This Friday, FIFA, the highest body in the world of football, revealed the finalist goals for the Puskás 2020 award. The list, which initially had 11 candidate entries, was cut to only 3 possible winners. And the intention remains the same: to recognize the best goal of the 2019/20 season.
The players who continue with options to win the individual award are Luis Suárez (FC Barcelona, at that time), Heung-Min Son (Tottenham) and Giorgian de Arrascaeta (Flamengo). That is to say: a couple of Uruguayans and a South Korean. André-Pierre Gignac, with his goal against Pumas UNAM, was not enough to pass the filter.
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— FIFA.com (@FIFAcom) December 11, 2020
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THE 3 FINALISTS – PUSKÁS AWARD 2020
➤ Heung-Min Son (Corea del Sur / Tottenham). December 7, 2019. Everyone who follows the Premier League remembers this goal. It was Sonaldo’s monstrous ‘solo-goal’. He started from his own field, drove, dribbled whoever crossed the road and resolved.
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— FIFA.com (@FIFAcom) November 25, 2020
➤ Luis Suárez (Uruguay / FC Barcelona). December 7, 2019. The iconic high heel that he starred in The gunman against Mallorca.
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— FIFA.com (@FIFAcom) November 25, 2020
➤ Giorgian de Arrascaeta (Uruguay / Flamengo). August 25, 2019. Acrobatic score in a clash of Brasileirao against Ceará SC. Chilean poetic.
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— FIFA.com (@FIFAcom) November 25, 2020
WHO WILL CHOOSE THE WINNER?
The winner of the 2020 FIFA Puskás Award, which will be announced on December 17, is defined by an international jury (some FIFA Legends are participating) and fans (they have already voted). The votes of each of the groups have the same weight (50% and 50%).
Undefeated data. The winners of the Puskás award so far: Cristiano Ronaldo (2009), Hamit Altintop (2010), Neymar (2011), Miroslav Stoch (2012), Zlatann Ibrahimovic (2013), James Rodríguez (2014), Wendell Lira (2015), Mohd Faiz Subri (2016), Olivier Giroud (2017), Mo Salah (2018) and Daniel Zsóri (2019).
Did you know…? Lionel Messi has been the footballer most times (7) nominated for the FIFA Puskás Award. The funny thing is that he has never won it.
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