RONALDO CROWNED UEFA BEST PLAYER IN
EUROPE
Thursday
25th August, 2016
Real Madrid
superstar Cristiano Ronaldo won the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award on
Thursday after winning both last season’s Champions League and Euro 2016 with
Portugal.
Ronaldo, 31, received the accolade for the second time in his career
after finishing ahead of Real team-mate Gareth Bale and Atletico Madrid’s
Antoine Griezmann.
“I’m obviously delighted to
receive this award, it’s been an incredible season. But these two other players
deserve it as well,” said Ronaldo, who also won the prize in 2013-14.
Ronaldo
struck the winning spot-kick as Real claimed a record 11th European Cup title,
beating city rivals Atletico on penalties in May, before leading his country to
Euro 2016 glory.
Ronaldo scored three goals en route to the final of the
tournament to equal France’s Michel Platini’s record of nine goals in the
European Championship finals. Read more
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