http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629 still has a chance of winning the coveted Ballon d’Or accolade this year, and insisted that he could not have won them the tournament
alone.
The Real Madrid ace fired 3 goals during the European Championships to enable his side’s progression to the last-four of the competition, where they eventually lost to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011 on a penalty shoot-out.
Apart from his heroics at Euros, the 27-year old winger also netted a titanic tally of 60 goals for the La Liga champions in the preceding term.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 for the Ballon d’Or award for three successive years, was tipped by many to pip the Argentinean this time around by steering his country to Euro triumph.
Messi himself was in scintillating form for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 last season- firing a European record 73 goals for the Spanish Giants.
With the debate of who will run away with the Ballon d’Or award likely to go down the wire, Bento mentioned that Ronaldo will still be one of the front runners for the award, given all that he had achieved over the last 11 months.
While talking to reporters, he said: “He is the best in the world and I think that he will be considered the best player in the world this year and that he did not need to win the Euros to be considered that.”
“But he is a human being and he was 11 months under intense pressure.”
However, the 43-year old indicated that despite being a world class player, the Portuguese skipper could not have won them the European Championships on his own, but was impressed with his contributions during the tournament.
Ronaldo got his Euro campaign off to a tremulous start, as he failed to find the back of the net in the opening game against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Denmark-c2884 in the next game.
However, Bento refused to accept the suggestion that the winger was off colour in the preliminary stages of the competition, insisting that every player can miss a chance or two during a game and that he led the team by example.
He added, “I think it is unfair to punish one player for two occasions. He was an exemplary captain. He has a high level of professionalism and he shows that in every training.”
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