CRISTIANO RONALDO was “angry” at his failure to win the UEFA Player of the Year award, according to Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri. Ronaldo, who joined Juve in July after scoring 15 goals as Real Madrid claimed the Champions League crown for the fourth time in five years, finished second in the voting behind his former Santiago Bernabeu teammate Luka Modric. Modric had a fine season, capped by helping Croatia to the World Cup final, but it was nevertheless a surprise that Ronaldo was not chosen by a panel comprised of the 80 coaches in the Champions League and Europa League group stages as well as 55 journalists. And Allegri conceded his new signing was unimpressed. “Cristiano is fine and he has trained well,” he said Friday. “On Thursday, he was angry because he won the Champions League and scored 15 goals. This shows that he always wants to be the best.” As for his decision not to attend the award ceremony in Monaco, Allegri said: “It was a personal decision and it must be respected.”(SD-Agencies) |