article_snippet: Cristiano Ronaldo shed tears of joy when Cristiano Ronaldo finally usurped Lionel Messi as the Ballon d’Or winner for 2013.
article_snippet: Cristiano Ronaldo was also officially crowned the world’s best player, above Lionel Messi, for 2014.
article_snippet: But here’s the bad news, Cristiano Ronaldo.
article_snippet: Lionel Messi (left) and Cristiano Ronaldo (right) in action during last Sunday's El Clasico duel .
article_snippet: Lionel Messi's Barcelona beat Cristiano Ronaldo's Real Madrid 2-1 at the Nou Camp, with the Portuguese scoring .
article_snippet: Ronaldo shed tears of joy when Messi’s (still fantastic) total of 86 goals over the period won the Ballon d'Or over Messi in 2013 .
article_snippet: The Real Madrid hero stripped off to celebrate Messi’s (still fantastic) total of 86 goals over the period goal in the Champions League final last season .
article_snippet: In the second leg of the semi-final against Bayern Munich, Ronaldo scored when Real led 3-0 and 4-0 on aggregate.
article_snippet: Messi’s was all smiles here at the 2013 awards nominations but Ronaldo walked off with the prize .
highlights_snippet: Cristiano Ronaldo has won the last two world player of the year awards .
  
highlights_snippet: Lionel Messi had won previous four but Cristiano Ronaldo beat Lionel Messi long-time rival .
  
highlights_snippet: Real Madrid superstar is widely acknowledged to have deserved gongs .
  