Lionel Messi And Cristiano Ronaldo Miss Out On Champions League Award Nominations

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have missed out on the Champions League's positional awards shortlist after disappointing individual campaigns.

Messi and Barcelona were humiliated in the quarter-finals after being smashed by eventual competition winners Bayern Munich.

Meanwhile, Ronaldo and Juventus suffered a shock last 16 exit on away goals to French underdogs Lyon.

The list is dominated by Bayern players, with seven players being up for the awards.

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Check out the entire shortlist below.

Best Goalkeeper:

Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich)

Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid)

Keylor Navas (Paris Saint-Germain)

Best Defender:

Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich)

David Alaba (Bayern Munich)

Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich)

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Best Midfielder:

Thiago Alcantara (Bayern Munich)

Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich)

Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)

Best Forward:

Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain

Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain)

Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)

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It comes as no surprise that Hansi Flick's side dominate the rankings with every player excelling in the competition.

From Manuel Neuer's incredible performance in the final to Alphonso Davies' star making performance against Chelsea, it was a competition they owned.

"I am proud of the team," Flick said after winning the tournament.

"When I saw the headlines in November, all I read was that nobody is afraid of Bayern anymore. The development since then has been crazy.

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"We deserved to win, because of the second half. You could already see in training at our winter camp in January that something big was growing. The team just has this overwhelming will to win."

None of last year's winners, which were Messi, Liverpool duo Virgil van Dijk and Alisson as well as Frenkie de Jong were nominated.

In the Europa League, Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes will battle it out with Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku and former Sevilla man Ever Banega for overall player of the tournament.

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The jury will be made up of each head coach of last season's Champions League group stage participants, as well as 55 journalists that represent every UEFA member association.

Who do you think was the best player in last season's Champions League?

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Topics: Football News, Football, Robert Lewandowski, Barcelona, Lionel Messi, Juventus, Champions League, Bayern Munich, Cristiano Ronaldo

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