The Ballon d’Or winners were announced and Cristiano Ronaldo as expected took home the top prize. This was the Real Madrid superstar’s fourth individual award and it sees him gain ground on his long-term rival Lionel Messi who has won 5 of these golden balls.
Twitter users went crazy and many of them hailed Ronaldo’s win while some were sore that Messi was beaten. Here are the best tweets/GIFS:
In 2016:Ronaldo:51 goals13 Assists3Messi:58 GOALS34 ASSISTS3But give Ronaldo BDO cause he told Eder he'd score in Euro final pic.twitter.com/OaFdaPchIo
Some of Cristiano’s individual awards:4 Ballons d’Or4 Golden Shoes3 Pichichis2 UEFA PotY awards1 FIFA PotY award1 Bravo award pic.twitter.com/lfuNeIQdVQ
A Bengaluru lad through and through, Ashwin Hanagudu is a huge fan of Liverpool and unsurprisingly pledges his sworn allegiance to RCB in the IPL. With over 8+ years of experience in this field, Ashwin manages multiple verticals at Sportskeeda and as of July 2024 is the most-read author in the football section.
Apart from his duties at Sportskeeda, Ashwin Hanagudu is also an active table tennis player and has played multiple state ranking and national tournaments representing Karnataka.
A huge sports fan, some of the athletes and sportspersons he admires in no particular order are Virat Kohli, Steven Gerrard, Mohamed Salah, Cristiano Ronaldo, Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Neeraj Chopra and PV Sindhu
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