UEFA Awards: Messi and Ronaldo are not selected for the first time in top 3 for the award in 10 years.

Robert Lewandowski, Kevin De Bruyne, and Manuel Neuer shortlisted for the UEFA Player Of The Year.
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UEFA Awards: Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski with his teammate Manuel Neuer and Manchester City's Kevin de Bruyne shortlisted for the 2019-20 UEFA Men's Player Of The Year Award.

It is the first time in 10 years no Messi or Ronaldo is shortlisted for this award. Messi won this award 2 times in his 6 shortlisting meanwhile Ronaldo won this award 3 times in his 9 times shortlisting.  

Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)

He is the main reason for the Bayern Munich Treble of the season. He netted 55 goals in 47 games for Bayern Munich. He scored 15 goals in the UEFA Champions League. He is in superb form this season for Bayern. 

Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich, GK)

It's hard for any goalkeeper to make into the top 3 for any award but Manual Neuer is doing with his great performance on the defensive end. He is also the reason behind Bayern's treble. In the UEFA Champions League 6 times, his opponent teams were unable to score against him. In Bundesliga Neuer conceded only 31 goals in 33 appearances with 15 clean sheets. 

Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City)

He has a talent and he is a pillar of his Machester City team. He scored 13 goals in the Premier League while putting a record with 20 assists. 

In this award, all 3 players are selected by a jury which involves 80 coaches of the club that participate in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League(32) and the UEFA Europa League(48). There are also 55 journalists who are selected by the European Sports Media group, One from each of UEFA's member associations. 

The first selected gets 5 points, the second number player gets 3 points and 3rd number player gets 1 point. This is the process for the best player among the top 3 UEFA player of the year. 

Here is the list of other players who are in the Top 10:

4. Lionel Messi (Barcelona), 5. Neymar(PSG), 6. Thomas Muller(Bayern Munich), 7. Mbappe(PSG), 8. Thiago Alcantara(Bayern Munich), 9. Joshua Kimmich(Bayern Munich), 10. Cristiano Ronaldo(Juventus)  

It is all dominance of Bayern Munich in the top 10 shortlisted players. 

Nagelsmann, Flick, and Klopp are shortlisted for the Men's coach of the year. Bronze, Harder, and Renard selected for the Women's Player of the year award. 

Lewandowski is the favourite to win a UEFA Men's Player Of The Year award. 

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