27 Dec 15:55
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Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo was awarded the award Globe Soccer Award, that credits him as the best player of the XXI century.
At 35, Cristiano is still riding the wave, as one of the most important players in the world. This time the award was awarded Globe Soccer Awards, made in Dubai. The Juventus of Italy striker was recognized as the best player of the last century, between 2001-2020.
The award for the best player of the year went to the Polish Robert Lewandowski, who got tired of winning titles with Bayern Munich.
Ronaldo attended the gala and left a few words after being named the best player of the new century.
“Thanks to you, to all who have voted for me, to my family, to my mother and sisters. Being nominated alongside great soccer players is an honor for me. This motivates me even more and helps me to continue working and be at the top ”, said the Portuguese.
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27 Dec 2:44 PM
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With Fabian Balbuena starting, West Ham United drew 2-2 at home to Brighton & Hove Albion and wasted the chance to climb well up and get even closer to the Europa League zone.
The “General” Guaraní, undisputed behind the London team, was surprised by one of the teams that fights at the bottom of the table in the Premier League. Balbuena played the whole game and in defense he was one of the most outstanding.
Frenchman Neal Maupay opened the scoring for the eyes, but in the complementary Ben Jhonson tied for West Ham. Brighton again took the lead with both Lewis Dunk, but with 8 minutes to go, Czech midfielder Tomás Soucek made it 2-2.
Paraguayan Fabián Balbuena again had great numbers. He cleared 3 balls in the “hot” zone, intercepted 1 shot on goal, won 10 of 12 duels played, 6 by air. He also completed 3 of 5 long passes and had a 76% passing efficiency.
Balbuena accumulates 12 games as a starter in the Premier League, out of 15 played by West Ham United. He only missed the first two dates due to a technical decision and on matchday 13 he was absent due to injury.
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27 Dec 12:00
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Sao Paulo, Brazil | AFP
With Junior Alonso as one of the figures, Altético Mineiro beat Coritiba 2-0 at home and with Flamengo’s draw, he took the opportunity to climb to second place in the Brasileirão table.
Flamengo yielded second place to Atlético Mineiro this Saturday at the start of the 27th day of Brasileirao, played on the same date as the traditional ‘Boxing Day’ of English football due to calendar disruptions caused by the pandemic.
Rogério Ceni’s team drew 0-0 on their visit to Fortaleza, the club that the former goalkeeper left at the beginning of November to coach ‘Fla’.
The draw caused ‘Fla’ to lose second place with the Argentine World Cup player Jorge Sampaoli, who beat bottom Coritiba 2-0 in Belo Horizonte.
El Galo enforced his home with goals from Hyoran and Eduardo Sasha. The victory propelled him to 49 points, the same as Flamengo, who he surpasses by a goal difference.
The ‘Mengão’, defending champion, has one game less. His rival on Saturday, Fortaleza, is still in 14th place, a breath away from the qualifying zone for the Copa Sudamericana.
– Leader remains firm –
Flamengo and Mineiro are seven points behind leader Sao Paulo, which is not slackening on the way to its seventh crown.
Fernando Diniz’s tricolor from São Paulo defeated Fluminense 1-2 in Rio de Janeiro with a double from Brenner. Pending the rest of the date, the ‘Flu’, which he discounted with Fred, remains in the seventh box.
The matches of the teams that occupy the podium of the Brasileirao marked an atypical day for a country accustomed to not having football at the end of the year.
The local league is usually played between the end of April and the middle of December. But the emergence of covid-19 forced the Brasileirao-2020, which began in August and will end in February, to follow in the wake of the Premier League.
While the football world rests, each year the English championship disputes between Christmas and New Year’s ‘Boxing Day’, an ingrained tradition that owes its name to the boxes that domestic staff or disadvantaged people received in the form of Christmas packages – boxes (“Boxes”, in English) -, on behalf of their bosses or benefactors.
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