Status: 07/25/2021 1:00 p.m.
Striker star Robert Lewandowski is Germany’s “Footballer of the Year” for the second time. Nicole Billa triumphs among the soccer players and Thomas Tuchel triumphs among the coaches.
The Pole Lewandowski prevailed in the election organized by the soccer magazine “Kicker” by a huge margin ahead of his teammate Thomas Müller and Borussia Dortmund’s young star Erling Haaland. The Austrian Nicole Billa from TSG 1899 Hoffenheim is footballer of the year, and Thomas Tuchel from Champions League winner Chelsea won the coaching category.
Müller’s ancient record broken
“I know how big this honor is,” said Lewandowski (32), who broke Gerd Müller’s age-old record with 41 goals this season in the past Bundesliga season: “This number of hits fills me with great pride and is certainly in view of my injury a spectacular achievement. ”
Lewandowski had already won the journalists’ choice last year as the triple winner at the time. His lead over Müller grew again compared to 2020 – Lewandowski got 356 votes, Müller 41 and Haaland 38.
Billa surprised
Billa prevailed with 61 votes, just ahead of the German national team players Lea Schüller (FC Bayern Munich / 57 votes) and Almuth Schult (VfL Wolfsburg / 49). “Crazy! I didn’t expect that at all,” said the 25-year-old, who reached third place in the Bundesliga with TSG last season. “The surprise was a success. I’m very happy!”, She said.
Tuchel: “Award for the entire team”
Tuchel (47) replaced the new national coach Hansi Flick (56) as coach of the year. The Chelsea coach, who triumphed against Manchester City in the premier class final with the “Blues”, received 129 votes – eleven more than Flick, who left record champions FC Bayern for the DFB in the summer. Edin Terzic, who had coached Borussia Dortmund last season, finished third with 75 votes. “I accept the award very gratefully as a great honor for the entire team, because I see myself as a team player,” said Tuchel.
Source: sportschau.de