{"id":381089,"date":"2017-12-07T19:28:38","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T19:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=381089"},"modified":"2017-12-07T20:54:59","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T20:54:59","slug":"cristiano-ronaldo-beats-messi-win-fifth-ballon-dor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/12\/cristiano-ronaldo-beats-messi-win-fifth-ballon-dor\/","title":{"rendered":"Cristiano Ronaldo beats Messi to win fifth Ballon d&#8217;Or"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cristiano Ronaldo\u00a0has won the fifth Ballon d\u2019Or of his career, equalling Lionel Messi\u2019s record after a season that saw him lead Real Madrid to their 12th Champions League title.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old, who moved level with Messi at the top of the all-time Champions League group stage goalscorers leaderboard on Wednesday after helping Madrid to beat Borussia Dortmund, was presented with his award in Paris on Thursday having just pipped his perennial rival.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"element element-rich-link element--thumbnail element-rich-link--upgraded\" data-component=\"rich-link\" data-link-name=\"rich-link-1 | 1\">\n<div class=\"rich-link tone-media--item rich-link--gallery\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThis is something I look forward to every year,\u201d Ronaldo said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks to my Real Madrid team-mates. And I want to thank the rest of the people who helped me reach this level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo and Messi have won the Ballon d\u2019Or between them every year since 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham\u2019s Harry Kane was the highest-ranked Englishman in 10th spot, while Chelsea\u2019s N\u2019Golo Kant\u00e9 finished eighth. Manchester City\u2019s Kevin De Bruyne was 14th, Chelsea\u2019s Eden Hazard 19th and the Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea 20th.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool pair Sadio Man\u00e9 and Philippe Coutinho were 23rd and 29th respectively.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2017 Ballon d\u2019Or final standings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0Lionel Messi\u00a0(Barcelona)<\/p>\n<p>3. Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain)<\/p>\n<p>4. Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus)<\/p>\n<p>5. Luka Modric (Real Madrid)<\/p>\n<p>6. Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)<\/p>\n<p>7. Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 (Paris Saint-Germain)<\/p>\n<p>8. N\u2019Golo Kant\u00e9 (Chelsea)<\/p>\n<p>9. Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)<\/p>\n<p>10. Harry Kane (Tottenham)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: Guardian UK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cristiano Ronaldo\u00a0has won the fifth Ballon d\u2019Or of his career, equalling Lionel Messi\u2019s record after a season that saw him lead Real Madrid to their 12th Champions League title. The 32-year-old, who moved level with Messi at the top of the all-time Champions League group stage goalscorers leaderboard on Wednesday after helping Madrid to beat [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":381093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[142],"tags":[12974,1456,1458],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cristiano Ronaldo beats Messi to win fifth Ballon d&#039;Or - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. 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