HL Cristiano Always Wins

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00:00 We turn our attention then to the next of our awards as we come very close towards the conclusion

00:06 of proceedings. Still some big awards to be handed out and from the world champions

00:10 and continental champions and players with trophy cabinets brimming with accolades

00:14 there's been a steady influx of global superstars right here in the Middle East.

00:20 Add to that a plethora of homegrown talent and football in the Middle East is at its most

00:28 formidable. That's been evident in some brilliant performances over the last year but who has been

00:33 the player who delivered the very best and most consistently? Yeah this one's kindly sponsored

00:40 by our friends at Eto'o Preciosi and the finalists then are...

00:44 Cristiano Ronaldo

00:51 Riyad Mahrez

00:57 Mohamed Al-Shanawi

01:01 Ladies and gentlemen the winner of the Dubai Globe Soccer Awards Best

01:12 Middle East Player... I think the roof is about to go off... is none other than...

01:18 Cristiano Ronaldo

01:23 It was a magical year for you Cristiano and the accolades just keep on coming. Your 54 goals in

01:34 2023 impressively also secures you the Maradona Award brought to you by Nakhil. Extraordinarily

01:43 this trophy actually has the exact replica of the late great Diego Maradona's foot.

01:52 A world-leading 54 goals for both El Nacer and the Portuguese national team.

01:58 Another Globe Soccer Award for Cristiano. Let's get a few words with him Cristiano.

02:21 Congratulations Cristiano. We were talking earlier about how you used the motivation of

02:26 some of the criticism. How important was that first goal that you scored in Saudi Arabia?

02:32 Do you remember it? It was a penalty I think. Yes I remember. It was a good moment, it was my first one

02:39 and it was good. It wasn't special because the special the first one is always the special

02:47 but it was good. I was so proud. I did an amazing season and I have to say thank you to

02:55 my teammates, my coaches from El Nacer, from Portugal national team and I feel so proud.

03:04 I never won this trophy. The best Middle East player and Maradona as well so I will put with

03:11 my passion in my museum because it's two special ones and I'm so proud. I have to say

03:19 thank you to my wife, to my kids that deal with me every day. Sometimes I know I'm a little bit boring

03:26 but it's my job to be consistent every time so thank you to the Globe Soccer for this amazing award.

03:37 You have said this is about more than just you, this is about growing football in the game

03:43 in another region. How confident are you that the influx of players will continue?

03:49 I hope so. As I said before the league, the Russian league, started one year ago to grow

03:59 and grow and I'm sure 100% they will continue to grow because our boss, they decide and

04:08 they love football and in my opinion the league will be top, top, top. Well, top, top, top. You've got

04:16 another trophy to collect. If I can just usher you back over there, this is the pretty special

04:20 the Maradona award complete with a replica of the foot. Congratulations!

04:24 Yeah, congratulations to Cristiano. Okay, on to the final awards of the evening as we gear up to

04:39 our climax, the conclusion of the evening. Next award has been generously sponsored by

04:45 our friends at Nakhil. Every single professional athlete was, well they started out as a dreamer,

04:51 recognition from their most loyal fans as what the best in the business strive for and there is

04:56 no greater satisfaction for any footballer here or out there than bringing smiles to the faces of fans.

05:02 Fans from around the world quite literally have cast their vote in the hope of seeing their

05:08 favourite footballer being crowned the fans' favourite player of the year. Let's have a look

05:14 at the finalists then and the finalists are...

05:16 Cristiano Ronaldo

05:24 Lionel Messi

05:29 Mohamed Salah

05:42 The fans' favourite player of the year with an incredible five million votes is...

05:51 Cristiano Ronaldo

05:57 What would you like to say? A final few words?

06:24 She asked very difficult questions. So, as you know, for me the most important thing in football

06:36 is to make the fans happy because it's the people who go to the stadiums to see goals,

06:42 to see good games and if they vote it's because they have passion for football. For me it's a

06:52 special award because most of the times we don't speak about the fans but the stadiums without the

06:59 fans. If we go back two, three years ago, the COVID, when we played with empty stadiums, it's

07:06 no good. The people, if you ask the players, they don't enjoy because, as I say,

07:14 without you guys the football is nothing. So, thank you very much for voting for me

07:19 and keep supporting football and keep supporting Al-Nasr and Cristiano.

07:28 Congratulations Cristiano Ronaldo, ladies and gentlemen.

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