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The Best Fifa Football Awards: Lewandowski and Putellas win player gongs – as it happened!

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Robet Lewandowski and Alexia Putellas were the big winners on the night

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Mon 17 Jan 2022 14.31 ESTFirst published on Mon 17 Jan 2022 12.30 EST
Alexia Putellas is … The Best.
Alexia Putellas is … The Best. Photograph: Alex Caparros/Uefa/Getty Images
Alexia Putellas is … The Best. Photograph: Alex Caparros/Uefa/Getty Images

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Thank you very much for joining me, I think we can all agree it was a riveting night of expensive outfits and shiny trophies.

The presenters sign off and there is more high fiving between Infantino and Ronaldo. There also seems to be an applause machine on as I can’t see an audience.

We exit with a video praising Qatar, obviously.

Infantino gets a hug from Big Ron.

Ronaldo thanks his international teammates past and present. He moves on to praising his family.

Ronaldo says he plays to entertain himself. He feels good and motivated, which is a relief for Ralf Rangnick.

Gianni Infantino and his chum Cristiano Ronaldo. Photograph: Harold Cunningham/AFP/Getty Images
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Fifa Special Award

Cristiano Ronaldo has turned up in person to receive his award. He hasn’t got much on at the moment.

“Fifa Best awards are as reliable as Boris Johnson’s next cockup,” writes Yash Gupta. “Still Lamela and Rabona won which is highly unusual. Someone must be drunk in Fifa garden for giving that award to Lamela who really deserved it.”

Oh ... there is one more award for Cristiano Ronaldo for some reason or other. Is it for his great Instagram posts?

To the men’s award. Your nominees ...

  • Robert Lewandowski (Poland and Bayern Munich)
  • Lionel Messi (Argentina, Barcelona and PSG)
  • Mo Salah (Egypt and Liverpool )

You will be pleased to know it was Infantino with the shiny envelope. What an honour for Putellas to have her name read out by the great man.

We now do reach the Best Women’s Player award. Your nominees ...

  • Jennifer Hermoso (Spain and Barcelona)
  • Alexia Putellas (Spain and Barcelona)
  • Sam Kerr (Australia and Chelsea)

“Hi Will,” says Robbie Hiller, “please let me know when someone wears something worth noting. Fabulous coverage, Robbie.”

It was all downhill after Yaya’s tux. Bonucci has some nice velvet on.

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In the Women’s team they completely missed out the three nominees for the Best player of the year award. I am so confused.

The Men’s team is in the classic 3-3-4 formation: Donnarumma, Alaba, Bonucci, Ruben Dias, Jorginho, Kante, Kevin de Bruyne, Cristiano Ronaldo, Haaland, Lewandowski, Messi

We have the Best Men’s XI coming up with Lothar Matthaus and Arsene Wenger. Some more banal Jenas questions delay the announcement.

Before we get to the best individual, the finest XI of the year is announced.

Best XI: Endler, Bronze, Renard, Bright, Eriksson, Banini, Lloyd, Bonansea, Miedema, Marta, Alex Morgan

Soon it’ll be time for the Best Women’s player. Your nominees:

  • Jennifer Hermoso (Spain and Barcelona)
  • Alexia Putellas (Spain and Barcelona)
  • Sam Kerr (Australia and Chelsea)
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The Best Fifa Fan Award

The winner is the Denmark and Finland fans for their response following Christian Eriksen’s cardiac arrest. Both sets of supporters spent a long time chanting Eriksen’s name while he was treated on the pitch.

Jenas has said “I totally agree” in response to everything said by guests tonight. What a reassuring presence he is.

Thomas Tuchel decked in a Chelsea hoodie. Tuchel says winning is “pretty surreal” and he “feels pretty uncomfortable”.

Your nominees in this category:

  • Pep Guardiola (Man City)
  • Thomas Tuchel (Chelsea)
  • Roberto Mancini (Italy)


Everyone wheeled out needs to praise Fifa for a few seconds before getting on with the real business. Wenger is aiming to make coaching better around the world, you will be pleased to know.

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