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Robert Lewandowski will probably be aiming to guide Bayern Munich to a different UCL title.© Twitter
After bagging The Best FIFA Men’s Player award, Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski mentioned it is going to take some time for him “to absorb” the achievement. Lewandowski was named The Best FIFA Men’s Player for the primary time in his profession. Also, Lucy Bronze received The Best FIFA Women’s Player Award after rounding off an impeccable spell with Olympique Lyonnais in fashion earlier than returning to England to play for Manchester City WFC. “This really is something — Messi and Ronaldo have been playing at the highest level for years and now I’m rubbing shoulders with them. This means that all the hard work has paid off. I wouldn’t have achieved this without the team – they’re the ones who create the situations for me. It’ll take a while to absorb what I’ve achieved and I think I’ll struggle to get to sleep tonight. But I’m really happy. We’re all proud because it’s an award that recognises the whole team,” FIFA’s official web site quoted Lewandowski as saying.
“To win an award after so many years as a Bayern player is really something special. It was a long time coming for the club. I hope that we can end up shaping an era in football. We’ve got good young players and we’re ready to step up and face big challenges and go on to win more titles. The team is functioning well and going in the right direction,” he added.
Lewandowski‘s Bayern Munich teammate Manuel Neuer was chosen as The Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper, whereas France and Olympique Lyonnais’ Sarah Bouhaddi capped her wonderful profession with The Best FIFA Women’s Goalkeeper Award. After successful the award, Lewandowski mentioned he’s now trying in the direction of the “subsequent trophies”.
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“Regardless of what number of titles I’ll have received, it’s going to by no means be sufficient. I’m already trying in the direction of the subsequent trophies — that is my mentality and the mindset of the entire crew. Winning a title as soon as is hard, successful it twice is much more troublesome. I hope that we’ll be capable of have a good time with our followers subsequent yr. It was fairly merely a sensational yr. Staying on the high is hard, however that is what we wish to do. I’d wish to thank everybody within the teaching workers and all my team-mates — I may by no means have performed it with out them. It’s laborious to search out the correct phrases. I’m very proud,” he mentioned.
Also, throughout the digital occasion on the Home of FIFA in Zurich, Jurgen Klopp claimed The Best FIFA Men’s Coach Award for the second consecutive yr, having steered Liverpool FC to the English Premier League title for the primary time, 30 years after their final top-flight success.
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