Cristiano Ronaldo Wins 2008 UEFA Player of the Year Award
August 29th 2008 00:03
Today, the Portuguese winger was rewarded for his great year by winning the 2008 UEFA Player of the Year Award, following the likes of Kaka, Ronaldinho, Gerrard, Beckham, and Zidane. Winner of the award back in 2002, it was the French midfielder who presented the trophy to Cristiano Ronaldo who also won the Best Forward Award (other nominated players were Fernando Torres, Lionel Messi, Didier Drogba, and United teammate Wayne Rooney).
Ronaldo wasn't the only player honored this afternoon as Chelsea players took all the trophies awarded to other positions (goalkeeper, defender, midfielder). Legendary United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel presented the best goalkeeper award to Petr Cech who managed to earn the title over Manuel Neuer, Edwin Van der Sar, Pepe Reina, and Manuel Almunia (someone needs to tell me why the Arsenal goalkeeper was included in this list). Franco Baresi handed the Best Defender award to John Terry while Frank Lampard received his trophy for Best Midfielder from Sir Bobby Charlton (also nominated were Chelsea teammate Michael Essien, Cesc Fabregas, Steven Gerrard, and Paul Scholes).
All of these awards were handed out during the 2008-2009 Champions League Group Draw. I'll start posting in-depth previews for each group next week.
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