Alvarez was not selected as a candidate for FIFA's best forward, Atletico expressed dissatisfaction

6686 Sports News on November 7 According to the "AS" report, Atletico Madrid expressed obvious surprise and dissatisfaction with the failure of team forward Alvarez to be selected as a forward candidate for FIFA's 2025 best team.

The club forwarded the list announced by FIFA on its official social media and added two emojis - a spider (Alvarez's nickname is Little Spider) and a pair of wide eyes, implicitly but powerfully conveying their doubts.

"Asian" said that Dosari of the Saudi League and Messi, who plays in the Major League in the United States, were successfully shortlisted, but Alvarez, who performed extremely well in La Liga this season, was excluded. This makes Atletico Madrid incomprehensible.

The 22-man list also includes top attackers such as Dembele, Yamal, Mbappe, Lautaro, Rafinha, Vinicius, Salah, Haaland, Dzekeresh, Kane, Lewandowski and Barcola - these players should be in the same competitive level as Alvarez.

Last season, Alvarez delivered an extremely impressive report card in his first season with Atletico Madrid: 29 goals and 8 assists in 57 games. It was under his leadership that Atletico Madrid set a new record in team history in the 2024-25 season - winning 15 consecutive La Liga wins and winning the half-season championship. In the Champions League, although the team lost to Real Madrid in the 1/8 finals, in that 12-yard battle, Alvarez's 12-yard penalty was directly ruled invalid (instead of a heavy penalty) due to a suspected "second touch". Such outstanding statistics, key contributions and historical breakthroughs have not resulted in a nomination, which is difficult for everyone at Atletico Madrid to understand.