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The Portugal coach says he is stunned by the Ballon d'Or candidate's progress in recent years, while hitting out at the timing of Wednesday night's friendly Portugal  coach  Paulo Bento  has admitted that he did not foresee  Cristiano Ronaldo 's meteoric rise to the top ahead of his side's friendly with  Panama  on Wednesday. The Real Madrid attacker is considered one of the frontrunners to win the 2012 Ballon d'Or, after helping Real Madrid to the Liga title and leading Portugal to the semi-finals of Euro 2012. "A few years ago we saw that he was a great talent," he told  Marca . "However, perhaps we did not see him becoming what he is now for both his club and his national team. He is extraordinary." Bento went on to bemoan the current schedule of international matches and claimed that the footballing authorities are more concerned about making money. "To me it seems like common sense to have a match with 11 substitution...