Despite his honorary title of top scorer of the year, Cristiano Ronaldo is absent from the eleven of the year by the IFFHS.
Clearly, individual rewards struggle to satisfy everyone. While the 2023 Ballon d’Or awarded to Lionel Messi had sparked numerous debates, the awards from the IFFHS (International Federation of Football History and Statistics) also bring their share of incomprehension.
Ronaldo once again snubbed
Cristiano Ronaldo had already expressed his dissatisfaction at not being among the 10 best players of the year, again according to the IFFHS. Which also published an eleven type for the year 2023… in which the Portuguese does not appear either. It must be said that in attack, there were serious customers with Erling Haaland, Kylian Mbappé And Harry Kane, all three of whom have scored more than 50 goals for club and country. For his part, the five-time Ballon d’Or finished top scorer of the year with 54 goals, but the fact of playing in Saudi Arabia undoubtedly worked to his disadvantage.
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But what risks – once again – creating numerous debates is the presence of Lionel Messivisibly as an attacking midfielder, which was not always his role at Paris Saint-Germain or Inter Miami, and whose performances are not considered good enough by everyone despite two collective titles won.
The rest of the team seems rather coherent in terms of names since we find several players who achieved the incredible quadruple with Manchester City (Rodri, Ruben Dias, De Bruyne And Ederson) but also Kim Min-Jaegreat architect of the title of Naples in Italy, Jude Bellingham or Alphonso Davies.
