🤔 CR7 mocks Ballon d'Or award as 'fictional', do you agree? Have your say!

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·10 août 2025

🤔 CR7 mocks Ballon d'Or award as 'fictional', do you agree? Have your say!

Cristiano Ronaldo mocked the list of nominees for the 2025 Ballon d'Or, calling the award "fictional."

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"That [Ballon d'Or] is fictional to me," replied the Portuguese star in the mixed zone at Estádio Algarve, after Al-Nassr's 4-0 win over Rio Ave last Thursday (7th), in which he scored a hat-trick. He was commenting on the presence of only three compatriots among the 30 nominees: João Neves, Vitinha, and Nuno Mendes.

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Cristiano Ronaldo competed with Lionel Messi for more than a decade for the France Football honor, winning it five times (2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, and 2017), but was left off the list for the third consecutive year.

The biggest winner of the trophy, the Argentine star from Inter Miami, was also not included for the second year in a row, after winning the award eight times – 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2021, and 2023.

In another season with Al-Nassr, CR7 racked up 35 goals and four assists in 41 games last season, and also helped Portugal win their second Nations League title.

The French magazine revealed the contenders on Thursday (7th), recognizing the standouts of the 2024/25 season in European football.

The ceremony to determine the winner will take place on September 22 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris.

Check out all the nominees for the 2025 Ballon d'Or

Dembélé (Paris Saint-Germain)

Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint-Germain)

Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid)

Désiré Doué (Paris Saint-Germain)

Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan)

Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund)

Haaland (Manchester City)

Viktor Gyökeres (Sporting)

Hakimi (Paris Saint-Germain)