Cristiano Ronaldo’s response to a critical Instagram post about the Ballon d’Or election has caused a stir on social media. The account cr7.o_lendario writes that it is incomprehensible that not the Portuguese attacker of Manchester United, but Lionel Messi has been awarded the prize. ‘Factos’, is the short response from Ronaldo himself to the message.
The account sums up what Ronaldo has accomplished in the past year. “Then he still finishes sixth in the Ballon d’Or election. Do you really think five players have done better in the past year? Never,” writes cr7.o_lendario. In addition to Messi, Robert Lewandowski, Jorginho, Karim Benzema and N’Golo Kante also finished higher than Ronaldo. “He could easily compete for this prize with Robert Lewandowski, who has had a fantastic year in terms of individual stats. Bayern had a better season than Juventus, but Cristiano was much better in the national team.”
And who will the prize go to? To Messi, who only won the Copa del Rey with Barcelona, hasn’t scored a goal against Real Madrid since Cristiano left, was invisible in last year’s big games and won the Copa América. He has not scored in the final or semi-final. And individually he has had a mediocre season at Paris Saint-Germain.” “Cristiano must be three hundred percent undisputed to win this award. If he doesn’t score the best goal of the year, become champions with every club, top scorer in all competitions and score a hat-trick at the World Cup, they will take his prize.”
“It’s the other way around with Messi. He may have a mediocre season, but they always find a way to give him this award. Theft. filthy. Shame. Anyone smart enough knows who deserves these kinds of awards. If you get prizes without earning them, you can’t be happy with them. CR7 will always be the best in history.” The post is liked by Ronaldo and provided with a short response: ‘Factos’, or ‘facts’. The reaction caused quite a bit of surprise on social media. Messi won the Ballon d’Or for the seventh time, while Ronaldo was awarded the trophy five times.
