Lionel Messi was left out of L'Équipe's 2020 ideal eleven; Cristiano does appear

The prestigious French magazine did not consider “La Pulga” in its honor roll

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By: EFE 08 from January 2021

The ideal eleven in 2020 of L’Équipe includes a single player from the Spanish league, the Madrid defender Sergio Ramos, and is dominated, with five current or former members of its staff, by the Bayern Munich , winner of a good bunch of titles starting with the UEFA Champions League.

The five chosen by the Munich club in the squad presented this Monday by the French sports newspaper are the Polish Robert Lewandowski , Spanish Thiago Alcántara (now at Liverpool), the Canadian Alphonso Davies and the Germans Joshua Kimmich and Manuel Neuer .

Along with Lewandowski, the other forwards chosen are the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo , Juventus, Brazilian Neymar , from Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), and the Belgian Kevin De Bruyne , Manchester City, highlighting the absence of Lionel Messi from Barcelona.

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Along with Ramos and Davies, the ideal defense is completed by two members of Liverpool, the Dutchman Virgil van Dijk and the Englishman Trent Alexander-Arnold.

Of Sergio Ramos , L’Équipe highlights the 10 so many that he scored in the Spanish league last year : “He is the best scorer among the defenders of the five major championships.”

He also points out that it is “as important defensively as it is effective offensively, in particular in the penalty shootout. ”; and that he has become the European player who has worn the shirt of his national team the most times (178).

About Thiago Alcántara , the praise is centered on the fact that he is one of the footballers of the great European championships through which the ball passes the most (119 average touches in 119 minutes), since only the Italian Marco Verratti, from PSG, surpasses him

Regarding Neymar , notes that in the Champions League he caused that their opponents will be whistled 62 fouls, 31 more than any other player.

“ -, the Brazilian remains first and foremost a formidable footballer. When he evolves to his best level, he is almost unstoppable. He has achieved it all at the national level with PSG, which he led to his first Champions League final. ”