Maradona: It “hurt my soul” to give Ronaldo award

Former Argentina icon, Diego Maradona, has spat out that he fill ashame for handing over the award for Men’s Best Player to Cristiano Ronaldo according to an interview and not his fellow countryman, Lionel Messi.

Ronaldo has won the prize for five consecutive times equalling Lionel Messi on Monday at an event in London, beating off competition from Messi and Paris Saint-Germain’s Neymar.

It was gathered that Maradona and former Brazil international, Ronaldo, make the presentation at the award to the Portugal captain.

he made a statement that “To give the Best [award] to Ronaldo and not be able to give it to Messi hurt my soul,” Maradona told TyC Sports.

Maradona, who coached Messi while in charge of Argentina between 2008 and 2010, went on to deny reports that his relationship with the Barca star is a bad one.

“The meeting with Messi was fantastic.

“I spoke to him, and the same love and affection was there as always,” he added.