Cristiano, Martens crowned The Best in London
- Cristiano Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane take home tip men’s honours
- Lieke Martens and Sarina Wiegman win tip women’s gongs
- Gianluigi Buffon named initial The Best FIFA Goalkeeper
In a festive rite that saw a universe of footballing stars deplane on a venue eminent for blending British kingship with a splendid lights of a party industry, a new kings and queens of football were crowned during The Best FIFA Football Awardsâ„¢ in London.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane were awarded a heading honours for The Best FIFA Men’s Player and Men’s Coach respectively, with a Portuguese being named The Best for a second unbroken year. Dutch twin Lieke Martens and Sarina Wiegman were rewarded as The Best FIFA Women’s Player and Women’s coach.
Congratulations, #CristianoRonaldo!
Winner of #TheBest FIFA Men’s Player 2017 pic.twitter.com/agzK4mBaci— #TheBest (@FIFAcom) October 23, 2017
Despite coming his 40th birthday, Gianluigi Buffon valid that age is only a series by being named The Best FIFA Goalkeeper, with a Italian protector on palm to collect adult a initial endowment to applaud a group between a sticks.
After picking adult The Best FIFA Goalkeeper, it was no warn that a Juve and Azzurri stopper was also named a tip goalkeeper by his peers, in a FIFA FIFPro World11 dominated by Real Madrid players. Cristiano Ronaldo was assimilated in a star-studded XI by bar team-mates Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Toni Kroos and Luka Modric, with Dani Alves, Leonardo Bonucci, Andres Iniesta, Lionel Messi and Neymar completing a dream team.
Your FIFA FIFPro #World11 for 2017 #TheBest pic.twitter.com/h8gNrTpMiX
— #TheBest (@FIFAcom) October 23, 2017
Fans from around a creation voted in their hundreds of thousands for a Puskás and FIFA Fan Awards, with Frenchman Olivier Giroud the ultimate leader for a former interjection to his glorious ‘scorpion kick’ idea scored for Arsenal opposite Crystal Palace in a English Premier League. Celtic supporters scooped a second Fan Award, interjection to their overwhelming 360-degree label reverence to a ‘Lisbon Lions’.
In an dusk sprinkled by uncover business, with star of tiny and vast shade Idris Elba hosting proceedings, it was a loyal story fit for Hollywood that saw a FIFA Fair Play Award handed to Francis Kone. The Togolese brazen saved a life of an competition by administering on-pitch initial assist after a collision – a fourth time he had saved a player’s life on a football pitch.
Musical party was supposing by Stomp and Kasabian, a latter of whom brought a residence down with a opening of “Ill Ray”. It is certain that in some-more than a century of hosting star-studded occasions, a London Palladium has never seen a night utterly like this one.
The Best, in full
Men’s Player: Cristiano Ronaldo
Women’s Player: Lieke Martens
Men’s Coach: Zinedine Zidane
Women’s Coach: Sarina Wiegman
Goalkeeper: Gianluigi Buffon
Puskás Award: Olivier Giroud
Fan Award: Celtic supporters
Fair Play Award: Francis Kone
World11: Gianluigi Buffon; Dani Alves, Leonardo Bonucci, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo; Toni Kroos, Andres Iniesta, Luka Modric; Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Neymar.
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