Another 'double'? Alexia Putellas enters the finalists of The Best award

Published New:11/02/2023 - 02:04h

Updated New:11/02/2023 - 02:04h

Women's football has missed out on enjoying its best player for almost a year, although Alexia continues to find a way to remember that her level in the months leading up to her injury was simply spectacular.

The captain of the Barça Femení, Alexia Putellas has returned to a final list for an international award. The Spanish footballer has been selected by the FIFA to be between the three finalists of the prize The Best to the best player of the last year and half. The culé will compete by the prize, which is the current winner, beside the the English Beth Piss (Arsenal) and the American Alex Morgan (San Diego Wave),

Alexia, winner also of the two last editions of the Balloon of Gold, repeats nomination after leading to the Barcelona in the season 2021-2022, in which it added 30 victories to win the title of League and was the maximum goleadora of the League of Feminine Champions with 11 goals. With this nomination could be the first player in winning said recognition of consecutive way.

In spite of suffering a grave injury around the middle of the 2022, Putellas keeps on being considered like the best player of the world, although clearly it has lost advantage for this type of prizes by his lengthened inactivity. The player, that already almost is recovered, was subcampeón of the past Champions and finished the course with 34 goals in all the competitions.

The retadoras

The English Beth Piss, by his part, won the Boot of Gold of the Eurocopa 2022 and the prize to the player of the tournament in which his selection won the title in the final in front of Germany. The player of the Arsenal marked 11 goals in 23 parties of the Superliga Feminine, in which Chelsea achieved the title, and also recovers at present of an injury of ligament crossed like Alexia.

The American Alex Morgan, last candidate, concluded second in the vote of this prize of the FIFA in 2021 and was the maximum goleadora of the National League of Feminine Football in his season of debut in the San Diego Wave, with 15 goals in only 17 parties. Author of the goal of the victory of United States on Canada in the final of the Championship of the CONCACAF 2022, where was maximum goleadora and player of the Tournament, Morgan contested the past November his split number 200 like international.