Ronaldo had won his first Ballon d'Or in 2008 while he was playing for Manchester United and still holds the record of the last Premier League player to claim the top prize. Messi won his first in 2009 and was nominated for 16 years.
Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann made two changes to his line-up with Jonathan Tah and Emre Can coming in to the team to face an unchanged Spain in their Euro 2024 quarter-final clash on Friday.
Betis's Chimy Avila hit the post with an acrobatic volley one minute later and both teams wasted several chances for the winner late on.
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Arsenal returned to the top of the Premier League with a comfortable 2-0 victory over relegation-threatened Luton Town
Germany, once the undisputed kings of European football, enter Euro 2024 with a point to prove
English Premier League champions Manchester City beat FA Cup winners Manchester United 7-6 on penalties to win the Community Shield.
Scotland stay in hunt for quarters with 1-0 win over 10-man Croatia
Portugal's Bernardo Silva and Cristiano Ronaldo scored first-half goals in a comfortable 3-1 win away to Poland in the Nations League on Saturday as the Group A1 leaders continued their perfect start to the competition with three wins.
The Spaniards, looking for a record fourth Euro crown, struck twice in three minutes, with Fabian Ruiz setting up Alvaro Morata in the 29th and firing in himself a little later.
Spain manager Luis de la Fuente left Barcelona's 17-year-old defender Pau Cubarsi and midfielders Marcos Llorente and Aleix Garcia out of his 26-man squad
European champions Spain claimed a place in the Nations League quarter-finals with a 3-0 home win over Serbia.
Spain's 'vertical football' too much for ageing Croatia
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.
Spain and England have experienced very different journeys to Sunday's Euro 2024 final. We look at their path to Berlin below.
Liverpool climbed to the top of the Premier League table with a 2-1 victory over struggling Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday.
Manchester City clinched the Champions League title to seal their treble in a sensational season.
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.
Phil Foden struck twice as Manchester City stepped up their bid for a fourth Premier League crown in a row with a ruthless 4-0 victory at Brighton & Hove Albion on Thursday.
anchester City thrashed Brazilian side Fluminense 4-0 to cap a remarkable year by capturing their fifth trophy of 2023
Arsenal beat Manchester City 4-1 in a penalty shootout to win the Community Shield on Sunday
Spain cannot repeat mistakes from Japan collapse, says Rodri
Kevin de Bruyne struck twice to inspire Manchester City to a dominant 4-2 win at Crystal Palace on Saturday and move the champions level on points with Liverpool at the top of the Premier League table.
While the tournament saw the emergence of young stars, the usual suspects, the big names flattered to deceive.
Darwin Nunez came off the bench to score twice as Liverpool snatched a sensational 2-1 Premier League win at Newcastle United on Sunday.
It will be the fifth edition in a row that the two heavyweights have met head to head at a European Championship.
Manchester City won an unprecedented fourth straight English top flight title with a 3-1 win over West Ham United.
Haaland slotted his side in front after four minutes.
'If we play at the level of Liverpool or Tottenham we'll do it again.'
Erling Haaland set another scoring record as Manchester City beat Bayern Munich
Germany expects 2.7 million people to attend matches in stadiums across the country and some 12 million in its fan zones for outdoor viewing, including on a long stretch of turf laid out in front of Berlin's Brandenburg Gate.
Phil Foden kept Manchester City's Premier League title challenge on track with a superb second-half double as his side hit back to clinch a 3-1 home victory over Manchester United on Sunday.
Spain must continue this improvement in order to beat Croatia in the final in Rotterdam on Sunday, Manchester City midfielder Rodri said.
English Premier League leaders Manchester City and Chelsea slugged out a magnificent 4-4 draw at Stamford Bridge.
Twenty-year-old Conor Bradley scored his first goal for Liverpool and claimed two assists as Juergen Klopp's team moved five points clear at the top
Spain were Nations League runners-up two years ago to France and success will come as a major fillip after a disappointing World Cup in Qatar, where they were upset by Morocco in the last-16.
Holders Manchester City cruised into the Champions League quarter-finals for the seventh consecutive season with a 3-1 victory over FC Copenhagen.
IMAGES from Premier League matches played on Saturday.
A summary of the opening day's action in the UEFA Champions league on Tuesday.
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