The Argentine Lionel Messi, from FC Barcelona, Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) and Andrés Iniesta (Vissel Kobe) were named, in this order, as the three best players of the decade (2011-2020) by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS), in a list in which they complete the participation Spanish Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos (5th place).
Messi was chosen as the best player of the decade ahead of Cristiano and his former teammate at FC Barcelona Andrés Iniesta. According to the organization, the vote between the Portuguese and Rosario was very tight.
“The world duel between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, the two best players of the decade, it was fascinating and uncertain until the end of the voting ”, expressed the IFFHS in a statement.
Messi and Cristiano in the group stage of the Champions League. Photo: AFP
The Argentine and ‘CR7 ′ have accumulated a large number of individual achievements in recent years. In the period evaluated by the IFFHS, the Rosario won 22 titles, three Golden Balls and five Golden Boots, while the Madeira won 17 titles, four Golden Balls and three Golden Boots.
The rest of the list is completed, in this order, by the Brazilian Neymar (PSG), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), the German Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), the Polish Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich), the Italian Gianluigi Buffon ( Juventus), the Swede Zlatan Ibrahimovic and the Croatian Luka Modric (Real Madrid).
Real Madrid, champions of four editions of the Champions League in the last decade, and Bayern Munich, current European champions, are the clubs that include the most players among the top ten of the decade.
With information from EFE.
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