Ronaldo: "A successful performance at Euro 2012 will bring me closer to the" Golden Ball "

The leader of the Portuguese national team’s attacks, Cristiano Ronaldo, makes every effort to win the Golden Ball, a prize to the best player of the year. The football player did everything to make his team go to the semifinals of the European Championship, where he will now meet with the winner of the Spain - France, which will take place today in Donetsk.

Euro 2012: schedule and results of matches

In two matches of the Portuguese team - the last meeting of the Gollandia group tournaments (2: 1) and the quarter -finals with the Czech Republic (1: 0), Cristiano Ronaldo scored three goals.

“In the latest games, our team showed a very good football,” Ronaldu Vesti.ru quotes Cristiano. “I don’t think that my performance in the euro will be crucial in the struggle for the“ golden ball ”, but I am convinced that the success in the euro will bring me closer to this award.”

Meanwhile, the main competitor to Cristiano Ronaldo in the struggle for the Golden Ball - the Argentine Lionel Messi admitted that more at the European Championship for the Spanish national team.

“I don’t follow the European Championship too closely, but I wish the Spanish national team victory,” Messi noted. “After all, there are many of my club partners there.”

Recall that Cristiano Ronaldo "Golden Ball", won in 2008. Since then, Lionel Messi has been going to the trophy three times in a row. At the same time, this year, Real Madrid, for which Cristiano Ronaldo acts, became the champion of Spain.