Why Messi is better than Ronaldo
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Why Messi is better than Ronaldo
Two of the most talked about stories of the summer have been Cristiano Ronaldo’s possible move to Real Madrid and Lionel Messi’s on-off Olympic hopes. This got me thinking about who of the two is the better player? Sir Alex Ferguson thinks that it would be wrong for the Portuguese winger to move to Madrid and I can understand why.
In the Premiership, Ronaldo is the top player, the top dog. A move to La Liga would see him competing against the likes of Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero week in, week out. This is not what the orange nike boot wearing wing wizard wants to be doing if he wants to prove to the world that he is the best. Messi is currently stuck in the middle of one of the biggest ever club vs country battles as Argentina want him playing in the Olympics and Barcelona apparently need him for the European champions league qualifiers. Messi is adamant that he wants to play for his country but Barcelona his employers are pushing it all the way to the high courts.
The Argentina Soccer star is currently in great form, starring in Barcelona’s recent tour of Scotland and scoring a hat-trick against Dundee United in a recent friendly. Dundee manager Craig Levein had to admit that the attacker was in a class of his own and that nearly every one of his players tried to get his Barcelona kit after the match “He was fantastic to watch and what a difference he made to the game. It’s not often that we lose 5-1 and I’m smiling watching the opposition playing football. He was just a real delight to watch.”
Ronaldo showed last season that he is definitely on of the best players in the world scoring an awesome 42 goals in a double winning season. But last season wasn’t the best for Messi as he was often out injured for long periods. He did however get the better of Ronaldo in the two legs of the European Champions League Semi Final even if Manchester United were the ones that went through.
Now Messi is fully fit and it is Ronaldo with the injury problems and whilst Messi doesn’t know whether he’ll be in Beijing or Barcelona this August, Ronaldo is unsure of what club he will be at. The new Barcelona Manager Josep Guardiola wants the Argentina soccer player to help the club qualify for the Champions League but his national team are offering a chance to defend the Olympic crown and a gold medal!
Argentina Soccer’s Clown Signs for Benfica.
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After weeks of speculation Pablo Aimar has signed for Portuguese giants Benfica from Real Zaragoza for 6.5 million euros. The Argentina Soccer international playmaker who is affectionately nicknamed “The Clown” has signed a 4 year contract with the Eagles and has been seen as a like for like replacement for the legendary Rui Costa, who retired at the end of last season.
During his presentation as Benfica player the former River Plate star told the press why he decided to move to Portugal and not to Newcastle or Portsmouth. “Rui Costa [Benfica Sporting Director] convinced me to come, I know the coach and the backroom team, I know Benfica are one of the biggest clubs in the world, and it feels great to play for one of them,”
Rumours of poor fitness and injury problems have surrounded Aimar for most of his career but he rejected the idea that he’s injury prone and is looking to show that he is still a world class talent. “I am in good physical condition and I hope that I will only get better when I start working with Pako Ayestaran. I want to play my best in a team that win a lot of games, I will have to work hard, that’s what you can expect from me, a lot of commitment”
After taking on the sporting director role at Benfica, Rui Costa spoke of his delight on the signing and Aimar’s enthusiasm to play for the club. “We really liked to see Aimar’s wish to play for the club. That’s what I had heard from him since day 1. It took longer than expected, we were not the only club that wanted him, but what pleases me is that he is here.”
Although playing in Portugal is not as high a standard as La Liga the Argentine soccer star will be looking to show his worth over the coming seasons and a player of his quality should be pushing Benfica on to get into the knockout stages for this coming seasons champions league and hopefully break Porto’s stranglehold on the league title.
Independiente to land Crespo?
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Argentinian giants Independiente are hoping to line up a big money move for ex Chelsea striker Hernan Crespo. The Argentine Soccer international striker has been on loan at Inter Milan for the last two years but his contract with Chelsea has ran out and he is available on a free transfer.
The new coach at Inter is Jose Mourinho and it was whilst he was Chelsea manager that he sent Crespo out on loan so it is unlikely that he will be rejoining the club and will be looking for pastures new. Due to this many teams have been linked with the prolific goal-scorer, one of these being Independiente. The Buenos Aires based club are looking for a high profile attacker after selling top scorer German Denis to Napoli only a few weeks ago.
Apparently Crespo had hoped to stay in Serie A for another year before returning home but the recent interest from several top teams in Argentina may see him come back early in a move that would prove a real coup for Independiente. According to reports in Argentina and Italy, Crespo has agreed a verbal contract to join Independiente although this is yet to be confirmed. He is also believed to prefer a move home so that he can get back into the Argentina Soccer national team as he missed the recent world cup qualifiers against Ecuador and Brazil but still hopes to be in the squad for the 2010 World Cup.
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