Defeat Messi and Ronaldo, Virgil van Dijk Wins the 2018-19 UEFA Best Player Title

The dominance of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo failed again after Virgil van Dijk was officially named the UEFA's best player in the 2018-19 season.
The award was given to Van Dijk in the 2019-20 Champions League group stage at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco, Thursday (29/08/2019).

Van Dijk, who managed to lead last season's Champions League winners at Liverpool, has surpassed Messi and Ronaldo, reiterating the exploits of Luka Modric who did the same thing last season.

Virgil van Dijk's achievements

Generously bought at Southampton, Van Dijk has proven his quality by impressing at the heart of Liverpool's defense.

In addition to winning the Champions League and European Super Cup, Van Dijk also helped bring his country, the Netherlands has qualified for the final of the UEFA League of Nations.

In terms of local competition, Van Dijk also achieved remarkable achievements by winning the title of best player in the Premier League.

The best female player

Aside from Van Dijk, UEFA has also awarded the 2018-19 UEFA best player for Lyon quarterback Lucy Brown.

Brown is also entitled to become the first British character to win this award. Brown helped bring Lyon to the Women's Champions League last season.

Brown defeated two other candidates, all of whom were his team-mates in Lyon, Ada Hegerberg and Amandine Henry.

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