"I'm the best player in history." These were the words of Cristiano Ronaldo after having won again the Golden Ball equaling in number of prizes to Lionel Messi, the Portuguese has two individual titles of this nature more than the Argentinean if we take into account the "The Best" prize created by FIFA that awards with the same fundamentals. But the big question is: Is the Portuguese star right?
Soccer, like everything, ends up being relative. It depends on the concept that the person has with respect to this broad and complex sport can choose who is the best player in history. Even, for reasons of times and times is a controversial issue and very difficult to catalog since the new generation never saw play Pele or Johann Cruyff or Diego Armando Maradona and in the videos that can be obtained on the internet they collect the hits but not the failures, therefore a youth of a Slovenian fifth division team can easily be the best player. Taking into account that football is based on statistics, it is much easier for us to quantitatively recognize the best player, and then it is up to the person to accept that argument.
There is a point that should be highlighted about these individual awards: What do they really reward? What are they based on to choose the best player? The award is given by representatives of each country, both journalists and players and coaches, that is, in a certain part the award is tainted by friendships and rivalries, I mean, we will hardly see an Argentine journalist vote for Cristiano Ronaldo or a Portuguese doing what own by the Argentine, although it is possible is quite complicated and as this example there is more. Without going around the bush the prize has been contradicted over the years, firstly, because it is an individual prize that is based on being awarded according to the collective.
In 2010, Spain was world champion (maximum competition at the soccer level), this national team had in its staff the two referents in the midfield of the best team in the history of FC Barcelona: Andrés Iniesta and Xavi Hernández or even who would be the best goalkeeper and player of vital importance for Spain: Iker Casillas. That year, Barcelona fell in the semifinals against the team that would end up being champion of the Champions that year, Inter Milan. Holland was runner-up in the World Cup, just as Spain had one of the most important players not only of their national team but also of their team who would eventually become champion of that edition of the Champions League: Wesley Sneijder. Existing four great candidates to win the gold ball, the prize was awarded to Lionel Messi. If we rely on logic the prize was fair, because Messi had excellent numbers that year and the idea of the Golden Ball is to reward the best player individually, however, in 2017 Cristiano Ronaldo wins his fifth gold ball. The Portuguese was champion of Champions League with Real Madrid being a fundamental part of the Merengue team, he was also League champion ... The only drawback is that all this is based on collective titles, Lionel Messi individually had better numbers than Cristiano Ronaldo, was top scorer and obtained more assists than the Portuguese crack, being more effective than the Portuguese in front of the goal (averaging shots per game with goals) and having a better percentage of passes given. If the title is individual and despite the consecrations of Cristiano Ronaldo, why did not the Argentine win? If you see the contradictions of the prize? Even today the 'modus operandi' of these awards remains a complete mystery to me.
I had already mentioned it before, but there is another aspect that eclipses these awards and is the lack of interest in the other positions. Football is a game of 11 players where not only those who make goals but also those players who avoid the goals, defend and assist the goal-scorers, players that after the irruption of Messi and Cristiano have been forgotten, taking into account that Possible successors of these occupy just as they do offensive positions. The best soccer player should be chosen based on statistics, who do their best, not just for scoring goals.
Now, returning to the beginning of this article, is the Portuguese right to call himself the best player in the world? No. As I said before, soccer is a relative sport and as we approach absolute truth without touching it, we must cling to statistics to reach a conclusion. Cristiano Ronaldo is a very powerful player, easily the most dangerous player there is currently but lacks the essence of a football player. The magic. This is where I take the second part of the article and focus on something much more subjective, sentimentality. Football is a different sport from others, it is something global, it can be played by all children in a dirt, cement, street or in the yard of the house. There, in those environments is where the footballer is molded and where the child understands the basics of the sport. Brazil has had the best soccer players because they know that football goes beyond scoring goals, it is also important the entertainment provided by the player, dribbling, team play, etc. Modern football has lost a lot of this and I have rarely seen a player who has the essence of sport in his veins. Messi has this essence, it is common to see how the Argentine leaves sitting several opponents passing them using his dribble, this makes even the most skeptical gets excited. Neymar has that magic, that of playing in a professional court as if he were playing on the street in front of his house, emulating what Ronaldinho did at his best and who gets upset about his moves thinking that they are provocations is that he knows little about soccer . Cristiano Ronaldo lacks this magic or at least he has been losing it with the passage of time, rarely seen dribbling more than one defender, he rarely makes the public stand up for a dribble of his (only for his goals), he has rarely received the applause of the rival public for one of his moves. Cristiano Ronaldo is the best scorer there is now and that is very important for the sport, but I refuse to think he is the best soccer player.
Hola @tatodfrenza, upv0t3
Este es un servicio gratuito para nuevos usuarios de steemit, para apoyarlos y motivarlos a seguir generando contenido de valor para la comunidad.
<3 Este es un corazón, o un helado, tu eliges .
: )
N0. R4ND0M:
8392 7201 7747 5875
5079 5478 3523 2318
7851 2815 1399 8330
1864 3865 7621 4008
Congratulations @tatodfrenza! You received a personal award!
Click here to view your Board of Honor
Congratulations @tatodfrenza! You received a personal award!
You can view your badges on your Steem Board and compare to others on the Steem Ranking
Vote for @Steemitboard as a witness to get one more award and increased upvotes!