Cristiano Ronaldo is the favourite to win this year's Ballon d'Or after making himself the hero of the Champions League final.
On Saturday evening, the Portuguese forward showed why he should be the winner of the best player in the world award by securing the 'Undecima' for Real Madrid.
Striking the winning penalty in the shoot-out, Ronaldo won his third Champions League title in the most dramatic of fashions.
Once again, the No.7 is putting up incredible numbers this year.
Despite Real's ups and downs this season, Ronaldo has scored 51 goals over the course of the campaign, with 35 in La Liga and 16 in Europe.
That has made him the only player in history to score over 50 goals for six seasons in a row.
No Barcelona player, not even Luis Suarez with his European Golden Shoe award, has been able to overcome the Portuguese as the favourite to win the 2016 Ballon d'Or.
In fact, at Camp Nou they already consider it inevitable that Ronaldo will take home the prize next January.
The bookies appear to agree with the Madrid man the current favourite.
The winner of the Ballon d'Or is usually the one who wins the most important tournaments and Ronaldo has the shortest odds to win after securing another Champions League medal.
Of course, there remain several months before the voting closes and nothing is yet set in stone.
That is why he will look to further demonstrate to the world why he should win by performing well at Euro 2016.
As captain of his national side, Ronaldo is Portugal's key player and he knows this all too well.
Behind every great player is a great coach and Zinedine Zidane has, by winning the Champions League, achieved in just a few months what most coaches can only dream of.
His transformation of Los Blancos has been as dramatic as it has been quick, which is why he must also expect recognition at next January's awards gala.
By winning European football's top prize, as well as pushing Barcelona all the way in La Liga, Zidane could win the FIFA Coach of the Year award, just as Luis Enrique did after his debut season with the Catalans
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