Juventus legend, Alessandro Del Piero has picked Real Madrid midfielder, Luka Modric ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo to win the 2018 UEFA’s Men Best Player award.
Modric, last week Thursday won UEFA’s Men’s Player of the Year ahead of Ronaldo and Salah.
According to Del Piero, the extraordinary thing Modric did at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia shows he deserves the award.
He went on to criticize Ronaldo’s decision not to attend the awards ceremony in Monaco but said that Modric deserved to be the Europe Best Player.
“I understand Cristiano but Modric deserved the award,” Del Piero told Sky Italia.
“Modric did something extraordinary in Madrid and in the World Cup, so the prize was well deserved. But Cristiano also had a wonderful season.
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