Meh, I don't care. I think the Ballon d'Or has become a farce, anyway. Ronaldo can win all the individual awards in the world.
What I do care about is the WORLD CUP, BABY!!!
Btw, Portugal are certainly no pushovers. There are several players on that team who have deep runs in the CL every year. When the tournament started, many pundits had written us off because of "a slow defence, only one real striker, and he's 36, key figures injured" etc.
The greats of the past were able to elevate their team to the next level, that's what made them "great" in the first place. The Ballon d'Or used to be an award for that kind of achievement. Ronaldo couldn't do it. For all the records he's broken for Real Madrid, people shouldn't forget the advantages he has there. He plays basically zero defence, gets most of the through passes, takes all the penalties...all on a team that, as a whole, is better than 99% of their opponents, anyway. The fact the world's top talent nowadays, far more so than in the past, is concentrated on only a handful of teams certainly plays a role, too.
As for Cruyff, it's all about playmaking and passing ability for him. No surprise he loves Kroos.