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Ronaldo deserves Ballon d'Or more than Messi: Mourinho

 
Published on Oct 12, 2012
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File photo, Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo from Portugal celebrates after scoring a goal against Barcelona's during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Camp Nou Stadium, in Barcelona, on Sunday Oct 7, 2012. Coach Jose Mourinho says It would be a crime if Cristiano Ronaldo lost out to Lionel Messi for the 2012 Ballon d'Or -- PHOTO: AP

LISBON (REUTERS) - It would be a crime if Cristiano Ronaldo lost out to Lionel Messi for the 2012 Ballon d'Or, his Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho said on Friday.

Mourinho hit back at remarks by Barcelona coach's Tito Vilanova last weekend that Messi, who has won the award for the past three years, was "the best (player) in the world by a long way".

"When someone with the same responsibility as me comes out and says: 'Mine is the best on the planet' then I have to say: mine was not born in Madeira, he was born on Mars; he is not from planet Earth, he is the best in the universe," Mourinho told Portuguese daily A Bola in an interview.

"If Messi is the best on the planet, Ronaldo is the best in the universe. It would be a crime if Ronaldo did not win the Ballon d'Or."

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