Ballon d'Or Power Rankings: June 2018

Ballon d'Or 2018
Ballon d'Or 2018: Who will win it?

#6 Keylor Navas

Real Madrid v Bayern Muenchen - UEFA Champions League Semi Final Second Leg
Keylor Navas ensures Real Madrid stay on top of Bayern Munich

A goalkeeper's life is unforgiving... a hundred perfect days can be forgotten in the blink of an eye if you make one mistake at the wrong time - and Navas was this close to being the villain of Real Madrid's historic season.

If Madrid had not won (fairly) and converted that last minute penalty against Juventus, Navas' inexcusable mistake - when he spilled the ball at the feet of Blaise Matuidi to gift Juve their third goal of the match - could well have put Los Blancos out of the Champions League... and we wouldn't be talking about him here.

But to not do so would be criminal - the Costa Rican has been excellent all season, despite the early-season patchiness of the defence in front of him - and has played some blinders at key moments this season (including the second Clasico of the season, where his goalkeeping ensured Madrid walked back with their heads held high).

Pity, then, that once the Spanish transfer window opens, they'll still talk about wanting David De Gea.

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Edited by Arvind Sriram
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