Casillas is getting a bit philosophical here. I think he should definitely audition for gossip girls when he hangs up his boots for Real Madrid.
What does he mean by saying that Ronaldo is his friend, his enemy and his teammate, all at the same time. Ok, he explains by saying that he argues with him a lot on the field but this sort of a thing should not have been said in the media.
If I can recall correctly, there was a report of a rift between the two, earlier in the season. Although both have denied such thing during the season but Casillas is now opening up a bit more now that the season is over.
Even though both have denied any animosity between them and even were photographed together in a social club but Casillas says that the relationship between the two have not been too harmonious in the past.
But Casillas also had some complements to make about Ronaldo, oops sorry, not Ronaldo but of Ronaldo’s performances. I don’t know about you but something feels just not right over here.
Casillas says:
““He’s a friend and a team-mate. A team-mate and a friend. But he’s also an enemy, because we argue a lot.”
When he compared Ronaldo to Hugo Sanchez, he said something like ( I say something like, as there could be translation errors):
“I never played with Hugo and I did not see him play much,” the goalkeeper said.
“I will stick with what I know and that’s Cristiano. It’s not by chance that he scored 40 in a season. And he has done it before so he must be good.”
Just have a look at Casillas’s artistry in avoiding praising Ronaldo directly. He says, the goals show that Ronaldo is good, so he must be good.
I don’t know but the choice of words he chose for Ronaldo and the choice of words he chose for Messi, indicates that he hold Messi in a higher regard. But then again I could be wrong by a big margin.
Ronaldo did get frustrated against Barcelona in the semi finals of the Champions League and many other teams against whom Real Madrid found it hard to score so may be somewhere in those times, Casillas could have had a argument with Ronaldo. Ronaldo is great, but he does have the tendency of getting really frustrated when things go bad. He tries hard and overcomes them but he gets frustrated a lot.
Messi, is in a better position in this respect as he rarely gets frustrated and thus does not have to fight hard in order to make things right. That could also explain why Ronaldo does not perform to his full potential (which would be utter destruction) against Elite teams, while Messi always exclusively plays his best football against the best teams.
Barcelona’s fans must be drooling after reading this interview and will probably blow this interview out of proportion. That should not affect Real Madrid no matter how much people say that Real Madrid are not a team. Point is, we need time to gel. Barcelona is not the biggest problem Real Madrid have right now, it is time. We need time.
But before Barcelona fans start celebrating, they should probably think about Lionel Messi’s problems at Barcelona. He did not celebrate the La Liga title with the team on the pitch and had to be pushed on the pitch by some father figure of his. Messi also does not like to arrive early for trainings. I think if Messi’s form dips (and that will have to be a big dip) then Guardiola might not consider Messi as an untouchable at Barcelona.
Anyway, I think in all seriousness, there is bound to be disagreements between 20 odd people in the same place, no matter what they are doing. I think Ronaldo and Casillas (who was quite honest about the whole situation if we can call it that) both are mature enough to leave their personal problems away from their duties with Real Madrid.
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