Real Madrid and Portugal winger Cristiano Ronaldo won the Ballon d'Or award Award as the World Player of the Year .

Real Madrid and Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo won the FIFA Ballon d'Or as the World Player of the Year for a second consecutive time , having won it previously last year .

The match Competition will always be marred Damaging by the 10th minute sending Sending off of Cristiano which ultimately contributed Causation to the loss Earnings_and_losses .