In an age when individual awards are given ever greater importance, tomorrow’s Champions League final between Real Madrid and Liverpool — and Cristiano Ronaldo and Mohamed Salah — could determine the winner of the next Ballon d’Or.After all, Ronaldo has won the prestigious prize on the back of helping Madrid to each of their recent European Cup triumphs, in 2014, 2016 and again last year. It is reductionist in the extreme to bring tomorrow’s final down to just two players, given the strength in depth available — especially in attack — to Madrid and Liverpool.But this is the era of …read more
Source: Gulf times