FIFA 2010 World Cup: Why Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo is considered the best in the World Cup
The World Cup’s best marketing tool is unquestionably Ronaldo; he is a paragon of what the valuable player is. There are other players like Steven Gerrard and Lionel Messi, that are almost as valuable as Ronaldo but the title still belongs to the latter.
Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo represents everything that it takes to be the star at the Leagues and the World Cups. The fervent fans of football both hate him and love him, but there is one thing that they all have in common; they respect him.
Cristiano Ronaldo is considered one of footballs most skilful player. He has completely mastered his skills of the ball and can bamboozle opponents with twists of the body or with a simple stroke if his amazing footwork.
Ronaldo loved to aggrandize his skill with the ball, joining Manchester United as a teenager, whenever he would get the ball, he would do various dribbling tricks with the match going on and the smug player was not being just pompous, he in fact made the play he had planned work.
The moves were definitely a factor for his steps towards super stardom and defined the difference between a novice and a genius. With time, Ronaldo evolved and matured into a much more compelling player.
Removing the unnecessary boasts in his play, Ronaldo combined his trickery with his skills and his amazing pace and now has became one of England’s top scorers. Astonishingly he scored 42 goals in 49 games in the 2007-08 Season
Ronaldo was transferred to the Spanish club Real Madrid in 2009 for a world record fee of $132 million. He has scored 23 times for his country in 76 appearances and his first goal since February came in the World Cup 2010 in South Africa. Now though his national team
Portugal went into the last quarter finals of the World Cup they were knocked out by a 1-0 defeat from Spain.
It has been said that there are only a few things more thrilling to watch in football, than Cristiano Ronaldo kicking a free kick towards the goal. He has made his reputation quite known to have a dead accuracy even from as far as 40 yards.
Opponents may line up a bunch of defenders in front of him, but he has the ability to shoot a ball so it either dips over or bends around his opponents. His pre-kick routine has become ingrained in pop culture. Fans make it a habit to re-enact his focused stare and deep breaths when he lines up a kick.
His skills have made him the football star he is now but the physique and the looks have made him a marketing icon. Football players are not normally known as athletes in the perfect physical state but that is where Ronaldo shines out. Ripped out chest and not losing the chance to show that off. With good looks and sharp image, Vanity Fair has him out on their cover and Emporio Armani advertises him in their underwear campaigns.
Moreover, that also has a lot to do with the fact that suddenly more women are taking interest in football than ever before. Even though looking at Ronaldo his muscular body gives you the impression that he may be a strong player, though he vehemently hits the ground during matches, which makes many people hate him, because he is such a good diving actor.
Ronaldo is a world-class diver, and will fall to the ground at even the feeblest touch and this is especially witnessed when the players from the opposing teams are close enough to the goal to grant him a free kick.
In 2006, Ronaldo made the referee give England’s star player Wayne Rooney a red card in the 2006 World Cup; Ronaldo was later caught on camera winking at a team mate in glee for doing so. When Ronaldo rejoined Manchester United, opposing fans jeered belittled him in every game he played.
There is a definite Hollywood element in Cristiano Ronaldo and players who are known to dive and make the whole world buy it are derided by fans as “good actors”. Ronaldo loves to party in L.A. and last year he was photographed leaving a Hollywood nightclub with Paris Hilton. He has been romantically involved with a list of celebrities and models which includes tennis superstar Maria Sharapova.
As it is famous that Ronaldo likes expensive and speedy cars, he was very lucky to escape from his Ferrari crash at the Manchester Airport. Thank God, his fans would say because they are expecting a lot more from the 25 year old.
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