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The votes are in and the winner of the Ballon d’Or announced in Zurich on Monday night, is Cristiano Ronaldo
Ronaldo beat the 2 other major competitors who also performed pretty well in the 2013-2013 season.
The goals scored figures continue to astound for both La Liga players. Messi’s 42 is an outrageous return of just less than a goal per game, but even that was eclipsed by Ronaldo’s absurd 66 goals from 56 appearances.
But Ronaldo’s goal tally came from a total of 396 shots. Messi scored 14 fewer but did so from only 146 attempts on goal, which were more than 5 per cent more accurate than his rival.
Ribéry, a player whose main strengths are in other areas, trailed both by a significant margin with a still-creditable 22 goals, but he does bost more accurate shooting than the two that play in Spain.
The basics
|
MESSI
|
RONALDO
|
RIBERY
|
|---|
| Appearances | 45 | 56 | 52 |
| Minutes on pitch | 3346 | 4542 | 4018 |
| Won | 26 | 40 | 52 |
| Drawn | 14 | 10 | 4 |
| Lost | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| Trophies | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Passing
|
MESSI
|
RONALDO
|
RIBERY
|
|---|
| Assists | 15 | 15 | 18 |
| Chances created | 70 | 94 | 149 |
| Total passes | 2136 | 1901 | 2903 |
| Pass completion | 84.5% | 79.2% | 85.7% |
| Crosses | 80 | 97 | 261 |
| Cross completion | 10% | 16.5% | 27.6% |
Dribbling
|
MESSI
|
RONALDO
|
RIBERY
|
|---|
| Dribbles | 331 | 252 | 1084 |
| Dribble completion | 51.4% | 46.0% | 45.6% |
| Duels | 579 | 709 | 943 |
| Duels won | 52.5% | 54.6% | 45.5% |
