Man City dominate the ideal team of The Best and the great absentee is Cristiano

The Best ceremony began with the award for the best coach in the world during 2023. As expected, the winner was Josep Guardiola, who during the last season achieved the Treble with Manchester City, after winning the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League. In addition, he managed to give The Citizens an eye-catching style of play that was praised by the press and fans around the world, and therefore beat the other finalists, Luciano Spalletti and Simone Inzaghi.

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FIFA then unveiled the ideal team of 2023 and there The Citizens dominated the list. Six of the eleven players in the lineup are from Manchester City, something logical considering their excellent performances during the 2022/23 season and the start of the current one. The remainder are three players from Real Madrid, one from Paris Saint-Germain and the last one from Inter Miami.

The goalkeeper chosen was Thibaut Courtois, who excelled during the first half of the year with Los Merengues and then suffered a serious knee injury. The defense is entirely from Manchester City: Kyle Walker, John Stones and Ruben Dias. Two other players from the English side are in the midfield, Bernardo Silva and Kevin De Bruyne, accompanied by Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham. In attack are Erling Haaland, Kylian Mbappé, Vinicius Junior and Lionel Messi.

Despite the fact that all of them had excellent performances during the year, many were surprised by the absence of some stars. Cristiano Ronaldo was the player with the most goals in the world during 2023, with Al-Nassr and the Portugal National Team, but he was left out. And so were other players like Bayern Munich's Harry Kane and Manchester City's Rodri.

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With the award for the best goalkeeper of the year something absurd happened: Thibaut Courtois, who had been selected in the ideal team of 2023, did not receive the award. Instead, the winner was Ederson, who won the three most important titles with Manchester City, in addition to having shone with the Brazil National Team in the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.