http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/3284/euro-2012/2012/06/26/3202447/maldini-pirlo-is-unique-but-cristiano-ronaldo-will-win-the

"Andrea is a unique player," the former Milan defender told Sky Sport24. "For many reasons, he is unmatched throughout the world.

"This season he is quite rightly taking a lot of satisfaction from his performances, but I don't think that the Ballon d'Or is possible.

"Messi and Ronaldo's seasons were better, and Ronaldo will definitely win it if he goes to the final with Portugal."

Dat God

Maldini has spoken

"if he goes to the finals with Portugal"

BarrileteCosmico wrote:"if he goes to the finals with Portugal"

I honestly think Messi should be taking it even if CR goes to the final or even wins it (if Sneijder didnt get it then why CR?)

so all odds against Ronaldo.


He wins Euros, it s till be 70 to 30 in favour of Messi

It's a show, it's a popularity contest, the footballer with the biggest "wow" factor has the edge. Messi is obviously, at an advantage, because he scored a huge amount of goals. But Ronaldo, being in an arguably worse team, achieved more. Plus he's had 2 Motm performances at the euros (out of 4 games). So he has a good chance. But Messi is still the favorite.

lol

if portugal wins the euro, which in case ronaldo will have a big impact in it

then he will win for sure the ballon. no matter if he deserves it or not
he will win the ballon if so that happens

What's this whole "if he goes to the final, he wins" malarky? So if he gets to the final and loses, he still wins?

CR gonna win it this year.

there is "If" in that article goal.com cut it as usual to make better headline

He said he wins it for sure if he reaches the final. Which means he can still win it if he doesn't lol

In any case Peter Shmeichel, Paolo Maldini, Don Alfredo Di Stefano and even Diego Maradona have declared their admiraton of Cristiano. He is the symbol of our love for the game.

There are those who delude themselves that someone who only scored 10 goals than him made a bigger impact, I say Ronaldo has one hand on the Balon D'Or already

The award is a sham anyways. Ronaldo didn't break records this year, because his team's goals were more important than individual goals.
Messi scored 70+ goals this season. Ronaldo scored 60. BUT, Ronaldo won the league, Messi didn't... Ronaldo scored a goal in the clasico and 2 in his CL semi-final... Messi scored in neither. Those 3 goals are easilly worth the 10 goals difference between the two. AND, you forget, Messi scored all those goals as a center forward, Ronaldo scored his as a winger. Also, Ronaldo shared goals with two other players... Both Higuain and Benzema scored over 30 goals each, in Barca there were no other goalscorers than Messi .... And considering that CR is performing very well for his NT, and that he may lead them to European success (or relative European success) should be enough to prove that he's the best...

But at the end of the day, I guess I'm sounding like a biased madrid fan, and that's probably true. But this award is a sham. It's a popularity contest, and if everyone hates Ronaldo, he'll never win it again. But, considering that Sneijder never won it in 2010, Messi will win. And it means nothing.

and sudenly the Ballon D'or begins to matter....

Asked by a local journalist as to whether there was a hint of jealousy within his squad that "95 per cent" of the women in Ukraine were desperate to catch even the most fleeting glimpse of Ronaldo, Paulo Bento's response was laced with dry wit, but there was probably an element of truth to it.

"You claim only 95 per cent of women?" he said. "I can tell you I know Cristiano and after the game I am sure he will have 100 per cent of them on his side."

So 95 percent of Ukranian womans fancy trannies? Nice community.

You kiss your mother with that mouth? tsk tsk

How is this trolling

Do you people even understand the concept?

No, Trolling has degenerated from spreading disinformation to incite a reaction and being an art to being an asshole/jerk in general.

On these particular forums however it seems to have degenerated further into replacing insult/diss.

Can't really berate people on their improper use of the word when 99% do it.

ah, the days when trolling used to be an art....

Lex wrote:What's this whole "if he goes to the final, he wins" malarky? So if he gets to the final and loses, he still wins?

I'd say he has to win the Euros to decrease Messi's chances of winning the Ballon d'Or.

billy_gr wrote:ah, the days when trolling used to be an art....

ah, the days when trolling used to be a song...

Also, who really cares about this lousy award anyway?

indeed...

Forza Rossoneri wrote:

billy_gr wrote:ah, the days when trolling used to be an art....

who really cares about this lousy award anyway?

my thoughts exactly...

maybe xabi alonso will win it if he sparks some magic in the final?

oh wait...iniesta scored the winning goal in WC and sneijder had a treble....look who won guys

vizkosity wrote:maybe xabi alonso will win it if he sparks some magic in the final?

oh wait...iniesta scored the winning goal in WC and sneijder had a treble....look who won guys

I guessing it wasn't a guy who scored in one match of the season, or some random man from treble winning team?