Karim Benzema, Lionel Messi, and Kylian Mbappe are the three remaining candidates for the FIFA The Best award, which is given annually to the male player deemed to be the best in the world by the World Football Federation in 2022. (FIFA).
Messi and Mbappe, both of whom play for PSG, are vying with Benzema for the opportunity to succeed Robert Lewandowski as the recipient of the FIFA The Best award in the years 2020 and 2021.
Messi has recently had an outstanding 2022, during which he provided seven goals to the effort of bringing the Argentina national team to the World Cup in 2022. Mbappe also had a great tournament, helping France go to the final of the World Cup 2022, a match in which the youthful striker scored a hat trick on his way to being the tournament’s top scorer with 8 goals. Mbappe also helped France win the World Cup 2022.
Benzema was unable to play for France in the 2022 World Cup owing to an injury, despite the fact that he was awarded the Ballon d’Or for his exceptional performances in 2018 that contributed to Real Madrid’s victories in La Liga and the Champions League.
Alexia Putellas of Spain, Beth Mead of England, and Alex Morgan of the United States have all been nominated for the FIFA ᴡᴏᴍᴇɴ’s Player of the Year award for 2022. Putellas and Mead are both two-time winners of the Ballon d’Or. Despite the fact that she has been out of action since July of last year after tearing her cruciate ligament, Barcelona and Spain ᴡᴏᴍᴇɴ’s midfielder Putellas is still being considered for the FIFA The Best award. Putellas won the honor the previous time it was given out. crisscross on the left knee
Beth Mead, the striker for the Arsenal ᴡᴏᴍᴇɴ’s team, is now out with a long-term knee injury. Mead was the player who put Putellas in contention for the ᴡᴏᴍᴇɴ’s Ballon d’Or race in October of last year.
On February 27 in Paris, the identities of the individuals who have been selected as the winners of the FIFA The Best award will be ʀᴇᴠᴇᴀʟᴇᴅ (France). A jury consisting of coaches and captains of national teams, along with journalists and fans, will vote on the nominees that have been narrowed down to a shortlist. In addition, there are awards for the best male and female coaches, as well as the best goalkeeper and the Puskas trophy for the best goal scored in 2022 that are part of FIFA The Best.
