Fifa President Sepp Blatter Prefers Lionel Messi
I am sure most of you have already heard of this controversy lately. Sepp Blatter prefers Messi. He doesn't like Ronaldo. He doesn't respect Ronaldo. We have come to a conclusion about what he had to say and we have our own opinions we would like to share about the whole situation. We have also placed the video at the end of this post.
When presented with the question, "Lionel Messi, or Cristiano Ronaldo?" Sepp Blatter decided to add Ibrahimovic to this list. He agreed, however that both of them are exceptional players, which no one can deny. No matter what you say, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are very good footballers who are both amongst the best in the world at the moment, as well as in the history of the sport.
Blatter goes on to say that these two players are completely different and football is about the difference of stars. Once again, I have to agree with him on this point. Football is all about the differences, that's why people support different clubs. Without these differences in football, it would be a boring sport. Everyone would be the same, and no one likes that. Everyone knows that Messi and Ronaldo are completely different people, but it's what Blatter says next that sparks some controversy.
Once this point is made, Blatter went on to say some things that people don't like. He started by saying, "Lionel Messi is a good boy. Every father, every mother would like to have him." This can be true but this is a very opinionated statement. Everyone can tell on the pitch that Messi is a good guy. He isn't the one to shout at his players, he is very quiet, he just gets the ball and goes with it. He is not often the host of much controversy both on and off the pitch. Where Blatter gets the statement, every father and every mother would like to have him is a shot in the dark on his part. I am sure he does not know Messi well enough to say such things.
He goes on to say that, "Naturally, he will always get a lot of votes, because he is this nice man. And he scores a lot of goals." This is the statement that has really gotten to people. When he talks about Messi getting a lot of votes, he is talking about the Ballon d'Or. The greatest award in football as well as one of the most questionable lately. People assume this statement means that because Messi is a nice guy, he deserves to win the Ballon d'Or. This is probably what his statement is hinting it, that Messi will always win because he is a nice and kind guy. People are really asking themselves this, "Is the award for the best player on earth being given to the nicest footballer?" If this statement is true, then the Ballon d'Or is not as prestigious of an award.
Now Blatter moves on to "the other one." Why he does not use Ronaldo's name, no one really knows. Most people think it is a sign of disrespect towards Ronaldo. To not use his name and to just refer to him as the other one shows that Blatter is not the biggest fan of Cristiano.
He then gets up from his seat in order to display how he feels Ronaldo acts on the pitch. He refers to Ronaldo as a "commander on the field" as he stand in an upright position and starts to bark. This is what did it for almost every Ronaldo fan on earth. The fact that The President of FIFA, the governing body of football, decides to get up and mock Ronaldo really means something.
Now that he is seated back in his chair he talks about how it is good to have commanders on the field and that one spends more on hair products than the other. He finishes it off with, "I prefer Messi."
No one is quite sure why Sepp Blatter would answer this question in such a way but many people are putting him into question. Do we really want the president of FIFA to act this way when presented a question. The man who is meant to represent a sport who acts in such a way. What do you think? Comment below!
