Pep Guardiola is of the opinion that Lionel Messi, not Cristiano Ronaldo, is the best player in the world.

Cristiano Ronaldo had a year to remember in 2016. The 31-year-old won the Champions League with Real Madrid last season and then the European Championship with Portugal in France in the summer. In December, Ronaldo was awarded the Ballon d'Or 2016 and a month later he was voted as The Best FIFA Men's Player.

Ronaldo may be 31 years of age and there are signs that he is not the player he was when he arrived at Madrid back in 2009 - he does not run too much and he does not dribble past players - but he is still the best player in the world alongside Barcelona forward Lionel Messi.

Without a shadow of a doubt, Cristiano Ronaldo will go down in history as one of the best footballers to grace the field. The Portugal star recently claimed a fourth Ballon d’Or award after an incredible year that included a Champions League crown, a European Championship success and a World Club title – and he now sits just one World Player of the Year accolade behind Barcelona star and arch-rival Lionel Messi.

At 31 years old, Ronaldo’s time to claim the Ballon d’Or is running out but he is still capable of holding his own against the greatest players on the planet; as shown by his achievements this year.
While you could viably argue that Ronaldo was helped by Real Madrid’s success in the Champions League and Portugal’s triumph at Euro 2016 but at the end of the day, his influence in both competitions was clear for all to see and he certainly deserved to prosper on an individual basis.

Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo says that he at least has 10 more years of football left in him.

Cristiano Ronaldo and his other Portuguese teammates will be hitting on Latvia, in Faro this Sunday with a view to continuing their European World Cup qualifiers campaign.

The 31 year old Real Madrid star is yet unsure of what career he looks towards pursuing when he finally retires.

Whenever Cristiano Ronaldo had to leave the pitch in the middle of a Liga match in the past, it was either because of injury or something, but, never was it done by his coach tactically.

James Rodriguez was not happy with the length of the stoppage time in the Villarreal game.
Rodriguez reckons Villarreal wanted to interrupt the game as much as possible during the first 90 minutes. But, the match officials did not keep a note of that and did not make up for that by making the stoppage time that much longer.

As per Rodriguez, the stoppage time must have been least a couple of minutes longer and if Madrid had got those extra couple of minutes, the winning goal was very much possible because they were clearly on top of Villarreal as the game was approaching the conclusion.

Cristiano Ronaldo is 31 years old and this age is considered to be fairly elevated for a football player, especially for someone who is consistently shouldering the pressure of having to score goals and this is what the Portuguese player has to do with Real Madrid as he has historically been the main goal-scoring machine for Real Madrid.

Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane has confirmed that Cristiano Ronaldo is a major doubt for the season opener against Real Sociedad.