#2 Cristiano Ronaldo is the greatest big-game player of all time
Lionel Messi may be the best player of all time, but he cannot hold a candle to Cristiano Ronaldo in finals. The Portuguese superstar knows what it takes to win trophies and he was deservingly the man of the match here, with two crucially-timed goals.
The first, typically, was a record-breaking goal, as Ronaldo made Real Madrid the first team to score 500 goals in the UEFA Champions League. What got lost in the 4-1 scoreline was how crucially timed it was – Madrid were rocking under a Juventus onslaught, and his goal brought them into the final.
The second was crucially timed as well, with Ronaldo cementing Madrid’s second-half dominance with a clever run past Pjanic and Chiellini into the box, followed with an inch-perfect finish. It broke Juventus' hearts and they were never a factor in the final after that goal.
Ronaldo has done it when it mattered this year, and this simply cements why the man from Madeira should win the Ballon d'Or.
