Arsenal's Mesut Ozil is the only current Premier League player to
feature in the UEFA.com team of the year, but Barcelona's Lionel Messi
has not been named in the side.
Messi lost his FIFA Ballon d'Or award to Cristiano Ronaldo on Monday,
and that was followed up by the announcement that he failed to make an XI made up from a poll of UEFA.com readers who were asked to select the best Europe-based players in a 4-4-2 formation.
Paris Saint-Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has a place in attack
alongside Ronaldo, while Borussia
Dortmund's Marco Reus lines up
alongside the world's most expensive player Gareth Bale, Ozil and Franck
Ribery in a midfield not featuring a Barcelona player for the first
time since 2007.
Ribery, who finished third in the vote for the FIFA Ballon d'Or award,
is one of four members of Bayern Munich's all-conquering 2012-13
Treble-winning squad to make the side.
Ronaldo was picked for an eighth time, and for a record seventh year in a row. No English players were selected.
UEFA.com Team of the Year: Manuel Neuer (Bayern
Munich); Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Thiago Silva (Paris Saint-Germain),
Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich), David Alaba (Bayern Munich); Franck
Ribery (Bayern Munich), Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund) Mesut Ozil
(Arsenal and Germany), Gareth Bale (Real Madrid); Cristiano Ronaldo
(Real Madrid), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint-Germain).
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