Lionel Messi won his first Ballon d'Or, cementing himself as the only player to win as many individual awards. He had already made the record books with his fourth win back in 2012, but Cristiano Ronaldo had crept within one with two straight wins in 2013 and 2014. However, that mountain will be harder to climb now for the Portuguese player who is seemingly starting his decline.
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo initiated their 2016 campaign with two crucial games. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo initiated their 2016 campaign with two crucial games.
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were back to work in two separate games this week - one in the Champions League and another in the Spanish league.Both players faced rather unimportant Champions League tilts but had crucial fixtures in Spain to resolve.
When it comes to Cristiano Ronaldo returning to the Premier League or leaving Real Madrid, the rumor mill never stops. Jose Semedo, a former teammate of CR7 during his time at Sporting Lisbon, is the latest to turn the vanes.It was during an interview with talkSPORT that Semedo made his prediction about Ronaldo's future.
It was a horrid week for the two most renowned superstars in the world. While Robert Lewandowski finished his week with seven goals in two games, both Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi continued looking to add to their goal totals but only continued to find inconsistency.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi having finally arrived after struggling through the opening few weeks of the season. Both superstars got two chances to prove their mettle in week four of the 2015-16 season - once in the Champions League and a second time in the Spanish league. Both stars faced challenging UCL matches and "easy" Liga games and wound up with contrasting results in both games.Which superstar was the winner of week 4?
Something unexpected happened this weekend. For the first time in history, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo failed to score goals in two consecutive league games.
The Messi Ronaldo rivalry is always one of the highlights of the soccer season. For years the two titans have come at one another from a distance. Goals and titles were always their main means of doing battle. For years, Lionel Messi was the undisputed winner in both areas, but of late he has lagged a bit in the former department despite being the runaway winner in the latter.
Cristiano Ronaldo, Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi will compete for the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award. In theory at least. Despite the three players being officially on the ballet, the reality is that only one player has any chance of winning the award this year.
His name? Lionel Messi.
Here is the rundown for why the Argentine is the frontrunner to win the award.
Neymar is one of the best players in the world today, and he is climbing up the all-time goal scoring list for Brazilians. Here, we list the top 10 goal scorers in Brazilian soccer history.
Neymar finished his season with Barcelona scoring 40 goals including tallies in the finals of the Copa del Rey and Champions League. He had the kind of year that is often considered legendary and seemed on his way to being a finalist for the 2015 Ballon d'Or.
The 2014-15 season will come to an end this weekend with the Champions League final. The summer festivities will then get underway with the Copa America and Euro Cup qualifiers.The Ballon d'Or conversations will also get underway as a means of seeing which players have emerged at the halfway mark of the year. Here is an early preview with the nominees less than six months away from being announced.
Cristiano Ronaldo's season has been over for one week. Lionel Messi's will be over in just days. At this point, with the Champions League still to be determined it is a good time to compare what the two seasons have been like for the world's two best players.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi once again had an incredible season. The two are widely considered the best players in the world, and the best goal scorers of all-time. Latin Post lists the top 10 goal scorers in a La Liga season ever.
A big week loomed for Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. A big week loomed for Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Heading into the week, both players had make or break games to play in both the Champions League and Spanish League.
A year ago, Real Madrid took home two trophies, including the much vaulted 10th Champions League trophy.One year later, this team is a shadow of itself and will walk away with no trophies on the campaign.Where 2013-14 will remain in history, 2014-15 will be forgotten in ignominy.And it is a shame, especially considering the 22 straight wins the team managed early in the season when it looked completely unstoppable.So what went wrong? Why did Real Madrid tumble into mediocrity and fail at the biggest hurdle?
