Report by Suresh Iyer
Lionel Messi, the star striker for Barcelona and Argentina, will celebrate his 23rd birthday, on June 24, even though the FIFA World Cup 2010 is on. Wayne Rooney, his counterpart at Manchester United and England, will turn 25, in October.
Mention either of these gamers, and odds are, you will also mention the other, due to the fact these are arguably the two greatest players in the planet. The two are geniuses on the football field who can transform the fortunes of their respective groups, if they are fully match and enjoying to likely.
For this reason the question: who is far more probable to set the Planet Cup 2010 ablaze with his efficiency, Rooney or Messi?
They have had wonderful similarities in their careers. Both players had been signed by clubs at age 11, Messi by Barcelona, Rooney by Everton. Rooney held the report for the youngest player to represent a staff in the EPL Messi was the team’s youngest ever player, when he debuted in the Spanish League (La Liga). Messi was the youngest to score a aim in La Liga Rooney held the file for getting the youngest ever before scorer in the EPL. Equally gamers attained the feat ahead of they turned 17. Rooney who acquired a debut hat-trick for Guy U also went to turn into the youngest worldwide for England, in 2003.
The coincidences do not finish there. Both players finished 100 ambitions for their respective club teams, in January 2010. The two players selected the 2010 time to score 4 ambitions in a single match. Messi did it in opposition to Arsenal in the Champions League, whilst Rooney’s 4 goals came in a match versus Hull.
There are some differences, as well: To start with, Messi is a bit built and 5’7″ tall Rooney is 3 inches taller, and created like a bull.
Championships Won:
Messi has been a part of championship successful Barcelona on 12 events, such as the Champions League twice, and the FIFA Club Planet Cup, when. He has also aided Argentina win two titles, the FIFA U-twenty Globe Cup, and an Olympic Gold at Beijing.
Rooney has won 8 titles, all for Manchester United, such as the Champions League, and the FIFA Club Globe Cup, as soon as every.
Both players have a host of particular person awards. Messi would have particularly relished successful the Globe Soccer Player of The Year award, 2009. Rooney, on his component, would have loved becoming named the 2010 PFA Players’ Player of the 12 months.
Fittingly, equally players are amid the very best paid in their respective leagues. Rooney has several business endorsements, apart from a rewarding guide offer with Harper and Collins.
Personal Endorsements:
Equally gamers have gushing endorsements from gamers and managers. Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini, England player, Steven Gerrard, Chelsea boss, Ancellotti, Mark Lorenson, Argentina player, Tevez, Rooney’s Guy U teammate, Wes Brown, David Beckham, and ex-England strikers, Shearer and Lineker, are all unanimous in their view that Rooney is the finest player in the planet.
Brazilian midfielder Kaka, his Argentina teammates, Deco and Riquelme, Barcelona boss Laporta, Barcelona supervisor Josep Guardiola, Arsenal FC Forward and Denmark global Nicklas Bendtner, Actual Madrid striker Arjen Robben, and Arsenal supervisor Arsene Wenger are amon Messi’s abiding supporters. In fact, La Porta claims that Messi is the biggest player of all time. Maradona has anointed Messi as his successor, although Pele who predicted that Messi would get the FIFA greatest player award in 2009, says Messi ought to 1st establish as the greatest at any time Argentina player, and also score 1,000 goals ahead of he can replace the Brazilian legend as the very best ever.
Strengths:
Rooney is fast and strongly built and uses his physical power to get past defenders. He is relaxed taking part in by way of the center, and can run on his individual, up front. He is effortlessly gifted, and extremely opportunistic, and inventive. He revels in unleashing effective volleys from the top of the box. Rooney owes his bodily strength to four many years invested in amateur boxing. Even though a striker, he excels from deep, and capitalizes on his near control and power whilst operating at defenders even as he makes use of vision to produce openings for other folks.
Messi is arguably the very best dribbler in the entire world, and can dance his way previous defences. He has, in a club sport replicated Maradona’s objective against England in the `1986 quarter closing, dribbling past 6 players and working the same distance as the Argentina legend did on that event. Messi displays quintessential South American flair, and his goals come from close range, inside the box, and depend not so considerably on strength, as on guile and precision.
Weaknesses:
Rooney has been injury inclined. He has also proven a penchant for currently being sizzling headed. Messi has also had injury concerns. There are no perceptible weaknesses in his sport, but nitpickers could claim that he has not been as productive for Barcelona, in absent video games, as he has been in house video games. Also, Messi is yet to play to prospective for Argentina – the crew had a mediocre displaying in the qualifiers. Could it be that he doesn’t have as fantastic a supporting forged in the nationwide team, as in Barcelona, which has the likes of Xavi, Pedro and Pichichi combining well with Messi?
In contrast, Rooney has been prolific for England, with 25 strikes in just about twice as numerous matches. There are critics who claim that Rooney is over-rated and is likely to meet his comeuppance every time he meets a robust South American staff. The finest way to dispel this kind of doubts is for Rooney to execute on the subject. To his credit score, Rooney scored a aim in a 3-2 win in a helpful, towards Argentina, in 2005.
Current form:
Each gamers have been in huge kind in 2010. Rooney has had 34 targets from 44 appearances for Man U, and Messi 47 targets in 53 appearances.
Potential customers in World Cup 2010:
Even though Messi’s reasonably unimpressive file for Argentina is an argument utilized against him, he had a objective towards Croatia in Globe Cup 2006. In contrast, Rooney had a lacklustre objective-less outing, in Germany, in 2006, enjoying in the shadow of damage till his ignominious red-card exit in the quarter-final. But all that will be history, when the tournament kicks off in South Africa, come June 11.
About the Writer
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Suresh Iyer is an avid sports fan and blogger.
