Castellanos, Giroud and Masuluke are 2017 Puskás finalists
- Castellanos, Giroud and Masuluke make final 3 for Puskás Award
- Giroud initial Frenchman, Masuluke initial African to strech tip trio
- Venezuelan teen also a hopeful for The Best FIFA Women’s Player
The FIFA Puskás Award 2017 finalists have been announced, with a strikes by Deyna Castellanos, Olivier Giroud and Oscarine Masuluke voted by hundreds of thousands of fans opposite a universe as their tip 3 from the initial shortlist of ten.
After a initial turn of voting resolved progressing on Monday 9 October, a new second proviso has now begun. The sum from any turn of voting will be added together to confirm a winner, who will be crowned during a awards rite after this month.
Voting will sojourn openuntil a day of a awards rite itself, on Monday 23 October, with a leader of a fan opinion receiving their endowment on theatre during a ancestral London Palladium.
Deyna Castellanos is a second Venezuelan teen in unbroken years to strech a final three, following in a footsteps of countrywoman Daniuska Rodriguez who was voted into a tip contingent final year. Castellanos, also a finalist for The Best FIFA Women’s Player 2017, was nominated for her unusual bid from a median line opposite Cameroon during a FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Jordan 2016.
Olivier Giroud is a initial Frenchman to strech a final three, apropos a propitious series 7 of his compatriots to be nominated. The Arsenal brazen was shortlisted for his perfectly-executed, and splendidly audacious, ‘scorpion kick’ idea opposite Crystal Palace in a English Premier League.
Oscarine Masuluke is not usually a initial of his republic to strech a Puskás Award tip three, though a initial actor from his continent to be named a finalist. Even some-more remarkably, a South African is also a initial goalkeeper to strech a final trio, with his implausible last-minute bicycle flog equaliser for Baroka FC opposite Orlando Pirates understandably capturing a imagination of fans opposite a world.
Make certain to check behind on 23 Oct on FIFA.com and on amicable media – @FIFAcom regulating #TheBest and #Puskas, on Instagram and a central FIFA Football Awards Facebook page – to see who takes home a Puskás Award.
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