Lionel Messi in running for third consecutive Ballon d'Or after making ... - Telegraph.co.uk

Guardiola, Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho and Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson were shortlisted for the 2011 Fifa Coach of the Year award. Guardiola's men were again mesmeric in 2011, sweeping all before them with an attractive style of football. Madrid were their closest challengers, narrowly losing out in the domestic league and in Europe. They did, however,