Cristiano Ronaldo wants to score another 500 goals before retiring
Cristiano Ronaldo will never give up hope of overhauling Lionel Messi as the best player of the current generation, and possibly of all time, but the Real Madrid superstar must know that equalling his old rival’s Ballon d’Or tally - never mind surpassing it - will be nigh-on impossible now.
Cristiano Ronaldo will never give up hope of overhauling Lionel Messi as the best player of the current generation, and possibly of all time, but the Real Madrid superstar must know that equalling his old rival’s Ballon d’Or tally - never mind surpassing it - will be nigh-on impossible now.
Messi won a record-breaking fifth Ballon d’Or award on Monday night - putting him two clear of Ronaldo, who turns 31 next month.
The Portuguese forward has always made it abundantly clear that his burning ambition is to finish his career known as the greatest footballer ever - but it seems he now has a new primary objective.