Mbappe : The last week before New Year is the time when football traditionally fades into the background. The time comes for the presentation of prizes, summing up the results, and of youth hockey. Let’s start with him.
The Russian national team played its second match at the World Youth Championship in Canada (recall that in the first, against Sweden, it lost with a score of 3: 6 ). This time the more modest Switzerland was the rival of our team. With a team from an alpine country, it turned out better: the Russian team won with a score of 4: 2 , scored by Danila Yurov, Dmitry Zlodeev, Pavel Tyutnev and Matvey Michkov .
By the way, Matvey Michkov, who went to the tournament as the main star of our team, and in two matches became one of the main stars of the entire championship, repeated the personal record of Alexander Ovechkin , who, at the age of 17, scored three goals in the first two matches of the youth world championship.
The next match for the Russian national team will be against the team of Slovakia, it will take place on the night of December 29-30.
Now about the prizes and results. The Globe Soccer Awards were presented at night. As always, the organizers tried to come up with so many nominations so that the statuettes could be presented to almost everyone who came (and even some of those who did not come). But it is worth noting that this award will be remembered for sure – for the first time in many years , Killian Mbappé was recognized as the best football player of the year in the world . But Cristiano Ronaldo also did not remain without a prize – he was declared the best scorer of all time.
Cristiano Ronaldo needs no introduction to the Globe Soccer audience as he has been the winner of multiple Best Player awards, and has always been a mega star attraction at the awards ceremony. pic.twitter.com/HgRPScDmDb— Globe Soccer Awards (@Globe_Soccer) December 27, 2021
Robert Lewandowski was also given a ride this time with the main prize, presenting a consolation prize to the best scorer of the year. Roberto Mancini was awarded the prize for the best coach, Leonardo Bonucci – the best defender, Ronaldinho – “for achievements”…. and so on.
Mbappe and Lewandowski came in person for the prizes and became the protagonists of the event. Both took the opportunity to comment on FIFA’s idea of holding a World Cup every two years. Mbappe was more polite, as befits a junior: he simply said that the tournament, held once every two years, “will turn into a regular tournament,” and reminded that “Robert and I are already playing 60 matches per season.” And Lewandowski snapped:
“It is physically and psychologically impossible to play such tournaments every two years.” Well, FIFA is still not thinking about the players, so it is unlikely to listen to even these two.
Other football news mainly related to transfers:
– The Italian media write that Spartak claims Henrikh Mkhitaryan : the striker still could not get along with Jose Mourinho at Roma and is going to leave the club this summer;
– CSKA wants to buy Turkish midfielder Orkun Köçkü in the Dutch Feyenord
– Serdar Azmun will not leave Zenit in winter, but will wait for the summer transfer window
– Erwin Holland has decided on the club where he wants to move from Borussia.
Manchester United also drew 1-1 with Newcastle United, and Cristiano had his worst match since moving to England – he struck just one shot on goal. Barcelona defender Dani Alves was diagnosed with coronavirus. PSG and Lyon were expelled from the French Cup due to fan turmoil.
Well, some figure skating for dessert. The Russian Championship is over, but the scandals continue. Eteri Tutberidze congratulated her three students , who took the entire podium in the Chechen Republic, with the fact that they were selected for the Olympic Games. The highlight of this congratulation is that the selection has not yet been officially completed, the federation promised vouchers to only two prize-winners, and the third place at the Games was going to be determined by the coaching council. But E.G. Tutberidze doesn’t care. As usual in such cases, the federation pretended that nothing had happened and remained silent.
Well, the rest of the public rose to the defense of our skaters. As you know, the American blogger in his stream said about Trusova and Shcherbakova , who performed brighter in the free program than in the short one: “I don’t know what the doctor who was there all weekend did, but the medications they took were great … They helped . ” In Russia, this was perceived as accusations of doping, and Ilya Averbukh (“ Do you think that I will comment on the words of some idiot ?”) And Dmitry Guberniev (“ American journalists are scoundrels !”) Spoke up in defense of the skaters .
What to watch today:
– SKIS. Tour de Ski, first stage. Women’s sprint and men’s sprint. The beginning is at 17:20.
– BIATHLON. Christmas race in ruhpolding. Mass start at 20:15 and pursuit at 21:05.
– FOOTBALL. Leicester v Liverpool starting at 23:00.
– HOCKEY. KHL:
Severstal – Vityaz
Sochi – Traktor
CSKA – Dynamo (Moscow)
“Yokerit” – “Kunlun”
Dynamo (Riga) – Avangard
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