Ronaldo says Vinicius deserved Ballon d'Or, prefers 'honest' Globe Soccer Awards

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00:00Cristiano, just before you go, you talked about the next generation, your son, but we're

00:12here this evening, we've honoured so many incredible young players, how much do you

00:17use them as motivation?

00:21Well I love to compete with the young guys, because sometimes they don't respect the old

00:26ones, they should respect, because we are there all the time fighting against them in

00:32a good way, but it's good, they are our motivation to be honest, I like to be compared with them,

00:41the pace, the shootings, even the shape, the body shape, they continue to working hard

00:48but they are not better shaped than me, they know that, and it's a pleasure to be honest,

00:54now I was joking, but I really love the way they do their career, Bellingham, Lamine now,

01:02this young generation, Vinicius, they do a fantastic job, and in my opinion they deserve

01:07to win the golden ball, it was unfair in my opinion, I say it here in front of everybody,

01:17they give to Rodrigo, he deserves too, but I think they should give to Vinicius because

01:22he won the Champions League, they scored in a final goal, the other issues for me is not

01:29important, when you deserve, you should give who deserves, but you know the Scullers, they

01:34always do the same thing, this is why I love Globetrotters, and continue to do with the

01:39Scullers, because you do it with honest awards, so this is very good.

01:45And on that note, congratulations, happy new year, we look forward to see what's to come

01:50in 2025, Cristiano Ronaldo, ladies and gents.

01:59Who needs the Ballon d'Or, what does it mean when you hear Cristiano saying things like that?

02:07If Cristiano is talking, I end up believing that I am the best, because he is my idol,

02:16I have the honor of receiving the award of best player of the season, with my two idols

02:22here watching me, and this is an honor for me, and to be able to follow them and do great

02:29things in the season and win the best player of the season is an honor for me.