Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Samuel Eto’o are all great fooballers of our days, and it is true that these players were able to catch the public’s attention last season. However, when it comes to choosing who is the UEFA Club Forward of the Year, things can become quite complicated.

Despite the controversy that took place at the Stanford Bridge during the UEFA Champions League’s semifinal second leg encounter between Chelsea and FC Barcelona, most people regard FC Barcelona as the team that deserved the most the European title last season.

Well, that’s a point, but other people also think that Manchester United deserved to make history by clinching their second UEFA Champions League trophy in two consecutive years.

In any case, both opinions are based on the quality and achievements that each team’s players poured on the field troughout the competition.

Certainly, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi were the two players which the public loved to compare in the Champions League, and seeing both playmakers playing against each other in a final was everyone’s dream, as the two stars have been regarded to be the world’s best two players for a while now.

Definitely, the draw which will take place on August 27 in Monaco to select UEFA’s best players will be a hot one, as everyone looks forward to knowing who will be the ultimate winner of the UEFA Club Forward of the Year Award.

Surely, coaches will not really vote according to Messi and Ronaldo’s abilities, rather will their vote be based on each player’s achievements in the Champions League.

In this case, Lionel Messi is favorite to win the price, as the amount of goals he scored, as well as the number of assists he made surpass Ronaldo’s by far.

Eventually, being the Champions League’s top scorer, as well as the current most entertaining player, Messi is very likely to end up by holding for the first time the UEFA Club Forward of the Year Award.

Isaac Asante, LMF

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