- World champion Daniele De Rossi on The Best
- Lewandowski and Flick are his favorites
- But: “The best player is always Messi”
The Italian Daniele De Rossi can look back on an outstanding career. So he did with the Blue Team Won the FIFA World Cup ™ in 2006, participated in two further World Cup finals in 2010 and 2014 and made a total of 117 international matches for the Blue Team disputed. At club level he was one of the greatest players at AS Roma and at the end of his career he also played for Boca Juniors in Argentina.
As part of the UEFA preliminary draw for the 2022 FIFA World Cup ™, the FIFA legend also spoke about the upcoming The Best FIFA Football Awards ™.
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Daniele, who will win the title of The Best FIFA World Player of 2020?
The best player is always Messi. But if you take the last year, Robert Lewandowski deserves it. He won the Champions League, scored tons of goals and if you look at the way he plays he was the best.
And what about the coaches?
That is not easy. The nominees did a great job. Most of the time, the one who wins the most titles also gets the award. Therefore, Hansi Flick from FC Bayern Munich is definitely the favorite. He deserved it. A coach who comes to the club six months before the end of the season to deal with the pandemic that changed everything and then wins everything more than deserves it.
For you personally, who was the best player you have ever played with?
I’ve played with some great players. Great champions, but Francesco Totti is the greatest of them all. He has something that the others don’t. He found his teammates everywhere on the pitch, even if they were far away. I never saw what he was doing on the green lawn.
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And what was the best game of your career?
It may not have been the best, but of course July 9, 2006 is the best game of my career where we won the World Cup. There is nothing like winning the world title.
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Finally, the question about the best goal of her career …
To be honest, I haven’t scored that many goals in my career. But my best goal was against Japan at the 2004 Olympics in Greece [De Rossi traf bereits nach drei Minuten zur Führung. Endstand 3.2]. It was a left overhead kick. That was unusual for me and very nice.
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The decision will be made on December 17th
The winners in all categories, including the FIFA Fan Award and the FIFA Fair Play Award, will be announced in a TV show on December 17, 2020 from 7:00 p.m. CET.
All the news about The Best FIFA Football Awards ™ can be found at FIFA.com, the official Facebook page to The Best FIFA Football Awards ™ and the FIFA-Channel on Youtube.
Who do you think should win this year? Discuss with us using the hashtag #TheBest*.*
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