Live bar January 18, Beijing time in the early morning of this morning, FIFA announced bayern striker Lewandowski was elected the 2021 men's football player of the year. Tobias Manzke, chief correspondent of German media sportbuzzer, wrote an opinion piece saying that Levan's award was well deserved, especially as many players of his age gradually reached the end of their careers.
The full text of the review article by sportbuzzer is as follows:
Although the award ceremony was only conducted through video connection, the importance of the award to Levan can be seen from the dress etiquette of Levan. Tuchel, who was elected Coach of the Year, wore a loose pullover, while Levan wore a white shirt and black suit and a black tie.
Bayern's star striker looks nervous. On the monitor was his side of the screen with Messi — who ruined that night when he unexpectedly won the Ballon d'Or about four weeks ago ahead of Levan. Now the results of FIFA's annual selection are different. The Bayern striker won last year's World Footballer of the Year award in complete justice. If anything else were to happen, it would be a joke – like Paris four weeks ago.
Levan is the most dominant striker in the world, as evidenced by his breaking of Gad Muller's fabulous goal record. And what's impressive is not only the Polish national team captain's goal efficiency, but also the striker's seemingly repeatedly getting better and better at the age of 33, pushing his body to a new best, which is not taken for granted.
Many professional players are gradually moving towards the end of their careers at this age, and Levan has repeatedly made rapid progress towards new performance records. The FIFA award is a fair tribute to this, and it will certainly not be the last great achievement of this world-class striker.
(Shimu)
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