Lothar Matthäus (third from right) at the presentation of the FIFA World Team.Image: Screenshot via youtube.com/fifa
The FIFA Awards in Zurich on Tuesday evening had quite a few stories to tell. There’s the one from Bavaria Munich striker Robert Lewandowski, who went away empty-handed at the first award for the best footballer in the world, namely the Ballon D’Or ceremony a few weeks ago, but this time secured the trophy for the FIFA world footballer ahead of Lionel Messi .
Or that of Alexia Putellas, who is at the women enforce. With her, a player was dating for the first time Spain world footballer. Also for the German coach Thomas Tuchel Yesterday’s FIFA World Coach award was a first.
Line-up of the FIFA world team irritates fans
The Chelsea FC coach is the only German among this year’s award winners. But the evening in Zurich was not entirely without other German participation. Then together with legendary coach Arsene Wenger, ex-national player Lothar Matthäus introduced the FIFA world team. And Matthäus, known for sentences like “Would be, would be, bicycle chain” or “I hope, we have a little bit lucky” delivered another memorable saying.
Because the fact that the FIFA world team was presented in an unusual 3-3-4 formation and that four strikers are represented in it, not only irritated many fans. Matthew also commented on the announcement with a grin and said: “A lot of offenders in this team”. Instead of offensive players (offensive) he accidentally spoke of offenders.
I love how Lothar Matthäus said “there are a lot of offenders in this team”😂
Should probably get himself a professional translator next time
— Name cannot be blank (@lfc_luca_) January 18, 2022
on Twitter the slip of the tongue caused much amusement. “He should get a professional translator next time,” writes one user. “Loddar and his knowledge of English,” comments another, referring to Matthew’s past slips of the tongue. “It’s important that he also says something. Otherwise the election would be completely in vain,” writes a user who probably finds the FIFA event unnecessary.
It’s important that he says something. Otherwise the election would be completely in vain.
— Simon (@S04Keli) January 17, 2022
Premier League players dominate FIFA World XI picks
This year, alongside Bayern’s Robert Lewandowski, Erling Haaland from Borussia Dortmund, Lionel Messi (Paris Saint Germain) and Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) on the offensive of the FIFA world eleven. The best midfielders were N’Golo Kante and Jorginho from Chelsea and Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City). The defense is made up of David Alaba (Real Madrid), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus Turin) and Rúben Dias (Manchester City). Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint Germain) guards the goal of the world eleven.
The captains and coaches of the national teams were allowed to vote, as well as selected journalists and fans registered on the FIFA website.
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