Published
0 179 0
[Moderator] I am going to move on to my final question. Now, I want to end this on a very divisive issue in contemporary football. Everyone, I am sure who watches football, has an opinion in this issue and I myself has had several heated discussions with my friends over it. As President of FIFA, I am sure you have come in to contact with supporters of both sides of the argument. Although I understand that you have not yet stated your official position on this issue. My question to you, simply put, is: Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo? [Sepp Blatter] First of all I thank you that you come back to football. So Leonard Messi and Ronaldo, and now you have to take Ibrahimovic as well. But you asked Leonard Messi, Lionel, Leonard Messi and Ronaldo. They are both exceptional players but they are totally different and that football lives about, the difference of stars. Because Leonald Messi is a good boy that every father, every mother would like to have at home. *LAUGHTER* Really it is a good man, he is very fast, and he is not exuberant, he is playing well, he is dancing, he is a kind man really, he is good he is a good boy. And thats what makes him so popular and naturally he always gets a lot of votes because he is this nice man. And he plays well and he scores goals. And the other one, this is something else, the other one is like a commander of the field of play. *IMPERSONATES RONALDO LIKE A COMMANDER* But this is the other side of football and thats good to have such commanders on the field also because you don't have the same attitude, that gives life to football and one that has more expences for the hairdresser than the other but it doesn't matter. So I cannot say who is the best, there will be again a contest this year and the second, on the 11th I think it is February we will have the Ballon d'Or who will give... February, January (Associate corrects Blatter in the background). Huh? It was a test for my team if they follow what I say. Are you sleeping? So then we will have the best players, we will also have the best girls or ladies. The list of ladies has just been published today. And for the men I think next week, it will be published next week. (Corrected yet again by his a**ociate) When? Tuesday, Tuesday! And then the public they will make a choice. I like both of them, but I prefer Messi.