No surprises then, as Cristiano Ronaldo wins the Ballo d'Or (otherwise known as the European Footballer of the Year award). Despite countrywide resentment of the Portugease maestro, few begrudging fans would deny Ronaldo his title. However, he has received some criticism from an unlikely source...
Thats right, Jose Mourinho's love of controversy has arisen again! Despite Ronaldo's astonishing 42 goals from midfield last season, culminating in Premier League, and Champions League titles, Mourinho insists one of his players ultimately deserve the honours. Despite poor Ibrahimovic finishing over 400 points behind Cristiano.
Having said that, the 'Special One' had been out of the headlines for a while, and where would be without him? Scolari is certainly comical, as through his broken English he declares 'they kill us,' but, he's certainly not 'Special.'
Welcome back to the headlines Jose, even if it is for a day, trust you to steal Ronaldo's thunder.
2008 Ballon d'Or voting
1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester Utd) 446 points
2 Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 281 pts
3 Fernando Torres (Liverpool) 179 pts
4 Iker Casillas (Real Madrid) 133 pts
5 Xavi Hernandez (Barcelona) 97 pts
6 Andriy Arshavin (Zenit St-Petersburg) 64 pts
7 David Villa (Valencia) 55 pts
8 Kaka (AC Milan) 31 pts
9 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Inter Milan) 30 pts
10 Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) 28 pts
11 Marcos Senna (Villarreal) 16 pts
12 Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal) 12 pts
13 Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) 11 pts
14 Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid) 10 pts
15 Frank Lampard (Chelsea) 8 pts
16 Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich) 7 pts
17 Samuel Eto'o (Barcelona) 6 pts
18 Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus) 5 pts
19 Michael Ballack (Chelsea), Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal) 4 pts
21 Didier Drogba (Chelsea), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United) 3 pts
24 Edwin van der Sar (Manchester United), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Real Madrid), 2 pts
1 comment:
The special one stealing Ronaldos thunder, thats what i like to hear. :-)
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