Chapter 745: Winning the World Footballer of the Year Again

The award ceremony opened with a graceful ballet performance.

The first award presented is the Puskas Award. The expert panel first selects the 10 best goal candidates for the Puskas Award. Then fans from all over the world go to the FIFA official website to vote for the top three goals. Finally, FIFA legendary stars select the winner of this year's Puskas Award.

The three candidates for this year's Puskás Award are Yosi, Quintero and Daniel Zori. The award presenter, Chelsea legend Essien, announced that Daniel Zori, who was only 18 years old, won this year's Puskás Award for his amazing overhead kick goal against Ferencvaros on behalf of Debrecen in the 2018-2019 season.

第二个颁发的奖项是年度最佳男足教练。该奖项先是由专家小组评选出10人候选名单，随后由球迷、记者以及各国家队主帅、队长（各占比25%）于2019年7月31日—8月19日期间进行投票。

The three candidates shortlisted for this year's best men's football coach are Manchester City coach Guardiola, Liverpool coach Klopp and Manchester United coach Mourinho.

In the end, Mourinho defeated Guardiola and Klopp as the best men's football coach of the year.

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The third award presented was the Fan of the Year Award.

FIFA has an expert panel that selects three shortlists, and fans from all over the world go to the FIFA official website to vote for the final winner. The Best Fan Award is entirely decided by the fans themselves.

The final three candidates for the Best Fan Award are Silvia Greco, Justo Sánchez and Dutch fans.

The award presenter, Italian football legend Pirlo, presented the Best Fan Award to Silvia Greco in recognition of the contribution made by this great mother. Silvia Greco acted as a "personal commentator" for her blind son during the game, and her story was touching.

The fourth award presented is the Women's Goalkeeper of the Year, which is a new award added this year.

The three candidates shortlisted for this year's best women's goalkeeper are Chilean women's goalkeeper Christian Enderle, Dutch women's goalkeeper Van Veningdahl and Swedish women's goalkeeper Lindahl. The award presenter Eto'o announced that Van Veningdahl was elected the best women's goalkeeper of the year.

The fifth award was the Fair Play Award, which was presented by Zanetti to Leeds United and coach Bielsa.

In the Championship match between Leeds United and Aston Villa at home last season, Leeds United desperately needed a victory to be promoted directly to the Premier League. Leeds United continued to attack and scored the ball when a Villa player fell to the ground. Bielsa then signaled to the Leeds United players to give up defense and let the opponent equalize the score. Leeds United was praised for abiding by the spirit of sportsmanship and giving up defense when they urgently needed a victory.

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This was followed by a song and dance performance.

The sixth award presented was for the Women’s Team of the Year.

The best women's soccer team is: Van Venendaal, Lucy Bronze, Fischer, Kelli O'Hara, Wendy Renard, Julia Ertz, Amandine Henry, Ruth Lavelle, Marta, Megan Rapinoe, Alex Morgan.

The seventh award presented was the Men's Soccer Goalkeeper of the Year.

国际足联根据2018年7月16日—2019年7月19日期间各位门将的表现，由专家小组直接评选出最终三名候选人，最后再由FIFA挑选的传奇门将和前锋所组成的评选小组评选出年度最佳男足门将，该奖项是在2017年新设立的。

The three candidates for this year's best men's goalkeeper are Alisson, Ederson and De Gea.

The award presenter was Brazilian women's football legend Marta, who announced that De Gea was elected the best men's football goalkeeper of the year. De Gea also won the UEFA Best Goalkeeper and FIFA Best Goalkeeper awards of the year.

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The eighth award presented was for Women’s Soccer Coach of the Year.

国际足联根据2018年5月25日—2019年7月7日期间各女足教练所取得的成就，由女足专家小组评选出10人候选名单，随后由球迷、记者以及各国家队主帅、队长进行投票。

The three candidates shortlisted for this year's best women's football coach are Jill Ellis, head coach of the US women's football team, Phil Neville, head coach of the England women's football team, and Sarina German, head coach of the Netherlands women's football team.

The award presenter Wenger announced that Jill Ellis was elected as the Women's Football Coach of the Year. Jill Ellis led the US women's football team to win the 2019 Women's World Cup.

The ninth award presented was for the Men's Soccer Team of the Year.

The best men's football team is: De Gea, De Ligt, Maguire, Van Dijk, Luke Shaw, Modric, Kante, Bruno, Yosi, Harry Kane, and Ronaldo.

Among this lineup, the largest number of players play for Manchester United, a total of 7, which accounts for almost two-thirds of the best lineup.

This also shows Manchester United's dominance in European football in the past season.

Whether it is forwards, midfielders, or even defenders and goalkeepers, Manchester United has the best players.

………………After nine awards were presented, the most anticipated moment of the night arrived, which was the awarding of the Best Men's Football Player of the Year, also known as the FIFA World Footballer of the Year.

国际足联根据球员在2018年7月16日—2019年7月19日期间的表现，由一个专家小组评定10人候选名单，随后由球迷、记者以及各国家队主帅、队长共同投票产生最终的获奖者。

The three candidates shortlisted for this year's best men's football player are Yosi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Bruno.

The award was presented by FIFA President Gianni Infantino.

Infantino announced that Bruno was elected the best male football player of the year. Bruno also defeated Ronaldo and Yosi and was elected the World Footballer of the Year for two consecutive years.

This is also the third time that Bruno has won FIFA's annual individual best award (including the FIFA Golden Ball Award). His number of awards has tied with Ronaldo, second only to Cristiano Ronaldo who has won 3 times and Yosi who has won 5 times.

In the just-concluded 2018-2019 season, Bruno played 57 games for Manchester United in all competitions, scored 68 goals and assisted 44 times. Both the number of goals and the number of assists are the highest in world football.

These 68 goals include 39 Premier League goals and 18 Champions League goals. He also won the Premier League top scorer and European Golden Boot, and also scored 18 goals in the Champions League, breaking Ronaldo's single-season Champions League goal record and winning the Champions League top scorer.

Under Bruno's leadership, Manchester United won the FA Cup, Premier League and Champions League, achieving the treble, which was also the second consecutive season they won the treble.

In addition to the club, Bruno also played 8 games for the Portuguese national team in various competitions, scored 7 goals and assisted 6 times, helping the Portuguese national team win the first UEFA Nations League championship. This is also the fourth consecutive year that Portugal has won the continental championship.

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In terms of his performance in the 2018-2019 season, whether at Manchester United or the Portuguese national team, Bruno is still close to perfect and is also the best in the world.

There have been controversies in the history of the FIFA World Player of the Year and the Ballon d'Or, including at least three in the previous 11 years.

In 2010, Sneijder won treble at Inter Milan, Xavi and Iniesta won World Cup titles, and Yosi only won the La Liga title and La Liga Golden Boot, but the final FIFA Ballon d'Or went to Yosi.

In 2013, Ribery won five titles with Bayern, while Ronaldo failed to win any of the four major titles with Real Madrid. He only won the Champions League Golden Boot and won his second Ballon d'Or.

In 2014, Ronaldo won the Champions League trophy, but that year was the World Cup year, and Neuer, an important contributor to the German team's World Cup victory, eventually lost to Ronaldo.

Of course, the probability of a goalkeeper winning the Golden Ball is very small. One well-known example is the former Soviet goalkeeper Yashin.

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There should be no controversy that Bruno finally won the 2019 World Footballer of the Year award.

Even if there are controversies, they are far less serious than the ones listed above.

This year is not a big competition year, the three-way PK mainly depends on the performance of the club. Compared with Bruno, Ronaldo and Yosi are definitely inferior. Ronaldo and Yosi only won the league championship, while Bruno not only won the league championship, but also won the Champions League and the domestic cup championship, achieving the great triple crown.

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But compared to Bruno's 68 goals and 44 assists, the gap is still quite large.

As for Cristiano Ronaldo, who has only scored 21 league goals and 6 Champions League goals, the gap is even greater.

Whether in terms of team honors or personal performance, Bruno is undoubtedly the best one!

From the fact that Bruno easily won the World Footballer of the Year award, it can be seen that in the upcoming European Golden Ball award, Bruno will most likely be the final winner.

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The last award presented was for Female Footballer of the Year.

国际足联根据2018年5月25日—2019年7月7日期间各女足球员的表现，由女足专家小组评选出12人候选名单，随后由球迷、记者以及各国家队主帅、队长（各占比25%）于2019年7月31日—8月19日期间进行投票。

The three candidates for the best female football player of the year are Lucy Bronze, Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe. FIFA President Infantino announced that Megan Rapinoe was elected the best female football player of the year.

As the captain of the US women's football team, Megan Rapinoe led the US team to win the 2019 Women's World Cup. She also won the 2019 Women's World Cup Golden Boot.