FIFA has announced the winners of the Best Awards for the year 2020, and Polish striker Robert Lewandowski, German coach Jürgen Klopp, and South Korean Son Heung-min presented the list of winners.
The names of the winners were announced at a ceremony held today, Thursday, as a hypothetical event at FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, without the presence of the various prize contestants or guests due to the outbreak of the new Corona virus.
Lewandowski, the German Bayern Munich star, won the World Player of the Year award and surpassed Lionel Messi and his Portuguese rival, Cristiano Ronaldo.
This star played a prominent role in Bayern’s crowning of the historic three (the German League, Cup and Champions League) last season, and he became only the second player in history to lead his team to a triple victory, including the Champions League title, and tops the list of scorers in the three tournaments of the same season.
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The German coach Jürgen Klopp, the coach of the Liverpool team, won the best coach in the world for the second year in a row, beating his compatriot Hanzi Flick (Bayern Munich) and Argentine Marcelo Bielsa (Leeds United, England).
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Congratulations, Juergen Klopp!
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On the other hand, he led Club Liverpool to regain the English Premier League title, absent from him for 30 years, and also achieved a record with him by scoring 99 points in his career in the competition last season.
Also, South Korean star Tottenham Hotspur was crowned today the Puskas award for the best goal in the world, which he scored against Burnley in the English Premier League.
😍 A wonder goal from Son Heungmin… where have we seen that before, @SpursOfficial fans? 🤔
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Son’s goal surpassed two other goals by Uruguayan Luis Suarez with his former Barcelona team, and his compatriot Georgian de Arasquita with Brazilian Flamengo.
