World Gaming Magazine

37 WGM #54 2018/01 wgm8.com 12月，克里斯蒂亚诺•罗纳尔多——历 史上最优秀的葡萄牙球员——在巴黎埃 菲尔铁塔下拿到了个人第五座金球奖奖 杯，追平他的长期竞争对手里奥内尔• 梅西的纪录。32岁的C.罗在2016/2017 赛季的故事，美妙绝伦。 In December, Cristiano Ronaldo – the greatest Portuguese player of all time – collected his fifth Ballon d’Or in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, equaling the record set by his long-time rival Lionel Messi. Aged 32, the story of Cristiano Ronaldo’s 2016-17 season is nothing short of miraculous. 2 016/2017赛季对C. 罗而言是另一座里程碑，也几乎 是其职业生涯最完美的赛季。他不仅率领皇家马德里 拿到了不可思议的三冠王，称霸西甲联赛、欧冠联赛 和欧洲超级杯，同时还带着葡萄牙拿到了欧洲杯冠军。 然而，这个赛季刚开始时相当艰难。事实上，C. 罗在 赛季初状态欠佳，以至于有些声音开始质疑，这是否是其 职业生涯尾声的开端，而这也是所有职业球员最终不可避 免的结局。毕竟，没有人真的会像兹拉坦•伊布拉希莫维 奇自我描述的那样，成为“本杰明•巴顿”，这个菲茨杰 拉德笔下会“返老还童”的虚幻人物。而与此同时，梅西 在巴萨展示出难以阻挡的出色状态，以至于塞维利亚主教 练豪尔赫•桑保利称，他的球队可以在西甲联赛中击败巴 萨，但他们不可能击败阿根廷魔术师。 T he 2016-2017 season proved to be one of yet more milestones for Cristiano Ronaldo and was almost certainly his finest yet. Not only did he guide Real Madrid to an incredible treble by winning titles in La Liga, the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Super Cup, he also led Portugal to victory in the European Championships. Yet it was a year that began far more subdued. In fact, Ronaldo’s slow start had many questioning if this was the beginning of the end, an inevitable fact that all professional players must face eventually. After all, nobody is “Benjamin Button,” the fictional character in F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel who “was born old but will die young,” as Zlatan Ibrahimovic once famously said of himself. In the meantime, Lionel Messi was displaying irresistible form for Barcelona, leading to Sevilla manager Jorge Sampaoli claiming his team could have beaten Barca in their La Liga clash but couldn’t defeat the Argentinian magician. “Comparing anyone else to Messi is liking comparing a really good cop to Batman,” he said. In reality though, Ronaldo really was Real Madrid’s Batman. Discussions about Ronaldo’s age were completely quashed in his final four, and decisive, season-defining games. Ronaldo scored the goal at Malaga that won the title for Real before his two goals in the final against Juventus saw the club lift the European Champions League trophy for the second year in a row.