Thursday 14 August 2014

Cristiano, Robben and Neuer make UEFA final three for best player award, no Messi

Manuel Neuer, Arjen Robben and Cristiano Ronaldo have made the final three nominees for the Best Player in Europe award.

The trio were picked from an initial 10-man shortlist that had players like Angel Di Maria, Diego Costa, Luis Suarez, Lionel Messi, Philipp Lahm, James Rodriguez and Thomas Muller.

Messi, who won the 2011edition failed to make the final three cut this time.

UEFA will announce the winner on August 28, when the draws for the Champions League group stages are conducted in Monaco.

According to UEFA, this is how the players finish on points:

4 Thomas Müller (GER, FC Bayern München) – number of points, 39
5 Philipp Lahm (GER, FC Bayern München) – 24
5 Lionel Messi (ARG, FC Barcelona) – 24
7 James Rodríguez (COL, AS Monaco FC/Real Madrid CF) – 16
8 Luis Suárez (URU, Liverpool FC/FC Barcelona) – 13
9 Ángel Di María (ARG, Real Madrid CF) – 12
10 Diego Costa (ESP, Club Atlético de Madrid/Chelsea FC) – 8

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