Real Madrid’s Gareth Bale, leaves the pitch at the end of the match during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Real Sociedad, at Anoeta stadium in San Sebastian, northern Spain, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016.
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He also captained Portugal to victory in the tournament scoring three goals on the road to the final in which he heartache, leaving the pitch injured.
Bale was a strong contender for his work with Real and leading Wales to the Euro semi-final while Atletico’s Griezmann top scored at this summer’s Championships for the final losers.
Past editions have been won by Lionel Messi (2011, 2015), Andrés Iniesta (2012), Franck Ribéry (2013) and Ronaldo (2014).
“As I said on the stage, he [Griezmann] deserved to win this trophy”.
Ronaldo had a sensational year, scoring 51 goals in 48 matches for Madrid, and leading Portugal to its first-ever worldwide trophy, scoring three goals on the way to winning the EURO 2016 Championship. Ronaldo even played against him in Euro 2016 final between Portugal and France.
“Unfortunately, we didn’t win a trophy and it was a blow for us, as well as for our fans”.
“I will be not fair if I’m not going to mention these two wonderful players”.
“[On Fiorentino Perez’s claim that he wants to retire at Madrid], yes, that’s what I want, I’m at the best club in the world and I want to retire here, at 41, as I’ve said before!” Now I need to be calm but my aim is to extend my contract and stay in the club that I like the most. Grizou and Atlético will start a campaign to finally win the Champions League, starting to compete with Bayern Munich, PSV and Rostov.
The officials made this formal announcement in Monaco on Thursday evening.
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“We won the Champions League and I was topscorer and that was probably one of the best seasons in my career”. The award was decided by voting- with 55 journalists casting their votes.
