Leo Messi, Enzo Fernández and Emi Martínez, three of the main architects of Argentina’s victory at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, are on the list of candidates to participate in the ‘FIFA FIFPRO World 11’ world eleven.
The three albicelestes are part of the list of 26 footballers announced this Monday by the international trade union (FIFPRO), with eleven of them to be announced on Monday, February 27 at the FIFA Best 2022 awards gala.
Other great figures remain in the list of candidates such as the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, the Brazilian Neymar, the French Kylian Mbappe and Karim Benzema, the Norwegian Erling Haaland, the Polish Robert Lewandowski or the Belgian Kevin de Bruyne, and the most important novelties are the Spaniards Pedri and Gavi, from Barcelona, Uruguayan Fede Valverde, European champion with Real Madrid, Moroccan Achraf Hakimi, right-back for PSG, and Frenchman Theo Hernandez, left-back for Milan.
Compared to last year’s eleven, the Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, the Austrian David Alaba, the Italians Leonardo Bonucci and Jorginho, the Portuguese Rubén Dias and the Frenchman N’Golo Kante were not among the candidates.
Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are the ones who have made the most appearances in the eleven, with fifteen, four more than Sergio Ramos, former Real Madrid player and now at PSG, while Croatian Luka Modric, emblem of the white club, aims to play against the sixth time.
The goalkeeper, three defenders, three midfielders and three forwards who receive the most votes will be selected for the World 11. The remaining spot will go to the player who received the most endorsements from the ten chosen.
Candidates:
– Keepers: Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa/Argentina), Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid/Belgium) and Alisson Becker (Liverpool/Brazil)
– Defense: Joao Cancelo (Manchester City/Bayern Munich/Portugal), Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich/Canada), Virjil van Dijk (Liverpool/Netherlands), Josko Gvardiol (RB Leipzig/Croatia), Achraf Hakimi (PSG/Morocco), Theo Hernandez ( Milan/France), Antonio Rudiger (Chelsea/Real Madrid/Germany), Thiago Silva (Chelsea/Brazil).
-Media: Casemiro (Real Madrid/Manchester United/Brazil), Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund/England), Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City/Belgium), Enzo Fernández (River Plate/Benfica/Chelsea/Argentina), Gavi, Pedri (Barcelona/Spain) ), Luka Modric (Real Madrid/Croatia) and Fede Valverde (Real Madrid/Uruguay).
– Front side: Karim Benzema (Real Madrid/France), Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund/Manchester City/Norway), Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich/Barcelona/Poland), Kylian Mbappe (PSG/France), Lionel Messi (PSG/Argentina), Neymar Jr . (PSG/Brazil) and Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United/Al Nassr/Portugal).
Source: El heraldo
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