MESSI RONALDO
Cristiano Ronaldo’s form this year has been so
good, one might wonder how he performs at such a high level at the age of 31.
Cristiano Ronaldo has
set a new record in the Spanish league, becoming the first player to have scored at least 30 goals in six consecutiveseason. Behind him in the list
is Leo Messi, of Barcelona , who has scored 30 or
more in four consecutive season.
Top Spanish paper
Marca have published a report saying the 3 time Ballon D’or winner is the
favourite to win the 2016 Ballon D’or saying Messi and Neymar and other
possible candidates have been below par this season. Read the full report after
the cut and tell us what you think?
‘Cristiano Ronaldo’s form
at Real Madrid over the last few months might well have placed him in with a
real chance of Ballon d’Or glory once again.And things had been going so well
for rivals Barcelona.’
‘Lionel
Messi and Neymar, well on the way to another successful season with the
Blaugrana, were stood on the podium in Zurich back in January awaiting the results
alongside their Madrid counterpart.’
Messi, unsurprisingly,
won the world’ best player award for a fifth time, with his Brazilian teammate
making history just by standing alongside him and Ronaldo.
‘At that point, not only did retaining
the Champions League trophy for the first time in its current format look
possible, but so did an unprecedented second successive treble.Fast-forward
three months, though, and everything has gone wrong.’
Elimination from
European competition at the hands of Atletico Madrid last Wednesday was
the low point, but that misery was compounded by a home defeat to Valencia on Sunday evening.
‘Now, what looked like an uncatchable
nine-point lead in La Liga has been cut to zero, the Catalans leading
second-placed Atleti purely by virtue of the head-to-head rule.Real can’t be
ignored either, sitting a point further back.
‘The race for the Ballon d’Or, which is
never too far away from the minds of either Ronaldo or Messi in any event, has
swung in the Portuguese international’s favour.While Messi has been playing
with injury lately, Ronaldo has stormed ahead in the goal scoring charts, both
domestically and on the continent.’
”He was the inspiration behind Real’s
stunning Champions League quarterfinal comeback against Wolfsburg, scoring a
hat-trick.This is a personal award which hinges on the big moments of course,
and with arguably the biggest club competition in the game still to fight for,
and his goal in the recent Clasico victory, Ronaldo could well be favourite.”
As
Ronaldo hunts more success, both Neymar and Messi will be looking to rekindle
their spark with six games left in the title race.
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