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Cristiano Ronaldo, winner of the FIFA The Best 2016

BY IN FRONT OF MESSI And GRIEZMANN

OFFICIAL: Cristiano Ronaldo, winner of the FIFA The Best 2016

Published:9/01/2017 - 19:51h

Updated:9/01/2017 - 19:52h

The forward of the Real Madrid, Cristiano Ronaldo, has been chosen finally like winner of the FIFA The Best 2016 by in front of Leo Messi and Antoine Griezmann, second and third respectively. "CR7" already won also the Balloon of Gold 2016

Calendar of FC Barcelona

Cristiano Ronaldo has erigido finally like the winner of the FIFA The Best 2016, the individual prize that awards this year the FIFA to the best player of the past year, and that has known this Monday 9 January although already it took for granted from does weeks.

The player of the Real Madrid has conquered the individual prize by in front of Leo Messi, like sucedió in the Balloon of Gold 2016 of "France Football", but in this occasion of way much more adjusted and with less difference between the players of Real Madrid and FC Barcelona.

The third in discord has gone back to be Antoine Griezmann, although in this case yes will be the French to a big distance of the two first. It treats of the third big individual prize that receives Christian in the last months, after the Balloon of Gold of France Football and of the Globe Soccer Award that received does some weeks, in the month of December

Leo Messi, prejudiced by the early closing of votes

To Leo Messi has prejudiced him the early closing of the votes, since during these last months has offered a really spectacular performance, with performances that leave clear to the true fan who is the best player of the planet, and can that of the history.

The new regulation, however, prevented to do what did the ex president of the FIFA Joseph Blatter does some years, when it lengthened the period of vote to benefit to a Christian Ronaldo that it had to play a Portugal-Sweden. "CR7", in this sense, sum like this the second prize of the FIFA after the FIFA World Player achieved in 2008.

The Portuguese has won it by the titles of Champions League and UEFA Euro 2016 conquered with the Real Madrid and the selection of Portugal, although regarding individual statistics Leo Messi surpassed him so much in goals as in assistances and creation of game.