
Lionel Messi
, won all the The Best awards that FIFA awards annually to those who were shortlisted.
The captain of the Argentina
World Cup champion Qatar 2022
won the best player trophy for the second time (the previous one had been in 2019).
Lionel Scaloni was chosen as the best technical director and Emiliano Martínez as the best goalkeeper.
Even the albiceleste fans won due to their great encouragement and color on Arab soil and the popular Tula took the stage with their historic hype.
"They make me more nervous than I am," Messi said a little jokingly and quite seriously in front of the microphone after receiving the award from Gianni Infantino, the FIFA president at the end of the gala that was held in the icy Parisian night.
On the 10th for Argentina and on the 30th for Paris Saint-Germain, in which he competed against Karim Benzema (he was not present) and with his clubmate Kylian Mbappé, he was really nervous and moved when speaking to those present.
“It is a pleasure to be here again, to be with Benzema and with Kylian.
They both had a great year.
It is an honor to be the winner.
I want to thank my colleagues.
We are Scaloni and Dibu here and we are representing them.
As my coach, Scaloni, said, this is a recognition of the entire group for what we did", expressed Leo.
And he continued: “This year was crazy for me, being able to achieve my dream after looking for it so much, fighting for it and insisting.
It is the most beautiful thing that happened to me in my career, very few can achieve it and thank God I was able to obtain it ”.
Leo Messi won The Best award for the second time, just like Cristiano Ronaldo and Lewandowski.
Photo: EFE
Messi, winner of seven Ballon d'Ors (the laurel awarded by France Football magazine, which until 2016 did so in conjunction with FIFA), also thanked his family and all the Argentine people "for having lived the way they that we live that beautiful month that will remain in our memory for life.
He greeted his sons, Thiago, Mateo and Ciro, who stayed at his house watching the television and ordered them to go to sleep.
Dressed in an impeccable black suit with a black bow tie and shirt, and accompanied by his wife, Antonela Roccuzzo, the man from Rosario kept silent on the green carpet of the preview, but greeted each other cordially with everyone who crossed his path.
In addition, La Pulga was the only Argentine to integrate the ideal eleven of FIFPro.
In this sense, he broke Cristiano Ronaldo's record by getting his 16th inclusion.
This award that has been given since 2016 is chosen by the vote of the team captains, their coaches, journalists and supporters.
Messi, for his part, chose his friend Neymar first, then Mbappé and Benzema third.
But the best in the world swept the voting over his competitors by obtaining a final scoring of 52 points.
728 coaches, 717 players, 836 journalists and 1,345,851 fans voted for him.
Mbappé got a scoring of 44, while Benzema, 34.
Dibu Martínez was chosen as the best goalkeeper.
Photo: AP.
The night opened with a tribute to Pelé after his death last December.
And then the moment of the awards came.
Dibu Martínez beat out Yassine Bounou, the Moroccan from the national team and Sevilla, and the Belgian Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid), who was not like all the nominees from the Spanish team.
Scaloni, while prevailing over the Italian Carlo Ancelotti (Real Madrid) and Pep Guardiola (Manchester City).
The evening was complete as the Argentine fans also won, represented by Tula, who starred in a nice moment on stage and even made his faithful companion, the bass drum, rumble.
Paris was painted in light blue and white.
The National Team continues to celebrate and the world of football continues at its feet.
All winners:
FIFA The Best Player Award:
Alexia Putellas (Spain/FC Barcelona).
FIFA The Best Player Award:
Lionel Messi (Argentina/Paris Saint-Germain FC).
FIFA The Best Goalkeeper Award:
Mary Earps (England/Manchester United WFC).
FIFA The Best Goalkeeper Award:
Emiliano Martínez (Argentina/Aston Villa FC).
FIFA Women's Football Coach The Best Award:
Sarina Wiegman (England national team).
The Best Award for FIFA Men's Soccer Coach:
Lionel Scaloni (Argentina national team).
FIFA Puskás Award (best goal of the year):
Marcin Oleksy (Poland/Warta Poznań).
FIFA Fair Play Award:
Luka Lochoshvili (Georgia/Wolfsberger AC/US Cremonese), assisting an opponent who suffered a seizure.
FIFA Fan Award:
the Argentine fans in Qatar 2022.
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