The eyes of the world will be on the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kiev on Saturday (today) as two genuine European heavyweights compete for the Champions League trophy in club football’s biggest match.
Browsing: Christian Ronaldo
His Real Madrid teammate, Gareth Bale, is also nominated in the 10-man shortlist after winning the Champions League and guiding his country, Wales, to a semi-final finish after beating a very strong Belgium team on paper in the quarter-finals
The Real Madrid forward is the first footballer to ever top the annual list of the world’s 100 highest-paid athletes, having earned $88 million in the last 12 months – $6.6 million more than Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, who is second
The 31-year-old, who has 47 goals in 46 appearances so far this season, picked up the injury during Los Blancos’ 3-0 win over Villarreal on Wednesday evening
The Portugal forward made it three with a superb free-kick eight minutes later, whipping in a hard shot that dipped over the wall and beat Blanco for sheer speed
The Real Madrid superstar – who takes great pride in his body and his ability to put every other male human to shame with his six pack – bares almost all on the new issue, along with supermodel, Alessandra Ambrosio
The home side could have taken a shock lead in the early moments of the game after Felipe Caicedo burst clear on goal, but under pressure from Sergio Ramos, the Ecuadorian could only force a save out of Keylor Navas
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There had been reports in the Spanish media that Ronaldo faced being out for up to 12 matches if found guilty of excessive aggression at Wednesday’s disciplinary panel meeting, but these reports were way off the mark
Ronaldo, 29, is the favourite for the award after helping Real Madrid win the Champions League last season, scoring 17 times to set a new record for most goals scored in the competition in one campaign
Though Madrid weren’t nearly as rampant in this match as they were at Anfield, their superiority was clear from the outset, especially with Liverpool resting some of their key players
The eventual winner will be revealed at the FIFA Ballon d’Or slated to hold in Zurich Kongresshaus on January 12, 2015, during which the FIFA FIFPro World XI, the FIFA Puskás Award – for the most beautiful goal of the year – the FIFA Presidential Award and the FIFA Fair Play Award will also be presented.
The list of 23 male candidates has been drawn up by football experts from the FIFA Football Committee and by a group of experts from France Football.
Ronaldo said he had “a hat-trick of awards, it’s spectacular,” and added he would like to return next year to carry on winning prizes
That Ronaldo will lead the assault against his former team, Manchester United, makes this fixture an interesting one