MADRID, 15 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
FC Barcelona midfielder Aitana Bonmatí and Real Madrid full-back Olga Carmona were the representatives of Spanish football in the two 'World Elevens' of 2023 revealed this Monday at the FIFA 'The Best' gala held in London.
The Catalan player, who was crowned with the 'The Best' award for the best player, and the Andalusian entered the ideal women's eleven of FIFA and the FIFPRO union, in which the absences of other Spanish players such as midfielder Patri Guijarro were surprising. , the defender 'Mapi' León or the forward Salma Paralluelo.
The women's 'World Eleven' was dominated by the English footballers who had Mary Earps (Manchester United) as goalkeeper, Lucy Bronze (FC Barcelona) and Alex Greenwood (Manchester City) as defenders, Keira Walsh (FC Barcelona), Alessia Russo ( Manchester United/Arsenal), Lauren James (Chelsea) and Ella Toone (Manchester United) as midfielders, while American Alex Morgan (San Diego Wave) and Australian Sam Kerr (Chelsea) formed the forward line.
On the other hand, in terms of the best men's eleven, Manchester City was the main protagonist with the presence of more than half of the players, including an entire defense made up of John Stones, Kyle Walker and Ruben Dias, who were joined by midfielders Bernardo Silva and Kevin de Bruyne, and forward Erling Haaland.
Along with them, two Real Madrid footballers such as the Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois and the Brazilian forward Vinícius Jr, as well as the English midfielder Jude Bellingham, also with merits with his previous team, Borussia Dortmund. The French forward Kylian Mbappé, from PSG, and the Argentine Leo Messi, from Inter Miami, completed this team.