Messi alongside his football club Barcelona suffered an abysmal 2019/20 season crashing out calamitously from the UEFA champion league. Superstar duo Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have been snubbed by UEFA in the list of nominees for the 2019/2020 Champions League awards.
The awards
were introduced in 2016/17 to recognize the season’s best player in each
position in Europe’s premier club competition. Both players regularly appeared
on the list since its introduction until now.
They also
lost the La Liga title to arch-rival, Real Madrid towards the end of the
season.
Ronaldo on
the other hand crashed out of the champion league when no one expected. The
forward’s team Juventus lost to Lyon in the Round of 16. However, they were
crowned winners of the Seria A title which was not enough for Ronaldo to appear
in the UEFA award shortlist.
The shortlist
is dominated by Champions League holders Bayern Munich who have seven players
nominated.
Players from
Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester City, and Atlético de Madrid also featured on
the list.
The award
nominees for the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League are:
Goalkeepers:
Keylor Navas (Paris Saint-Germain), Manuel Neuer (Bayern), Jan Oblak (Atlético
de Madrid)
Defenders:
David Alaba (Bayern), Alphonso Davies (Bayern), Joshua Kimmich (Bayern)
Midfielders:
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City), Thomas Müller (Bayern), Thiago Alcántara
(Bayern)
Forwards:
Robert Lewandowski (Bayern), Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain), Neymar (Paris
Saint-Germain)
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