Third Ballon d'Or for Ronaldo: No gossip!

Cristiano Ronaldo's performance since the beginning of the season has been extremely impressive. With this pace of play, the statement "this year the Ballon d'Or will unquestionably belong to Ronaldo" that coach Carlo Ancelotti just made is not an exaggeration.

Ronaldo is showing destructive scoring form

Real Madrid gave Athletic Bilbao a “little hand” last night with a devastating 5-0 victory, including a hat-trick from the Portuguese superstar. The royal team repeated the “5-star” feat they had just achieved against Basel and Elche, still thanks to CR7’s explosive ability.

Ronaldo has scored in all eight La Liga and Champions League games since the start of the 2014/15 season. Before the game against Bilbao, it was thought that the striker wouldcould not enter the field after being kicked in the knee in the match against Lugodorest, but in the end he was still able to play and as usual contributed to a decisive victory for Real Madrid.

CR7's scoring stats in the last 8 matches are very impressive: 5 goals divided equally between Cordoba, Atletico Madrid, Basel, Villarreal and Lugodorest; a hat-trick (3 goals) against Deportivo, a pocker (4 goals) against Elche and another hat-trick against Bilbao. The only match Ronaldo did not play was against Real Sociedad, where the white team lost 2-4.

Ronaldo is in brilliant form

Thus, since the beginning of the season, the current Golden Ball has scored 13 goals in Liga after 7 rounds, an average of nearly 2 goals/match, something that no one in the white shirt club has been able to do before. The three goals last night against Bilbao were also CR7's 22nd hat-trick, helping him catch up with the record of Di Stefano and Zarra in the history of the number 1 football tournament of the bullfighting country. In addition, in other arenas, CR7 also managed to score 5 more goals.

Not only that, with the goal against Bilbao, Ronaldo has had a streak of 14 consecutive matches scoring at the Santiago Bernabeu, starting from October 19, 2013, against Malaga. Away from home, in the Champions League, the Portuguese striker's streak of consecutive goals is also very impressive: 9 matches. The last time CR7 played but did not score was the 1-1 draw against Manchester City, on November 12, 2012.

It is not by chance that speaking at the press conferenceafter a 5-0 win over Bilbao, Coach Carlo Ancelotti boldly affirmed: “All three strikers played wonderfully. Ronaldo scored 3 goals and Benzema had a double, but Bale had decisive passes. Up to now, there is no hesitation if voting for the Golden Ball for Cristiano Ronaldo.”

Ronaldo has had his 22nd hat-trick in a Real shirt

Similarly, Spanish and international press also unanimously praised CR7's excellent performance last night as well as his achievements since the beginning of the season.

While the French newspaper L'Equipe emphasized that the royal team had a "comfortable victory" against Bilbao thanks to Ronaldo's hat-trick and Benzema's double, the Argentine newspaper Ole, Messi's homeland, also praised "CR7 is shining brightly". Similarly, the newspapers Gazzetta (Italy), A Bola (Portugal), and Guardian (England) also spoke up to highlight the "5-star" victory of the capital Madrid team.

Even culé newspapers like Sport and Mundo Deportivo devoted big headlines like “Madrid's little hand with Cristiano's hat-trick” and “A sublime Cristiano”.

If he continues to play at his current level, Cristiano Ronaldo winning his third Ballon d'Or will not be controversial, as Ancelotti has just announced. Despite the fact that the owner of 4 Ballon d'Or Leo Messi is also playing extremely well, with 6 goals and 7 assists since the beginning of the season.

According to Bongdaplus