Barcelona No2 Tito: Messi, Iniesta better than Ronaldo, Kaka
Barcelona assistant coach Tito Vilanova has dismissed Real Madrid's capture of stars Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo.
"We are not afraid of Real Madrid ... we're not frightened of anyone in football," said Vilanova.
"They are being strengthened and Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka are very good, but they had to do this because of what happened last season. Also, for me, Andres Iniesta is the best midfield player in the world and Lionel Messi the best in the forward area.
"Iniesta and Messi are better than Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka, in my opinion."
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Comments (25)
I would prefer Iniesta and Messi in my squad rather than CR and Kaka. Messi is better then CR. You can't compare
messi is way far better than ronaldo,, not just for one reason that he plays better football than ronaldo but also because,
=messi is better team player than ronaldo, messi makes numerous assists(just lost the count), and ronaldo?? just 5 assists in two years that too for a winger???
=messi doesn't brag about his ability but ronaldo just keeps on chanting his name
=messi scored 38 goals and just 4 from set pieces, ronaldo scored 28 goals, more and 15 of them from set pieces, no setpieces, no goals for ronaldo
=messi is quick agile and clever and can run onto several defenders and doesn't even need those stupid foot works. where as ronaldo is so busy showing his stupid footwork to just one defender and doesn't even realize the ball is gone..
and for the kaka and iniesta part,, they are very very good at their respective positions so no comparisions
I'd say that was a fair assesment. Iniesta is a class act. Barcelona have arguably the best midfield in the world right now.
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