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International Football Federation in cooperation with the International Federation of Associations professional football players(FIFPro) named the composition of the symbolic team for 2019.
The largest representation in it was received by the players of Madrid "Real" - four. The team also included two players from Liverpool, Barcelona and Juventus. One represents Paris Saint-Germain.
The composition of the symbolic team at the end of 2019:
goalkeeper Alison Becker("Liverpool")
defenders Virgil van Dijk("Liverpool"), Matthijs de Ligt(Juventus) Marcelo, Sergio Ramos(both - "Real")
midfielders Eden Hazard, Luka Modric(both - "Real"), Frankie de Jong("Barcelona")
forwards Kylian Mbappe(PSG), (Barcelona), (Juventus).
The Manchester United midfielder has acquired a guard dog, according to The Sun.
The French football player bought a Rottweiler from a company that breeds and educates animals for protection. Pogba spent almost € 18 thousand on the dog. The reason for this decision was the aggressive attitude towards him from some of the club's fans, as well as the inscription "Pogba Out", which recently appeared near the entrance to the team's base.
Previously, Pogba's teammates defender Phil Jones and striker Marcus Rashford bought dogs from the same company. As noted in the company, the animals will not behave aggressively in normal life until they receive the appropriate command.
Pogba got scared of the fans and bought a guard dog. Is he paranoid?
The pet cost Paul 15 thousand pounds.
Former Spartak defender Roman Shishkin, who currently plays for Torpedo Moscow, shared his opinion on the situation in his former club. Spartak in the RPL suffered three defeats in a row. In the 10th round, Muscovites lost away to Ufa with a score of 0:1. Before that, Muscovites lost to Ural (1:2) and Zenit (0:1).
“What is happening now in Spartak happened from year to year, even in my time. By now, everyone is probably used to it. You can win the derby - and they will forgive you everything, and then lose to the conditional "Ufa" - and the coach is asked to resign.
In "Spartacus" for a long time it was so, with the exception of the championship year with Carrera. What is the reason? If someone knew, the problem would have been fixed long ago, ”Match TV quoted Shishkin as saying.
Fiorentina midfielder Franck Ribery new record Italian Serie A. The 36-year-old Frenchman scored his first goal in the Italian championship in the fourth round match against Atalanta. Ribery became the oldest foreigner to score a debut goal in Serie A. The Frenchman scored at the age of 36 years and 168 days.
Ribéry scored Fiorentina's second goal in the 66th minute, but Atalanta managed to bounce back in the remaining time. As a result, the meeting ended with a score of 2:2.
The start of the season for Fiorentina is unsuccessful. Florentines scored only two points in four rounds, as a result of which they close the standings.
The French winger joined the Italian club in the summer of 2019 as a free agent. Before that, he played for Bayern for a long time.
Porto beat Santa Clara in the match of the 6th round of the Portuguese Championship. The meeting was held at the Dragau Stadium in Porto. The final score of the match - 2:0. The first goal of the meeting was scored in the 15th minute. Its author was the forward Ze Luis. The former striker of the Moscow "Spartak" hit the gates of the guests after the transfer of Pereira to Danil. At the 41st minute, the hosts consolidated their advantage – the gates of his team hit the defender of the guests Cesar. This goal was the last in the game.
Porto caught up with the leading Benfica in terms of points scored - 15 each. The Lisbon team is ahead of the Dragons due to the better difference between goals scored and conceded.
Ze Luis has already scored his 6th goal in 6 matches in the championship. Together with Pizzi (Benfica), he leads the race of scorers in the Portuguese championship.
Moscow "Dynamo" on its official website published a statement about the future in the team of head coach Dmitry Khokhlov.
“Due to the large number of rumors, speculation and unconfirmed information around the club, we consider it necessary to officially declare that we will continue to work with the team until the winter break in the national championship.
In the summer, we began a global restructuring of the team and were well aware that the creation of a new, combat-ready team would take time, would be fraught with risks and the need to quickly cope with systemic tasks. We entrusted the leadership of the team to the coaching staff of Dmitry Khokhlov and we consider it right in the current circumstances to give an opportunity to correct the current situation, taking into account the significantly updated squad.
The transfer window closed quite recently, some newcomers have been with Dynamo for less than a month. They were acquired under the vision of the current coaching staff. Time, patience and calmness are needed for the players to adapt to each other, coaching requirements, and new conditions for themselves. The club does not intend to go to extremes, nor does it intend to negotiate with other specialists, whose names are now being so actively discussed.
After the match against Sochi, everyone had a lot of negative emotions. Today, once again, we calmly and in detail discussed topical issues with Dmitry Valeryevich. Yes, at the moment neither the quality of the game, nor the place in standings cannot satisfy either the fans or coaching staff, nor the leadership of Dynamo. It is obvious. We admit that mistakes were made during the preparation of the team, which, among other things, led to poor intermediate results. The work of the sports staff also needs to be strengthened.
It is possible to correct the situation, there are all possibilities for this. But only by common efforts. With trust in each other and faith in their own strengths. Ahead of us is a difficult series of away matches in the championship and the Cup of the country. We are convinced that Dynamo loyal fans will continue to support the team at a difficult time and will be there. The immediate results will be in many ways indicative and decisive for the choice of the direction vector further development club," the White and Blues said in a statement.
And everyone learned that, according to the version of the new football simulator, Messi and Ronaldo are equal.
20 the best football players world by FIFA versions 19. Part One
10. Toni Kroos (Real Madrid)
The German midfielder is getting faster from game to game and he already has quite a playable card. On the plus side: excellent passes and five stars on the non-working leg.
9. David de Gea (Manchester United)
8. Luis Suarez (Barcelona)
The Uruguayan super-forward lost one point in the overall rankings and, more importantly, one star in feints during the year. This can significantly reduce his popularity in the game.
7. Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
The best defender in the game, the Spaniard Sergio Ramos has not changed much over the year: he has become a little slower, but noticeably more reliable in defense.
6. Eden Hazard (Chelsea)
One of the two Belgians in the top ten, who spent a not very even season for Chelsea, but was good at the World Championship. The card hasn't changed much in a year.
5. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
Perhaps the best attacking midfielder in the world on merit is in the top five players in the world according to the version. And over the year, almost all indicators on his card have improved.
4. Luka Modric (Real Madrid)
Probably the best player in 2018 received a significant upgrade in a year - plus 2 points in the overall rating. Also, the virtual Modric has become better over the year in all respects, except for playing defense.
3. Neymar (PSG)
So far, always third in the confrontation with Ronaldo and Messi, both in the real world and in FIFA. At the same time, in the game, Neymar, the owner of 5 stars on feints and a weak leg, is a very rare combination that only a few other virtual football players have.
2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Messi had one of the most controversial seasons of his career, but still received an overall rating upgrade from EA Sports, equaling Ronaldo. Another dramatic change: Messi is a center forward, which will greatly increase his popularity in the game.
1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus)
Still the best and most expensive (not counting the "legends") football player in FIFA is the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo. Moving to a new league for yourself and to a new position will in no way affect the status of this player. In, as in previous games, everyone will dream of Ronaldo.
Top 10 Great Football Players in the World
Pele won three world championships, photo: sportskeeda.com
Ask in the Church of Maradona in Napoli who is the best football player in the world and you will get a definite answer. Ask the same question in Brazil and people different ages will be called by different names. It is hard for a modern football fan to believe that there has ever been a player capable of showing on the field the same thing as Messi with Cristiano Ronaldo.
We tried to make an objective top 10 best players. To do this, we took the titles and records of football players as a basis, and also took into account the contribution to the popularization and development of football.
10. Zinedine Zidane
Club career: 1988–2006
Zidane won the World Cup in France in 1998, photo: sky.com Zidane received a football license at the age of 10, and at 14 he signed his first contract with the French club Caen. Played for all youth national teams of France from 17 years to 21 years. At 23, he won his first title with Bordeaux - the Intertoto Cup. In 1996, at the age of 24, Zinedine left the French championship and moved to Juventus. In 1998 he became the world champion with the French team and received the Golden Ball. Two years later, Zidane won the European Championship with the French team. In 2001, Zinedine moved to Real Madrid, with whom he won six trophies.
During his career, Zidane won six trophies with Juventus and Real Madrid, winning the championship and the Super Cup in both Italy and Spain. Zidane has won the UEFA Super Cup twice, the Intercontinental Cup and the Intertoto Cup.
Zidane won the Ballon d'Or once and was named FIFA World Player of the Year three times: in 1998, 2000 and 2003. Zinedine is included in the FIFA 100 list from 2004, and the symbolic team of the 21st century according to UEFA from 2012. Recognized as the best football player in France of all time according to France Football and L "Équipe in 2016 and 2018.
FIFA 100 is a list of the 125 best football players in the world from FIFA and Pelé.
9. Ronaldo
Club career: 1993–2011
Ronaldo at the World Cup in Korea and Japan in 2002, photo: sportbible.com Ronaldo started playing football at the age of six, and at 12 he became a regular player in the Valqueire children's futsal club. In 1993, Ronaldo moved to his first professional football club Brazilian Cruzeiro. After Cruzeiro, Ronaldo played for PSV, Barcelona, Inter, Real Madrid, AC Milan and Corinthians.
Ronaldo became the champion of Spain twice, won the Cup Winners' Cup, the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Super Cup, the Spanish Super Cup and the Intercontinental Cup. Ronaldo has won the World Cup twice and won the Ballon d'Or twice.
Ronaldo is the youngest player (20 years old) to win the FIFA Player of the Year award and the first player to win it twice in a row. Ronaldo holds the record for the Brazilian national team in the number of goals in the World Cup - 15. "Nibbler" is also included in the FIFA 100 list.
8. Gianluigi Buffon
Club career: 1995–present
Buffon played for Juventus for 17 years, photo: telegraph.co.uk Buffon played for amateur Italian teams from the age of six. In 1995, at the age of 17, he signed a contract with the Italian side Parma, for which he played for six years. Buffon spent 17 years of his career at Juventus, and since 2018 he has been playing for PSG.
Buffon has won the Italian Championship 11 times, the Italian Cup and the Supercup - 5 times. Once he won the UEFA Cup with Parma. With PSG, he won the French Super Cup. Buffon is the World Champion and European Youth Champion.
Buffon 12 times became the goalkeeper of the year in Italy, three times - the best goalkeeper Champions League and once - the best goalkeeper of the World Cup. In the 2015/16 season, Buffon set a Serie A record for the most time without conceded goals - 974 minutes (11 matches). Buffon is the only goalkeeper to become the best player in the Champions League.
Buffon finished second in the 2006 Ballon d'Or poll, behind only Fabio Cannavaro. Gianluigi has the most caps for the national team of any European player. Per national team Italy Buffon performed for 20 years. Included in the FIFA 100 list.
7. Maradona
Club career: 1976–1997
Diego Maradona with the FIFA World Cup after winning the 1986 World Cup final, photo: sportsnet.ca Maradona started playing at the age of nine with the Argentinos Juniors youth team. Everyone in the team was three years older than Maradona, but Maradona's level allowed him to play with the elders. From the age of 16, Maradona moved to the main team. Throughout his career, Maradona played for Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Napoli, Sevilla and Newell's Old Boys.
Maradona won the Argentine Championship with Boca Juniors, the Cup, the Super Cup and the Spanish League Cup with Barcelona. He won the championship, the Italian Cup and the Super Cup, as well as the UEFA Cup with Napoli. Maradona is the 1986 world champion. He also won the World Cup with the under-20 team in 1979.
Maradona became five times top scorer championship of Argentina, and also became the top scorer of the championship and the Italian Cup.
Maradona is the FIFA Player of the Century, the best Argentine football player of all time according to the AFA in 1993 and the best player in the 1986 World Cup.
Until 1995, only European football players could receive the Golden Ball. Therefore, only in 1996 Maradona was awarded the honorary Golden Ball for his contribution to the development of football. In 2014, Maradona was recognized as the second winner in 1986 and 1990, along with Igor Belanov and Lothar Matthäus.
6. Lionel Messi
Club career: 2003–present
Messi celebrating a goal in El Clasico at the Santiago Bernabéu, photo: Getty Images Messi started playing football at the age of five at the amateur club Grandoli. In 1995, at the age of eight, he began playing for the first professional club, Newell's Old Boys. At the age of 13, Lionel signed a contract with Barcelona. For three years, Messi played for the second and third teams of the Catalans, and in 2003, at the age of 16, he played the first match for the main team.
In 19 years at Barcelona, Messi has won nine Spanish leagues, six Cups and eight Spanish Super Cups. Four Champions Leagues, three UEFA Super Cups, three Club World Cups. Messi won with Argentina Olympic Games in 2008 and Youth Championship world in 2005.
Messi is a five-time Golden Boot winner and a five-time Ballon d'Or winner. Lionel has been Argentina's Player of the Year 11 times and top scorer in the Champions League five times. Messi is Argentina's all-time leading scorer with 65 goals. Included in the list of the 50 best players in the UEFA Champions League over the past 20 years and in the symbolic national team of Argentina of all time.
5. Cristiano Ronaldo
Club career: 2002–present
Ronaldo has won the Champions League five times, photo: Getty Images At the age of eight, Ronaldo played for the amateur Andorinha team. In 1995, at the age of 10, Cristiano signed a contract with the local club Nacional. Throughout his career, Ronaldo also played for Sporting, Manchester United, Real Madrid (Madrid), since 2018 he has been playing for Juventus.
Cristiano won three titles with Manchester United English Premier League, two League Cups, the FA Cup and Super Cup, the Champions League and the Club World Cup. With Real Madrid, Ronaldo won the championship twice, the Cup and the Spanish Super Cup. He has won the Champions League four times, the UEFA Super Cup twice and the Club World Cup three times. With Juventus, Ronaldo won the Italian Super Cup. And with the Portuguese national team he became the European champion in 2016.
Ronaldo received the Golden Boot four times and the Golden Ball five times, seven times became the top scorer of the Champions League. Cristiano is the top scorer in European competition history with 106 goals, the top scorer in UEFA Champions League history with 104 goals and the top scorer in Club World Cup history with seven goals.
4. Johan Cruyff
Club career: 1964–1984
Johan Cruyff at the 1974 World Championships, photo: Getty Images At the age of 10, Cruyff began playing for the youth team of Ajax, and at 17 he moved to the first team. Johan Cruyff has played for Barcelona, Los Angeles Aztecs, Washington Diplomats, Levante and Feyenoord.
With Ajax, Cruyff won eight Dutch league titles, five Dutch Cups, three European Cups, a UEFA Super Cup and an Intercontinental Cup. With Barcelona he won the championship and the Spanish Cup. With "Feyenoord" - the championship and the Cup of the Netherlands.
Johan Cruyff received the Ballon d'Or three times. Awarded in 2010 the highest award FIFA - the FIFA Order of Merit for a significant contribution to the development of football. He is in first place in the list of the best football players in Europe of the 20th century according to International Federation football history and statistics (MFFIIS). Included in the FIFA 100 list.
3. Franz Beckenbauer
Club career: 1964–1983
Franz Beckenbauer in 1977 played with Pele for the same club - New York Cosmos, photo: si.com Beckenbauer played for the Munich 1906 team from the age of nine. Throughout his career, Beckenbauer played for three more clubs: Bayern, New York Cosmos and Hamburg.
With Bayern, Beckenbauer won the championship and the German Cup four times. Three times in a row - the European Cup, once - the Cup Winners' Cup and the Intercontinental Cup. With the New York Cosmos, he won the US Championship three times. With "Hamburg" once won the championship of Germany. With the German national team, Beckenbauer won both the World Championship and the European Championship.
Franz Beckenbauer won the Ballon d'Or twice and was the German Footballer of the Year four times. Beckenbauer was included in the World Team of the 20th century in 1998 and in the symbolic teams of three world championships: 1966, 1970 and 1974. Included in the FIFA 100 list.
2. Marco Van Basten
Club career: 1981–1993
Ruud Gullit and Marco Van Basten with the European Cup, photo: twitter.com/championsleague Van Basten started playing football at the age of seven with the Dutch EDO team. At the age of 17, Marco moved to Ajax, where he spent six years, after which he moved to Milan.
With Ajax, Van Basten won the league and the Dutch Cup three times, as well as the Cup Winners' Cup. With Milan, Marco won the championship and the Super Cup of Italy four times, as well as two times - the European Cup, the European Super Cup and the Intercontinental Cup. Van Basten won the 1988 European Championship with the Dutch national team.
Van Basten has received the Ballon d'Or three times and the Golden Boot once. Four times became the top scorer of the championship of the Netherlands and two times - the championship of Italy. He became the best player and scorer of the 1988 European Championship. Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2012 Italian football, is included in the FIFA 100 list.
1. Pele
Club career: 1956–1977
Pele kisses the Jules Rimet prize, photo: theguardian.com Pelé started playing football at the age of seven, playing for youth teams. professional career The player began at the age of 15, speaking for Santos. Pele changed clubs only once, moving to the New York Cosmos at the age of 35.
Pele won the Brazilian championship six times and the Brazilian Cup five times. He won the Paulista League 10 times and the Rio-São Paulo tournament four times. He won the Copa Libertadores and the Intercontinental Cup twice each. Also won the Intercontinental Champions Super Bowl. With New York Cosmos, Pele won the North American football league. With the Brazilian national team, he won the World Cup three times.
Pele is the only footballer who has become a three-time world champion. Pelé is the IOC Athlete of the Century in 1999, FIFA's Player of the Century, and ranks first among the world's best footballers of the 20th century, according to an IFFIIS survey. Included in the World Cup team of all time from 2002 and included in the FIFA 100 list.
At 73, Pele was awarded the honorary Ballon d'Or for his contribution to the development of football. After the awards were revised in 2014, Pele became the second winner from 1958 to 1961 and in 1963, 1964 and 1970.
On Monday evening, world football stars, women's and men's, gathered at Milan's La Scala theater to listen to opera, watch ballet and receive awards from FIFA for the best of the best.
Best Goal
Puskas Ferenc Prize - an award for the most beautiful goal in the period from July 16, 2018 to July 19, 2019 - Ferencváros midfielder Daniel Jory received. The Hungarian goal against Debrecen on February 16, 2019 was recognized as the best. In the fight for the award, Jory overtook Lionel Messi and Juan Quintero from River Plate.
It’s even a shame for Messi: he got into the top three for the third time, but so far he has never received an award.
Best Coach
Of course, Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp. Last season, his team won the Champions League and finished second in the Premier League.
Josep Guardiola of Manchester City and Mauricio Pochettino of Tottenham were also nominated for the award, and the extended list included Main coach Algerian national team Djamel Belmadi, France coach Didier Deschamps, River Plate coach Marcelo Gallardo, Peru coach Ricardo Gareca, Portugal coach Fernando Santos, Ajax coach Eric Ten Hag and Brazil coach Tite.
Best goalkeeper
Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker won the Champions League with Liverpool last season and finished second in the Premier League.
In the fight for the award, Alisson overtook his compatriot Ederson from Manchester City and the German Marc-Andre ter Stegen from Barcelona.
The best player
This is where something seems to have gone wrong. FIFA named the best Leo Messi, and it seems that even the broadcast director, who fixed his attention on Virgil van Dijk, was not ready for this.
Messi appeared in 50 Barcelona games last season, scoring 51 goals and providing 22 assists. And Barcelona won the championship of Spain.
We wrote about the achievements of Liverpool above.
The choice seems debatable, given what Liverpool have done in the Champions League (and in the Premier League) and not the best form of Barca right now.
But, of course, Messi is Messi.
The FIFA Best Player Award has been presented since 2016. Last year, Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric was named the best, and before that, Ronaldo had won the award for two years in a row.
Team of the Year
Alisson (Liverpool) - Marcelo (Real Madrid), Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Matthijs de Ligt (Ajax/Juventus) - Frenkie de Jong (Ajax / Barcelona), Eden Hazard (Chelsea / Real Madrid), Luka Modric (Real Madrid) - Kylian Mbappe (PSG), Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) .
Fair Play Prize
In April, Leeds, under the leadership of Bielsa, met with Aston Villa. In the second half of the match, Leeds scored a goal, but at that moment the Aston Villa player was lying on the lawn with an injury. After that, Bielsa ordered his players not to resist so that the opponent could score a return goal, which eventually happened.
The match ended in a draw, and because of this, Leeds lost chances for second place in the table, which guarantees the team's participation in the next season of the Premier League. Through the playoffs, White also failed to improve in the class.