Football’s finest players battled it out to win the prestigious and historic prize, but no-one could pip the Real Madrid striker

Real Madrid superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo, who picked up his fifth Ballon d’Or trophy ahead of Lionel Messi and Neymar at the Eiffel Tower in France, says he’s still willing to win more Ballon d’Or awards.

And after being presented with the 2017 Ballon d’Or at the glitzy ceremony on Thursday, Ronaldo vowed to ‘let the fight continue’ between himself and Messi as they battle for future Ballon d’Ors.

‘I HOPE TO PLAY AT A HIGH LEVEL FOR A FEW MORE YEARS,’ RONALDO SAID WHEN ASKED ABOUT RIVAL MESSI. ‘LET’S HAVE THE FIGHT CONTINUE IN A GOOD WAY. HE WILL DO HIS BEST FOR HIS CLUB AND HIS NATIONAL TEAM.

‘AND I WILL DO MY BEST FOR REAL MADRID AND MY NATIONAL TEAM. SO LET’S SEE AT THE END OF THE DAY WHO IS BETTER AND SEE WHO AT THE END OF THE YEAR WHAT COLLECTIVE AWARDS WE WIN AND WHAT THE PEOPLE VOTED.’

‘OF COURSE, I FEEL HAPPY. IT’S A BIG MOMENT IN MY CAREER,’ RONALDO SAID. ‘IT’S SOMETHING I HOPE TO WIN EVERY YEAR. THANKS TO MY REAL MADRID TEAM-MATES. AND I WANT TO THANK THE REST OF THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED ME REACH THIS LEVEL.’

Here is the full list counting down from joint 29th to CR7.

29th: Coutinho/Mertens
28th: Dzeko
27th: Hummels
26th: Oblak
25th: Benzema
24th: Falcão
23rd: Mané
21st: Bonucci/Aubameyang
20th: De Gea
19th: Hazard
18th: Griezmann
17th: Kroos
16th: Marcelo
15th: Dybala
14th: KDB


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Ororo 7

World best well deserved. Messi is a bit better though.


From a Madrid fan.

Hala Madrid

Cheat

messi dy learn

Barca, Man U fans go eat people here on this tread

Whether he likes it or not, even he knows who the best player is. It's not by how many awards you win

#TeamMessi

Orororo the greatest

the fighting spirit...

positive obsession

Unless Europe decides to play politics, Messi it is next year. He is being doing better than Ronaldo this year

With the way he's playing this year I doubt it or else he improves drastically

Good!

congrats CR7

GENIUS. Respect !!!

Both of dem need to retire, 10yrs in all, dey av ruled for far too long

CR7 da best BTW today make it 3years i registered nairaland

I like Ronaldo but with the way he talks, it's not hard to see why he has a lot of haters in the soccer world...so self-centered... he doesn't even acknowledge the upcoming players, he thinks it'll always be between him and messi...after this award, they shouldn't give to it either of them anymore 'cause we're bored already... Let the spotlight shine on the younger players, instead of making them play for these guys so at end of the year they collect awards as if it's by their hard work alone...FOOTBALL DOES NOT REVOLVE AROUND RONALDO AND MESSI

Healthy competition unlike wizzy and davido hiding behind twitter.......... Lol

C Ronaldo my man....

El midget will be shiiting in his pants right now

That is why this guy will never enter the top 5 greatest footballers of all time. He is too obsessed with individual awards and personal glory

Messi once said he would exchange his 5 balon d'or's for a single world cup. He cares more about the team winning than personal glory and yet he still best at almost everything(dribbling, scoring, passing, creating chances). Ronaldo gets angry when his teamates score and he doesn't. what kind of narcissistic person is that?

C. Ronaldo and his obsession for Ballon d'or sha
Anyways, carry on my guy