Messi, Ronaldo, Ribery to contest UEFA Best Player
13:41, 7 August 2013
GENEVA. August 7. KAZINFORM Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Franck Ribery will compete to win the Best Player in Europe title for last season.
Soccer's European governing body UEFA narrowed down the candidates to three from an initial 10-man list, selected by journalists from UEFA members, Xinhua reports.
The award is presented on Aug. 29 at the Champions League group-stage draw in Monaco following a live vote by the journalists' panel.
Messi won the inaugural award two seasons ago and his Barcelona teammate Andres Iniesta won last year.