You can't give an award like the Ballon d'Or to Ribery,' claims Coentrao

I don't support Ribery for the Ballon d'Or :- Fabio Coentrao.

Real Madrid defender Fabio Coentrao states that "you can't give Ballon d'Or to Ribery" The Portugal man believes that Franck Ribery cannot be compared with the two compatriot Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Coentrao believes that there is only one man for this year's Ballon d'Or, given Argentina's Lionel Messi who has not played this season due to his injuries.

"Messi is an excellent player, but he has been out for a long time
,"the full-back told to the reporters. "And you can't give an award like Ballon d'Or to Ribery ,who only scored 22 goals.

"Cristiano Ronaldo has always been at the best of his game and scored as many as he can" He continued.
The winner of this season's Ballon d'Or will be announced at a special occasion in Zurich, Switzerland on January 13.