Ruben Dias does it like Zola and Klinsmann

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• Kevin RichauSaturday, May 22nd, 2021 – 11:02 a.m.
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Manchester City are designated champions for the 2020/2021 Premier League season. The Citizens won the title for the third time in four years. Ruben Dias was able to look forward to an additional honor. He was named Player of the Year by the Football Writers’ Association, the first time since 1989 that the award went to a defense attorney.

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The Portuguese international joined Pep Guardiola’s team just before the season. After Jürgen Klinsmann and Gianfranco Zola, he is only the third footballer to be named best player in his debut season.

But Dias doesn’t seem to have too much of a problem with big names. He quickly integrated into the starting squad of Manchester City and played a major role in ensuring that his team had the best defensive in the league with just 32 goals conceded in 37 games.

It is also thanks to him that ManCity is in the Champions League final for the first time under Guardiola. In the semifinals, the English conceded only one goal against Paris Saint-Germain, although Di Maria, Neymar and Mbappe, the cream of the crop of the European offensive game for the French were in the starting line-up. It is possible that Ruben Dias will be able to hold the next trophy in his hands after the final against Chelsea.

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