Cristiano Ronaldo, celebrating the UEFA Champions League 2016-17

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Cristiano Ronaldo, ready to win the most unfair prize

Published:23/08/2016 - 20:51h

Updated:23/08/2016 - 20:51h

This Thursday, before it give beginning the draw of the phase of groups of the UEFA Champions League 2016-17, the UEFA will announce the winner of the prize to the Best Player of Europe 2016. Cristiano Ronaldo is the favourite maximum

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Before this Thursday 25 August carry out the draw of the phase of groups of the UEFA Champions League 2016-17, Cristiano Ronaldo could be announced like Better Player of Europe 2016, had to mainly to that conquered in the last months the Champions 2015-16 with the Real Madrid and the UEFA Euro 2016 with the selection of Portugal.

The UEFA forgot entirely of Leo Messi and Luis Suárez, two of the best players of the world in these moments -or the two better- to plant in the podium of candidates to Better Player of Europe 2016 to Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bleat and Antoine Griezmann.

Already it is known by all of which way won the Real Madrid the UEFA Champions League, deleting by the way to the most affordable rivals of each round, and that in the final against the Athletic of Madrid Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bleat did not appear. Neither it was present the Portuguese in the final of the UEFA Euro 2016 with Portugal to the lesionarse to the chamber of hour of party, and finished winning the title in spite of signing some performances bochornosas, with so only two goals in the tournament.

Still like this, both players will accompany to Antoine Griezmann in the podium to Better Player of Europe, leaving went to Leo Messi that it was the maximum assistant of Europe, one of the maxima goleadores and winner of four titles in a same season with the FC Barcelona, to the equal that Luis Suárez that it was Boot of Gold in Europe, won the same titles that Messi and besides was second maximum assistant of the old continent.

In definite, seems that the UEFA has very clear his criteria to the hour to choose to the candidates, and can have influenced also that the three selected are European and no of other continents, so that "the prize remain home", as it is used to say.

The case is that this prize could be an anticipate of the Balloon of Gold 2016, for which Cristiano Ronaldo also has a lot of possibilities to win when having conquered UEFA Champions League and UEFA Euro 2016 in the last months, further of the performance that have offered.

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