Vinicius Jr. takes revenge on Rodri
Vinicius jr player of the year for Fifa
A few weeks after the personal disappointment, manifested not too implicitly, for the Ballon d'Or that eluded him and ended up in Rodri's hands, Vinicius jr takes revenge at The Best Fifa Awards, staged Tuesday in Doha, Qatar: è in fact, the Real Madrid Brazilian won the award for best player of the year, beating out the Manchester City Spanish midfielder.
Rounding out Real Madrid's celebration was also the award for best coach, won by Carlo Ancelotti. "I have to thank the president of Real, Florentino Perez, for once again giving me the opportunity to coach the best club in the world,” said the Reggiolo coach on stage. “This award, forò, è è mainly thanks to my players, they are the ones who take the field".
No awards for the two Serie A footballers included in the various shortlists: Federico Dimarco of Inter Milan, a finalist for the Puskas Award dedicated to the most beautiful goal of the year, was preferred to Alejandro Garnacho with his bicycle kick in a Manchester United shirt, while Mike Maignan, Milan goalkeeper, failed to beat Emiliano Martinez of Aston Villa, for the second time in his career (the first in 2022) best goalkeeper.
Women’s soccer was also well represented on the Qatari evening: Aitana Bonmatí of Barcelona, already last year’s winner as well as the holder of the Golden Ball, was confirmed best female footballer, while at the level of coaches to win the dedicated award è was Emma Hayes, technical guide of Chelsea, last season’s European Champions. To Alyssa Naeher (Chicago Red) the award for best female goalkeeper.
