Another nomination for Kylian Mbappé and Neymar.
The two stars of PSG apply for The Best prize, an important trophy awarded by Fifa to the best player of the year 2020. The Parisian attackers are named among the eleven finalists whose list was unveiled this Wednesday, the day after a victory sluggish PSG against RB Leipzig in the Champions League (1-0).
If it is not surprising to find these two players in the "final", however, they have little chance of winning the bet.
Because despite three trophies won in 2020 (Ligue 1, Coupe de la Ligue, Coupe de France), Mbappé and Neymar failed in the Champions League final against Robert Lewandowski's Bayern Munich.
The Polish striker, who also won everything in Germany, finished top scorer in the competition (15 goals) with ten units more than Mbappé in the 2019-2020 campaign.
Top scorer in the German league (34 goals) last season, Lewandowski started the current season at the same pace (11 goals in 7 league games).
No Tuchel in the final among the coaches
The others nominated for The Best Trophy are Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus Turin / Portugal), Thiago Alcantara (Bayern Munich then Liverpool / Spain), Sadio Mané (Liverpool / Senegal), Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City / Belgium), Lionel Messi ( FC Barcelona / Argentina), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid / Spain), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool / Egypt) and Virgil Van Dijk (Liverpool / Netherlands).
For the trophy for best coach of the year, no Thomas Tuchel.
The Fifa jury preferred to name Marcelo Bielsa (Leeds), Hans-Dieter Flick (Bayern Munich), Jürgen Klopp (Liverpool), Julen Lopetegui (Seville) and Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid).
The Best Trophy Ceremony will take place on December 17 in Zurich (Switzerland).
These awards have existed under this name since 2016. But the FIFA footballer of the year award has been awarded since 1991. It competes with the prestigious Golden Ball, which will not have a winner this season by decision of France Football , the organizer, due to the coronavirus health crisis.
From 2010 to 2015, Fifa and France Football awarded a common trophy under the name of Fifa Ballon d'Or.
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Finally, in the nominations for women, we find two French women: Wendie Renard and Delphine Cascarino, two OL players, winner of the Champions League.
The German Marozsan, the Japanese Kumagai and the English Bronze, also OL players during the European success, are also named.
Lyonnaises coach Jean-Luc Vasseur is competing for the coach of the year trophy.
