Ronaldo voted your favourite European player of the 21st century
A shortlist of 64 players will be whittled down to one winner in a series of head-to-head votes
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Francis Vermeylen: #myeurofavourite, external Comparing Zidane and Ronaldo is like comparing Federer and Djokovic. The latter might be 'better' on almost every statistical metric, but the former just has a certain je ne sais quoi...
You can't fault the self confidence of two of our players who are left in - Cristiano Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
At the start of the year we gathered together some inspirational quotes from the football world.
Of course CR7 and Zlatan were included.
Have a watch of this...and enjoy....and feel inspired.
2021 Inspiration from the World of Football
Creative genius versus creative genius. Andres Iniesta versus Dennis Bergkamp. One's got to go.
Click here to vote for your favourite.
Image source, Getty ImagesI mentioned how close the Ronaldo v Zidane vote was. Well, after almost 30 minutes of voting there was only FOUR votes between them, with thousands of votes cast.
Two of the most successful players of all time at club level. It's Spanish superstar Xavi versus David Beckham, the most capped outfield player for England.
But Xavi takes the international honours with a World Cup and two European Championships.
Who advances and who exits? Vote here to decide.
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Eddie Friel: Zinedine Zidane, Paolo Maldini, Xavi, Andres Iniesta.
Will Eddie's semi-final predicted four be correct? Is he wrong, if so tell us why.
We've got the votes open until 15:15 BST and every one of our four quarter-finals is so, so close.
The tightest one is the Cristiano Ronaldo versus Zinedine Zidane one - 49-51% right now, but it was the other way around a few minutes ago.
Image source, Getty ImagesA scorer of sensational goals or a player who redefined defending as an art form?
Zlatan Ibrahimovic versus Paolo Maldini would certainly provide a tasty match up on the pitch, but who goes through to the semi-finals?
Image source, Getty ImagesA match up so good it is deserved of being the final.
One of Cristiano Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane will be exiting at the QF stage, however. Who will it be?
Our votes are up for the quarter-finals so go here to vote.
You've got until 15:15 BST to decide who goes through to the semis.
Not sure if we should inflict this on everyone. Sorry.
A case of what could and should've been for England at Euro 2004 as they threw it away against France in the group stages.
As a result, England finished runners-up and ran in to Portugal and Cristiano Ronaldo in the next round, before France got stunned by a Greece side that would go on to win the whole thing.
Two of our remaining eight feature heavily in this one as David Beckham sets up the first for the Three Lions and then misses a penalty before two goals from Zinedine Zidane win it late on for France.
Archive: France v England - Euro 2004
Lara Yanez: #myeurofavourite, external is Xavi!! My favourite player!!
So who are we going for in the quarter-finals?
Well, here you go...
Cristiano Ronaldo v Zinedine Zidane
Zlatan Ibrahimovic v Paolo Maldini
David Beckham v Xavi
Dennis Bergkamp v Andres Iniesta
And then there were eight.
It's Cristiano Ronaldo against his former boss at Real Madrid, Zinedine Zidane, in the quarter-finals.
AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic takes on current AC Milan technical director Paolo Maldini, David Beckham is the last British player left and he faces Spanish legend Xavi, with Dennis Bergkamp against Andres Iniesta another superb tie.
Image source, .Cristiano Ronaldo is still going strong in this.
Watch all 11 goals he scored during Portugal's qualifying campaign for Euro 2020.
Image source, Getty ImagesZlatan's still going strong
Scores are percentage of the vote...
It's goodbye to Henry, De Bruyne, Seedorf, Scholes, Gerrard, Del Piero, Pirlo and Alonso.
And voting has closed!
Time to find out who goes through...
Just five minutes to go until voting for this round closes.
Image source, Getty ImagesThis will be a close one. Two of the most creative players the game has seen and two of the best to watch.
Dennis Bergkamp of the Netherlands or Andrea Pirlo of Italy. Sadly, one has to fall at the last-16 phase, but which one?
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Chris in Glasgow: Too much club/England bias going on here. Man Utd fan so will always love Scholes, but he achieved nothing with England (nor did any English players). And De Bruyne? Yes he is a fantastic player, but hasn't won anything for Belgium or in Europe. How he gets picked over someone like Ramos (who has won the lot) is beyond me.