As part of the celebration of the European Football Association “UEFA”, yesterday, Thursday, 25 August, which was hosted by the Turkish city of Istanbul.
And the draw for the group league in its football competitions for the 2022-2023 season, the most important of which is Champions League, The most important tournament in the old continent.
UEFA distributed its prizes to the first winners in all European events and clubs, who emerged from among them and provided important services to their teams as coaches, players, administrators and clubs.
The two most prominent UEFA awards, namely the best coach, were won by Italian Carlo Ancelotti, coach of Real Madrid, the Spanish La Liga and Champions League champions last season, while French Karim Benzema, Real Madrid player, was awarded the best player in Europe. Winner of the top scorer award in the Spanish League and the Champions League, and the most prominent candidate for the Gold Award this year.
Ancelotti beats Klopp and Guardiola
The European Football Association awarded the 63-year-old Italian coach, Carlo Ancelotti, the best coach award with 526 points.
Ancelotti advanced over German coach Jurgen Klopp, coach of the Liverpool team, with 210 points, and over Spain’s Pep Guardiola, coach of Manchester City, with 108 points.
The UEFA applauded via Signed The official performance of the good professional training he made during the last season, and the achievements he achieved at the local and continental levels.
The federation said that Ancelotti returned to the club last summer, and won the Spanish league before becoming the first coach to win the European Cup / Champions League, and for the fourth time, after leading the royal team to glory in the 2022 final in Paris.
For this award, coaches in Europe were judged, regardless of nationality, in relation to their impact on the entire season, in all competitions locally and internationally, and at club and national level.
The European Football Association also explained how it was chosen out of six coaches who were nominated for the award, as it was voted on in three stages, until it reaches the winner of the award.
The German coach Thomas Tuchel won the UEFA Coach of the Year award in 2021.
Ancelotti is the champion
Although the Italian Carlo Ancelotti received the training of the royal team twice, it is the first league championship with Real Madrid, and Ancelotti had taken over the leadership of the team during the period from 2013 to 2015, then returned and received the training of Real Madrid on June 1, 2021, succeeding the French Zinedine Zidane, but he did not win the title in the previous season, and was satisfied with the runner-up position, two points behind the champion, Atletico Madrid, with 86 points.
Before winning the first title of the Spanish League last season, Ancelotti had previously achieved with the royal team a number of tournaments, the most important of which were the King’s Cup in the 2013-2014 season, the European Champions League in the same season, as well as the European Super Cup, the Club World Cup in 2014, and finally the European Cup Spanish Super Cup this season.
Thus, Ancelotti became the first coach in the world to win the five major leagues, with Milan in Italy, Chelsea in England, Bayern in Germany, Paris Saint-Germain in France, and now with Real Madrid in Spain.
Is Benzema preparing to win the Gold Award?
as announced the Union The European Football Association awarded the French Karim Benzema, 34, the Real Madrid player, the award for the best player in Europe for the year 2022, which will benefit him greatly in obtaining the Golden Award as the best player in the world.
Benzema is ahead of Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne, and Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois with the number of points.
The season of Frenchman Benzema was perfect on all levels and in all aspects, as he scored 44 goals from 46 games, and in all domestic and European competitions.
Karim Benzema also has the ability to resolve complex and difficult matches, and scored decisive and fatal goals against opponents, especially in the Champions League, and thus topped the list of scorers in this tournament with 15 goals and assisted two goals, the most prominent of which was the historical triple against Paris Saint-Germain in Round of 16 of the competition.
Karim Benzema also topped the list of top scorers in the Spanish first division last season, with a score of 27 goals.
according to Opportunity Transfer Market Statistics, Karim Benzema’s market value is 30 million euros. He joined Real Madrid on July 9, 2009.
Benzema renewed his contract on August 20, 2021, and the contract expires on June 30, 2023.
Benzema has appeared with the national team since 2007 until now 97 times, scoring 37 goals. He also appeared with his Sunni national teams 35 times, scoring 20 goals for them.
During his professional football career with all clubs, Karim scored 397 goals, from 764 games, and set many records with the royal team.
French Karim Benzema has also won more than 20 personal awards at all levels, the last of which was yesterday’s award as the best player in Europe.