An English tabloid drops its list of the 100 best players of 2022

Lionel Messi tops the list of 100 best players of 2022. Guardian Thanks to a team of 206 experts. Unbelievable but true, Cristiano Ronaldo is not even in the top 50.

The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner was named player of the year a month after the Albiceleste won the 2022 World Cup final against France (3-3, 4 pens 2). Guardian. Lionel Messi He topped the polls ahead of his Paris Saint-Germain team-mate Kylian Mbappe (2nd) and Karim Benzema (3rd). The Matrilinean, crowned at the Ballon d’Or 2022, may have paid for the best World Cup achieved by the top two in this ranking when he lost (4-1) a few days before the Blues’ first match against Australia. .

Top 100 Male Soccer Players in the World for 2022

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Four Madridistas in the top 10

The British tabloid selected players, coaches and journalists to vote to establish the rankings. Robert Lewandowski (FC Barcelona), winner of the last two editions, is 7th this year in 2022. Erling Holland (Manchester City), Luka Modric (Real Madrid) and Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City). Last Champions League winners Real Madrid are well represented in the top 10 on this list with Vinicius Junior (8th) and Thibaut Courtois (9th). Antoine Griezmann, the greatest World Cup author, is ranked 17th and is paying for his troubled first eight months with Atletico Madrid. Neymar of Paris comes in 12th place.

Cristiano Ronaldo is far behind

Cristiano Ronaldo, who has been on top of world football for the past fifteen years, finished light years off the podium at 51st place! The new Al-Nasr striker in Saudi Arabia is undoubtedly paying for his sensational departure from Manchester United last November and disappointing performances with Portugal at the 2022 World Cup. End of an era…