Cristiano Ronaldo has won the Ballon D’Or for the second year running, pipping great rival Lionel Messi and Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer to again be named the World’s Best Player. Ronaldo played a pivotal role in Real Madrid’s Champions League triumph, and won the award with 37.66% of the total vote. Messi, somewhat surprisingly, only polled 0.04% more than World Cup winning stopper Neuer, finishing with 15.76% of the total vote to the Bayern star’s 15.72%.
Ronaldo has now won three Ballon D’Ors, one less than Messi, whose speech last night set tongues wagging about his future at Barcelona Continue reading