The first thing Ronaldo said gives us an insight as to why he is where he is
Ever the brilliant statesman, Ronaldo has said that “If Portugal or Real Madrid had not won, I would not have won this. The team always comes first!”
This is the video of him being awarded the Ballon d’Or thanks to the Real Madrid info twitter account!
Whilst Ronaldo was in Japan when the ceremony happened, L’Equipe and France Football had traveled to Madrid to interview and conduct the photo shoot of Ronaldo’s (as Sportskeeda had reported earlier this month!)
This is why he won – A third Champions League title for himself (one each previously for United and Madrid), and 11th overall for Real Madrid and European Championship success for Portugal – their first ever triumph in any major tournament – successes that no can argue with
To add a little bit of zing to the whole thing, they also tweeted out Cristiano Jr.’s celebration – Paul Pogba would certainly approve!
Just to refresh your memories, here’s the list of 29 other guys he beat out to win the prestigious award
Sergio Aguero (Manchester City), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund), Gareth Bale(Real Madrid), Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Kevin de Bruyne(Manchester City), Paulo Dybala (Juventus), Diego Godin (Atletico Madrid), Antoine Griezmann(Atletico Madrid), Gonzalo Higuain (Juventus), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United), Andres Iniesta(Barcelona), Koke (Atletico Madrid), Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich),Hugo Lloris (Tottenham Hotspur), Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City), Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Luka Modric (Real Madrid), Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich), Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Neymar(Barcelona), Dimitri Payet (West Ham), Pepe (Real Madrid), Paul Pogba (Manchester United), Rui Patricio (Sporting Lisbon), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Luis Suarez (Barcelona), Jamie Vardy(Leicester City), Arturo Vidal (Bayern Munich).
