“I think that because I am rich, handsome and a great player, people are envious of me. I don’t have any other explanation. God sent me to earth to show people how to play football.”
Cristiano Ronaldo
Post-match interview \\ Real Madrid (2011).
And maybe God also sent Lionel Messi to show another way to play football – and sometimes an even more beautiful one.
I can’t believe that we saw this version of Cristiano Ronaldo in 2011, when just two years earlier, during his final season at Manchester United F.C., he was saying things like this.
I mean, maybe God sent Cristiano Ronaldo to Earth not only to show people how to play football, but also how to organize your training sessions, how to stay motivated and focused on your goals, and how to fully use your talent.
Should we blame Cristiano Ronaldo now that he is almost 40? No.
But maybe we had the right to criticize him when he was only 23 years old.
