Portuguese international Cristiano Ronaldo is part of France’s best ‘eleven’ ever. Football, in a poll carried out by 140 journalists from around the world, announced the French magazine announced that this year it will not award the golden ball .
In a list that, in addition to the 35-year-old Juventus striker, featured Portuguese names such as Luís Figo and Eusébio, the player holding five golden balls, was the only Portuguese player elected for the best team, presented in a 3X4X3 system in the which includes the recently deceased Diego Armando Maradona.
Russian Lev Yachine was the one who collected the most votes in goal, behind three defenders, Brazilian Cafu (right back), German Franz Beckenbauer (central defense) and Italian Paolo Maldini (left back), while in midfield more defensive choices fell to German Lothar Matthaus and Spaniard Xavi.
Argentine Diego Maradona and Brazilian Pelé were distinguished as the best attacking midfielders, while the forwards are also Brazilian Ronaldo (center forward), Argentine Lionel Messi (right winger) and Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo (left winger), the only two ‘legendary’ players still active.
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Surely Cristiano has maintained his win all along. His shift to Man U this season may affect him. Let us keep our fingers crossed as for now.