Messi , Ronaldo make UEFA Team of the Year | SEE OTHERS
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Jan 21, 2021
Both Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have been voted into UEFA's Men's Team of the Year for 2020.
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Ronaldo may have won Serie A again with Juventus, but on the European front he and the Bianconeri as a whole struggled, as they were eliminated at the last-16 stage by Lyon.
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Messi did do slightly better with Barcelona, reaching quarter-final, but at that stage they were destroyed 8-2 by Bayern, which actually led to the Argentine asking to leave the club.
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In domestic action, Barca surrendered La Liga to Real Madrid in a 2019/20 season which was their first in 12 years without any silverware won.
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Still, both players were voted in by the public in a front four which includes Robert Lewandowski.
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The Pole has already won the FIFA Men's Player of the Year Award and the UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award for 2020 following his treble-winning season with Bayern in which he scored a ludicrous 55 goals in all competitions.
The other player in the front four is Neymar, who helped PSG to the Ligue 1 title as well as the club's first ever Champions League final when they were defeated by Bayern.
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Thiago, now at Liverpool, starred for Bayern in the second half of the 2019/20 season, and makes up the midfield two alongside Man City's Kevin De Bruyne.
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Virgil van Dijk, despite having missed near enough the entire 2020/21 season so far, makes the 2020 Team of the Year. Sergio Ramos, Alphonso Davies, and Joshua Kimmich have also been voted in while Manuel Neuer completed the Bayern contingent.
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