Jaume Collboni, mayor of Barcelona: “I would like to highlight that the greatest sporting success of the city is that thousands of boys and girls who train every day, from Martinenc to Europa, passing through Sant Andreu; articulate the sporting successes of the city. We are going to invest more than 5 million euros in renovating 17 football facilities in Barcelona. The 2030 World Cup will be a magnificent opportunity for Spanish football to demonstrate its full potential. The city will get involved in this tournament to the fullest extent possible. “I finish with a prediction about how the season is going to go, which no one has asked me for, but I’m telling you: Barça is going to win the League, Girona will go to Europe and Espanyol will go up to the First Division.”
Now, the gala itself begins. It is time to pay tribute to the Blaugrana who won LaLiga last season.
Ter Stegen has already arrived at the Esklandestino in Barcelona to receive the Zamora Prize and the Di Stéfano Prize. Without a doubt, the great protagonist of the gala.
We review some of the other awards that will be presented throughout the morning: Socios.com Award for Griezmann (Most voted by fans for Decisive Player), Zarra Trophy for Joselu (Spanish player with the most goals scored), Miguel Muñoz Award for Imanol Alguacil (Best LaLiga coach) or ‘MVP’ Selection Award for Unai Simon; are some of them.
Pedri González will also be awarded the Best Fan Player Award. The Canarian will be in charge of delivering the Laliga Fantasy MARCA MVP to José Carrasco.
Robert Lewandowski will receive the Pichichi Award which accredits him as the highest scoring footballer in LaLiga 2022/23: 23 goals scored in 34 matches played. It is the eighth time that he has become the top scorer in a domestic competition, the sixth in a row.
Ter Stegen will receive the Zamora Award (least scored goalkeeper of the 2022/23 season with 18 goals conceded in 37 games, an average of 0.49 goals conceded per game) and the Di Stéfano Award (best player of the 2022/23 season) .