That Magical Time Of The Year

It's that time of year when soccer superstars are rewarded for their accomplishments throughout the year. In this case 2012 was a spectacular year of soccer, in regards to European leagues. This year the world was blessed with new records and new champions that really made the beautiful game much more engaging. I will start with Ronaldo and Real Madrid. Real Madrid won La Liga and did it in style by reaching the triple digits in points and to top that off they out classed the impregnable and worthy Barcelona. Ronaldo truly preformed this year by reaching a current 62 goals, which is incredible. Ronaldo led the elite Real squad to La Liga and played exceptionally in the Euros. These achievements have put Ronaldo as one of the contendors for the FIFA Ballen de Oro which is title given to the best player of the year. Ronaldo's competition is Messi without a doubt and although Messi didn't lead Barcelona to a usual trophy rich season, he still finds away to out preform not only class players today, but also the legends that have innovated the beautiful game. With Messi breaking the all time goal record for a year...an unreal 87 current goals...he finds himself as the favorite to win the Ballen De Oro. Personally I feel the winner should be Iker Casillas, the Spanish and Real Madrid goalkeeper because he has accomplished so much this year. From La Liga to becoming a champion in the Euros to preserving numerous clean sheets, Casillas deserves the Ballen De Oro. Since he is not a contender I hope Ronaldo can win it because Messi has three Ballen De Oros already.