UEFA has announced the names of three candidates for the ‘Best Player of the 2022/23 season’ for UEFA. Messi, Haaland and De Bruyne They are the nominees to win that award. UEFA has also published the votes of the first 11 and among them there is only one Real Madrid player: Modric. The Croatian finished sixth, behind Gundogan, Rodri and Mbappé.
Real Madrid is at war for these votes, especially since the players are absent Vinicius. Real Madrid fans do not understand and criticize the absence of the Brazilian and also the fact that the World Cup in Qatar has had too much weight for UEFA when it comes to selecting the best and there, they charge against Messi. They remember his poor performance in Europe which, in his opinion, will prevent him from being one of the candidates.
Followers criticized the weight of the World Cup to select the players, but not the coaches. And it was that scaloni, who won the World Cup with Argentina, does not appear among the nominees for the best coach. Some nominees are Guardiola, Simone Inzaghi and Luciano Spalletti.
The UEFA explained how the selection of the players nominated for the award was made: “The first shortlist of players was selected by the UEFA technical study group based on their performance during the 2022/23 season at both club and national team level. nationals .
The three nominees were voted by a jury made up of the coaches of the clubs that played in the group stages of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League in the 2022/23 season, along with the coaches of the national teams of men’s UEFA member associations. A group of journalists selected by the European Sports Media (ESM) was also part of the jury.
Coaches and journalists were asked to select three players from the shortlist by assigning them five points, three points and one point, respectively. The final result is based on the total number of votes of coaches and journalists. Coaches cannot vote for players from their own team.”
Source: La Verdad

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