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Cristiano Ronaldo Finishes 2023 as Top Scorer, But Snubbed in Best Player Rankings: Debate Rages

Written in SPORTS on 12/29/2023 · 4:41 p.m.

Mexico City.- The Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo remains active in soccer Saudi Arabia and finished 2023 as the best scorer of the year, surpassing the scoring quotas of Kylian Mbappé o Erling Haaland; However, he was not considered one of the best players, according to the most recent ranking of the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS)for its acronym in English).

This ranking is led by Erling Haaland and is followed in order by Kylian Mbappé, Lionel Messi, Rodrigo Hernández, Jude Bellingham, Kevin de Bruyne, Harry Kane, Bernardo Silva, Vinicius Junior and Lautaro Martínez which has caused a strong debate among fans and some analysts because the Portuguese striker was not included, in addition to the fact that they miss the criteria, because although it is true that Cristiano no longer plays in an elite league, Messi was included .

Lionel has been part of Inter Miami since last summer where he has caused a revolution, however, it is also a lower level league. The newspaper And she was from Portugal made a publication regarding this ranking where he put the best nine, to which Cristiano reacted by commenting emojis of laughter and a monkey covering its eyes. The Portuguese’s reaction did not go unnoticed and even the newspaper itself highlighted it.

“Cristiano reacted to our publication about the IFFHS classification of the best players of 2023. The captain of the National Team felt like laughing when he saw those chosen. Do you think the Portuguese deserved to be on the list?” the newspaper asked in a new publication on its Instagram account. Cristiano Ronaldo scored a double in the victory of his Al Nassr team over Al Ittihad and with this he reached 53 goals in 2023, which made him the highest scoring footballer.

This year he also helped the Portuguese team qualify for the Euro 2024 Championship in Germany in first place in its group and undefeated. His team also remains in competition in the Asian Champions League and this year they will still have a match against Al Tawon in a league match, so they will still have the opportunity to further increase their scoring quota before the New Year’s break.

Source: Tribune

2023-12-29 23:46:26
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