That impression is supported by the result of the annual Ballon d'Or award, which has been presented to Messi in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 and to Ronaldo in 2008, 2013 and 2014, with nobody else claiming the prize since Kaka in 2007. Now, however, perhaps it is time to reconsider the old notion that nobody else comes close to touching Messi and Ronaldo, because another flamboyant talent is also performing at similarly outrageous levels: Neymar. And this weekend he could have no bigger stage to prove it, as Barcelona travel to Real Madrid for the first Clasico of the season. Late on in Barcelona's home game with Villarreal this month, with the hosts leading 2-0 through goals from Neymar and...
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