CONGRATULATIONS TO CRISTIANO RONALDO!
Cristiano Ronaldo
will be popping open endless bottles of champagne as he cruises around
the streets of Zurich in his stretch limo tonight accompanied by
friends, family, and the all-important Ballon d'Or trophy which tells
him that he was the world's footballer player in 2013.
But the
Portuguese superstar might come to think of his victory as the worst
possible thing that could have happened to him on Monday night.
The reason? The curse of the Ballon d'Or, the peculiar quirk of football history that suggests Ronaldo's Portugal side will flop at the World Cup in Brazil this summer.
Time and again for decades, the
player crowned the finest in Europe for the 12 months preceding a World
Cup year has gone on to taste nothing but disappointment a few months later at the tournament.
Ronaldinho,
Roberto Baggio, Johan Cruyff, the original Brazilian Ronaldo and even
Lionel Messi are just a few players who have fallen victim to the curse
over the years.
2010: Lionel Messi
2006: Ronaldinho
2002: Michael Owen
1998: Ronaldo
1994: Roberto Baggio
1986: Michel Platini
1982: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
1974: Johan Cruyff
1966: Eusebio
Do
you think it will be different come Brazil 2014? Should Ronaldo be
worried? Will Brazil 2014 make Messi unarguably, the best ever with the
World Cup victory?
Share your thoughts please.
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