Why Cristiano Ronaldo is better than Messi

It seems like a very unequal battle to place these two guys against each other. All men would probably find this a highly feminine argument. Truth is, whether you’d like it or not, Ronaldo brings something on the pitch. Whatever your opinion is about him, he has personality. That’s already more than we could say about our little friend Messi.

 

But judging by appearance does indeed not legitimate the statement of Ronaldo being a better player of the two. So now, it’s time for some concrete evidence: Messi is only capable to football and score with his left leg, Ronaldo, on the other hand, can football and score superbly with both legs, his head (he had the height that Messi lacks) and he even showed in the recent game against Atlético Madrid, that he can also give passes with his back (on purpose!). So that makes Ronaldo a much more complete player.

Furthermore, I think Ronaldo’s talent is often highly underestimated or at least ridiculed. Because of his showbiz life, he somehow seem to be a spoiled boy that will cry and call for his mummy when things don’t go the way he would like. But one should consider that the guy does a lot of training in his private time (including sprint trainings with Usain Bolt… so thinking about it, Ronaldo beat a Bugatti Veyron… he might be faster than Messi as well) and stays longer at regular club trainings to exercise his free kicks. Many of his fellow players rewarded him for this discipline and motivation. Depicted Ronaldo as just a loud show pony with attitude is way too shortsighted.

I guess Messi often gets the preference above Ronaldo, because football is dominated by men (exclusively men actually). And men seem to naturally have an aversion against Ronaldo, because he has it all. In fact, all men somehow envy his life. He plays football at the highest level, he is handsome, young and rich, and all the supermodels fall for him… The perfect boy dream. So men tend to, guided by this form of jealousy, go for the underdog: the small, strange, ugly boy from Argentina, who happens to be quite good at football as well.

(Saying this, I am not trying to convince you to feel sorry for Ronaldo, because that won’t be quite appropriate and necessary I guess.)