Browsing: Ronaldo

Speaking with FIFA.com on Monday, Okocha opined: “Yes, I think he will be the one to do it. Messi and Ronaldo have dominated world football for a decade and, given the nature of football, at a certain point the baton will have to pass to someone else. I think Neymar has a great chance of filling that role.

European sides had won each of their last seven fixtures in this end-of-year competition without conceding prior to this match, and the omens looked good for the Spanish outfit when Karim Benzema – a member of that successful 2014 side – tapped home when Luka Modric’s volley was parried into his path

He won the Champions League with Real Madrid and Euro 2016 with Portugal – and it is widely anticipated that he will edge out Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Atletico Madrid’s Antoine Griezmann to claim the Ballon d’Or for the fourth time