Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo bags another award as his stunning bicycle kick is voted UEFA’s goal of the 2017/2018 football season.
The former Real Madrid forward has a notable collection of breathtaking strikes to his credit but his acrobatic, jaw dropping overhead kick for Real Madrid in their Champions League quarter finals clash at the Allianz Arena against Juventus which happens to be his present is considered to be his very best so far.
The 33-year-old five time Balloon d’or winner pretty much agrees to that as he stated during his unveiling as DAZN’s first global ambassador: ”It was in my opinion one of the best goals of my career so far. And, of course, when the people started to applaud me in the stadium, I was like wow ”. He further said, ‘It surprised me a lot because this has never happened in my life, so it was an unbelievable moment.
The talisman’s effort in the first leg of the quarter final showdown in Turin helped the Spanish giants, Real Madrid head into the second leg of the fixture with a 3-0 lead over Italian champions, Juventus. All 3 goals were,however cancelled in the second leg of the clash at the Santiago Bernabeu bringing the game to a tense 3-3 draw until Ronaldo came to the rescue by netting home a dramatic penalty, therefore sending the Los Blancos through to the semifinals and beyond as they went on to win the Champions League and conquered Europe for the third consecutive time in a row, landing Ronaldo a fifth continental trophy while also finishing as the Champions League’s top scorer with 15 goals.
Ronaldo is now the third player to receive the top prize which was first introduced in 2015, claiming almost 200,000 of the 345,915 votes cast on the official website of European football governing body with Marseille star and French international Dimitri Payet
finishing in second place for his effort in a 5-2 Europa league win over RB Leipzig and Eva Navorro in third place for her goal for Spain in their Women’s U17 EURO final victory against Germany.
The other two recipients of this award are Barcelona star Lionel Messi who won the award in its first two seasons and Juventus striker Mario Mandzukic who won it in 2017.
