MADRID, 24 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, the French forward Karim Benzema and the Croatian midfielder Luka Modric, in addition to the Brazilian midfielder Carlos Casemiro, currently at Manchester United, are the representatives of Real Madrid in the ideal eleven of 2022 for ‘L’Equipe’.
“Winning the Champions League in May was not a prerequisite to enter the team of the year in 2022, but the writing of ‘L’Équipe’ decided to give a place of honor to the European champions and four Real Madrid players who lifted the trophy at the Stade de France after the victory against Liverpool (1-0), they are thus part of this eleven, without there being any debate about the positions in question,” said the French sports newspaper.
In goal, Courtois takes over from other renowned goalkeepers such as Jan Oblak, Alisson Becker, Manuel Neuer and Édouard Mendy, while in midfield Modric once again showed that “he is the man for great matches”, accompanied by Casemiro, who summer he left the Madrid club to sign for English Manchester United.
‘L’Equipe’ emphasizes to form their forward that the Polish Robert Lewandowski once again did “feats” and the Norwegian Erling Haaland confirmed that “without a doubt tomorrow he would be one of the ‘9’”, but that “there were” Benzema, who “He walked around Europe throughout the first part of the year as if the years had made him even better”, and Kylian Mbappé, who “has already made the world his garden”.
Also in this eleven is the Argentine forward Leo Messi, who “finished the year better than it had started”, with the almost absolute leadership in Argentina’s conquest of the World Cup, while the Belgian midfielder Kevin de Bruyne forms part for the fourth consecutive year, a sign of his great regularity. Englishman Kyle Walker, Croatian Josep Gvardiol, Dutchman Virgil van Dijk and Frenchman Theo Hernandez form the defense.