ZURICH - The World Football Federation (FIFA) released 10 names of footballers who entered the 2018 FIFA Best Player nomination. Of the 10 candidates, each player has strong capital to compete with each other. In the past year, the FIFA Player of the Year award was awarded to Cristiano Ronaldo.
In this year's nomination, Ronaldo was still a strong candidate to be able to snatch the FIFA Player of the Year award. Because, in the 2017-2018 season, when Ronaldo was still defending Real Madrid, he was able to deliver the club to the Champions League title. In addition, CR7 itself became the top score Champions League with 15 goals.
Ronaldo's eternal rival, Lionel Messi, also entered the 2018 FIFA Player of the Year nomination. Although Messi failed to bring the Argentine national team to shine in the 2018 World Cup, the player nicknamed "La Pulga" recorded a good performance with Barcelona. Messi led Barca into Spanish League champions and Copa del Rey. In addition, Messi also became the Spanish League's top scorer with 34 goals and is certain to be the 2018 European Golden Shoe winner.
In addition to these two big names, there is also the Paris Saint-Germain wonderkid, Kylian Mbappe, who entered the nomination. Although still aged 19 years, but Mbappe proved to feature world-class performance. In addition to bringing PSG French League champions 2017-2018, Mbappe also led the French national team to win the 2018 World Cup. Plus, Mbappe was selected as the Best Young Player in the 2018 World Cup.
Nevertheless, one name to be reckoned with is actually Raphael Varane. Although the position as a defender, but it is not impossible Varane won this award. Varane is a figure who contributed to bring Madrid into Champions League champions 2017-2018 and the French national team World Champion 2018.
Here's the FIFA 2018 Player Nomination Full List:
Cristiano Ronaldo
Kevin De Bruyne
Antoine Griezmann
Eden Hazard
Harry Kane
Kylian Mbappe
Lionel Messi
Luka Modric
Mohamed Salah
Raphael Varane
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