Franck Ribery 'Confident' He Will Beat Cristiano Ronaldo to the Ballon D'Or

Franck Ribery is confident he will break up the duopoly that Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have formed over the Ballon d'Or in recent years by winning the accolade for 2013. Back in August, the Frenchman beat both Ronaldo and Messi to UEFA's European Player of the Year award, and evidently believes he can repeat the feat given Bayern Munich's success over the last year. Speaking to French paper Le Monde (h/t Daily Mail's John Drayton), the 30-year-old gave reasons as to why he's ready to ...