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Van Persie Might be as Good as Ronaldo: 5 Reasons
Seriously you kidding me?
I was going through the regular news sections found an interesting interview. Before I get to that, let me just tell you that I am totally used to reading stuff about how Messi is better than Ronaldo or how Ronaldo is better than Messi and quite frankly, I am comfortable with the fact that Messi might be, afterall, better than Ronaldo.
But this is something absurd to be honest. A former youth coach of Arsenal forward Van Persie has said that Persie MIGHT not be at the same level as Messi (thank him for graciously admitting that) but he is DEFINITELY better than Cristiano Ronaldo.
I don’t know whether he did this for media coverage or to be the butt of the many jokes people are going to make about him all over the world.
But let me tell you, he might be somewhat right. Van Persie has shown patches of play where he looks to be as good as any player on the planet.
I was about to write this post with the title “Van Persie definitely not good as Ronaldo” and as usual, went about finding some stats and watched some of his new and old videos just to get a hang of how good Van Persie has become.
I have been following his performances but you know, I always considered him (to some extent still do) an Adriano kind of a player. You know, talented but not committed enough to use that talent to the fullest.
But what I strongly disagree with is that Van Persie MIGHT not be as good as Messi, I say he is sure hell not good as Messi. I think this was an important distinction to make, Messi is raw magic, he can do stuff never before seen almost every game.
Anyway, here are the 5 reasons why I think he can be as good as Ronaldo (but not Messi mind you):
- He has a rocket of a left foot. The power, pace and accuracy in his left foot is definitely up there with the very best. Reminds me of Adriano’s left foot when he was at his peak. Extremely natural and Van Persie can use it almost from any angle and any situation.
- His free kicks are monstrous. Like Ronaldo, he can bend it (though now swirl it like Ronaldo) and he can also put his foot through it to give it a Roberto Carlos effect.
- His touch is magic from the left foot and sets up quite a few goals from his right foot as well.
- His swinger is great. Ronaldo’s swinger is great too but Van Persie’s, I think is a bit better as in he can place it as well. Ronaldo for the post part just puts his boot through the ball or as the term says, just swings it through the ball.
- His passing can be compared to Ronaldo’s, not that Ronaldo is an expert passer himself but just that, it is comparable. Ronaldo can be a more creative with his passing which gives him the edge obviously, Van Persie’s passes a bit more accurate and he is willing to make long passes and through passes as well. Ronaldo likes to do it all on his own.
But as we all know, consistency is the KEY when it comes to being the best or being just like the rest. Van Persie is no way near as consistent as Ronaldo.
Ronaldo obviously has got more pace and dribbling skills then Van Persie.
His goal ratio is way better than Van Persie’s even though Van Persie plays in more attacking positions.
Ronaldo is obviously the fitter of the two. We should not really compare the two.
Ronaldo is just another class but the only purpose of this post was to bring forward the fact that Van Persie can be as good as Ronaldo, just as Adriano was once considered to be as good as the REAL RONALDO.
I hated this guy but I think he is a little something which gets a lot of people interested in him, more specifically in his left foot.
HALA MADRID!!!!
