The English newspaper chose Rodri, winner of the Ballon d’Or, ahead of the Brazilian.
The Guardian, an English newspaper, has chosen the 100 best players of last season. According to the vehicle, the main name in world football was Rodri, a midfielder for Manchester City and the Spanish national team. Immediately behind was Vinícius Júnior, second, and striker Erling Haaland, the midfielder’s teammate, third.
Voted best of the year by the Spanish newspaper Marca a few days ago, the Brazilian left winger won the award as best in the world at FIFA’s The Best, last Tuesday, 18. Rodri, in turn, won the Bola de Ouro. by the French magazine France Football, in October.
The vote carried out by the English newspaper brought together a total of 197 football experts. There were 171 sports journalists, three coaches and 23 former players, including several Brazilians. Ricardo Rocha, Bebeto, Caio Ribeiro, Kléberson, Juninho Pernambucano, Casagrande, Miranda, Lucas Leiva were some of the participants
Each received an extensive list containing 450 player names. Therefore, everyone had to choose their own top-40. The winner had 40 points, the runner-up had 39 and so on.
The Spaniard, excluded from the list of the two jurors, won the elections with a total of 7,495 points. Meanwhile, Vini Jr., who was ultimately rejected from three lists, scored 7,427 points.
Discover the ranking of the English newspaper:
1st – Rodri, from Manchester City
2nd – Vinicius Júnior, of Real Madrid
3rd – Erling Haaland, of Manchester City
4th – Lamine Yamal, from Barcelona
5th – Jude Bellinhgam, of Real Madrid
6th – Harry Kane, of Bayern Munich
7th – Laurato Martínez, from Inter
8th – Florian Wirtz, from Bayer Leverkusen
9th – Dani Carvajal, of Real Madrid
10th – Kylian Mbappé, of Real Madrid
25 – Raphinha, from Barcelona
31 – Rodrygo, of Real Madrid
50th – Ederson, of Manchester City
57th – Gabriel Magalhães, from Arsenal
79th – Alisson, of Liverpool
94th – Savinho, of Manchester City
Source: Terra
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