Quotes from voters in the AP Global Football 10

By foxsports
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LONDON (AP) Quotes from voters in this week's Associated Press Global Football 10:

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Manos Staramopoulos, Demokratia, Greece

''Cristiano Ronaldo scored five goals against Espanyol and rightfully deserves to enter the pantheon of Real Madrid's big scorers.''

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Francois Colin, De Standaard, Belgium

''Cristiano Ronaldo got five goals and an assist, his fastest hat trick ever and reached 230 goals in 203 games for Real Madrid, better than Raul.''

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Tito Puccetti, ESPN, Argentina

''The ''Messi'' effect. His entry improved the team and gave life to Barcelona. It was a celebration for his new son, and for all of Barcelona.''

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Mike McGrath, The Sun, England

''Five goals in a match is very unusual, although maybe not for Cristiano Ronaldo. But the stand-out team performance was Barcelona for winning at Atletico.''

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Tom Timmermann, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, United States

''Scoring five goals in a game in one of the top European leagues is something that speaks to an exceptional talent. And then, by the way, Cristiano Ronaldo had the assist on the other goal.''

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Umaid Wasim, Dawn Newspaper, Pakistan

''The latest team to humiliate Chelsea was Everton. It seemed unlikely when Steven Naismith came off the bench in the ninth minute but a resounding team performance and a superb hat trick from the Scot saw them heap more misery on the reigning Premier League champions.''

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Marco Monteverde, News Corp. Australia

''Barcelona showed their championship qualities by coming back from a goal down away from home to beat fellow La Liga contenders Atletico Madrid.''

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Jonathan Johnson, beIN Sports USA, France

''Marseille's inconsistent start to the Ligue 1 season continues. Michel saw his team thrash Troyes 6-0 on his debut, before a 2-0 defeat at Guingamp. Last Sunday, they beat Bastia 4-1 in another prolific display at Stade Velodrome.''

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Colin Udoh, SuperSports, Nigeria

''Cristiano Ronaldo continues to defy all the rules of a professional footballer. It gets harder by the day to find an adjective which describes him.''

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