Following the announcement which was released by FIFA on their official account yesterday, Inter Miami’s Forward Leonel Messi is the Winner of 2023 FIFA Best Player as Manchester City’s Duo Pep Guardiola and Ederson Wins Best Coach and Best Goalkeeper Respectively.
Cristiano Ronaldo on the other hand has been left out in the world best 11 footballers for 2023 announced by the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA), on Monday.
Despite being the highest scoring forward in the past year, the Al-Nassr forward couldn’t get a spot on the team.
Treble-winners Manchester City were fully represented as the 2023 FIFA men’s category of the world best 11 has Manchester City dominating the line-up.
City Players in person of John Stones, Kyle Walker, Ruben Dias, Bernardo Silva, Kevin De Bruyne, and Erling Haaland were all named in the team.
Real Madrid likewise were fully represented with goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, midfielder Jude Bellingham and winger Vinicius Jr all made the team.
The FIFA world best 11 line up was completed by PSG’s French forward Kylian Mbappe.
City players make up the entire defence, with Walker, Stones and Dias all representing the backline.
While Silva and De Bruyne, alongside Bellingham form the midfield make up.
The attack features City’s Haaland and Madrid’s Vinicius, alongside Mbappe and Messi.
However, the biggest surprise from the FIFA world best 11 is the oddity and arrangement of the formation, with a 3-3-4 taking shape.
Messi, as well as the other two finalists Haaland and Mbappé, were not present at the ceremony.
