Cristiano Ronaldo: Juventus star fires shots at Liverpool star and FIFA in scathing speech
CRISTIANO RONALDO has fired a dig at Liverpool star Mohamed Salah after the Juventus forward won the Best Goal award at the Globe Soccer Awards on Thursday.
Juventus: Cristiano Ronaldo scores goal within two minutes
Cristiano Ronaldo scored a stunner for Real Madrid against Juventus last season, with his acrobatic effort widely regarded as one of the best goals of 2018.
However, the 33-year-old missed out on the Puskas award to Salah, whose goal for Liverpool against Everton got the nod.
"I'm not disappointed, it's life, sometimes we win and others lose.
"What interests me is that in fifteen years of career I managed to maintain the same level of performance."
And Ronaldo has now aimed a dig at Salah by saying he received the Best Goal award because it was voted by those who ‘understand’ - in a brutal dig at FIFA chiefs.
"I see that those who understand this sport realise how hard it is to score a goal such as this one,” he said.
"I have scored nearly 700 goals in my career, and that one is by far the best."
Cristiano Ronaldo: Juventus star has hit out at Liverpool's Mohamed Salah and FIFA (Image: GETTY)
Cristiano Ronaldo: Juventus star scored a stunner during his time at Real Madrid (Image: GETTY)
Cristiano Ronaldo career stats:
Sporting Lisbon - Five goals from 31 appearances.
Manchester United - 118 goals from 292 appearances.
Real Madrid - 450 goals from 438 appearances.
Juventus - 15 goals from 24 appearances so far.
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"The only downside is that I scored it against my current team."
Ronaldo is understood to be fuming at FIFA for a host of snubs in recent times.
As touched on above, Salah beat him to the Puskas award.
And Luka Modric then won FIFA’s Best Player prize after he helped Real Madrid win the Champions League.