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Nowt controversial about that mate. Xavi is a sublime midfielder who would probably walk into most teams in any generation, and I agree his vision, passing ability and influence are of the highest ilk, but I think alot of Barcelona fans are underrating Cristiano Ronaldo.
As far ahead as Lionel Messi is from the rest, Ronaldo is as close as it gets. Manchester United look bobbins without him over the past year and a half, and Real Madrid have benefited from his arrival. Last season he took Real Madrid to within a point of snatching the title away from Barcelona, 34 goals in 35 games, an that was with a 2 month injury. This season he's single handedly put Real at the top of the table. He started off fairly poorly, but he's starting to grab games by the scruff of the neck and do what Leo is doing for Barcelona.
He's also arguably the most explosive player in world football. Combination of speed, strength and power, he's more than capable of tearing defences apart single handedly. He's a massive threat in the air and love him or loath him, he's also driven by his own desire to be a better player. The creative side of his game is massively underrated too. He does have a good 90 odd assists to his name since he turned pro, the amount of chances he's crafted out for Real over the past 2 seasons for instance, only for his team mate to blaze over is staggering. In fact, that was fairly evident to see only this weekend when Higuain and Benzema? wasted two glorious chances created to Ronaldo.
Top three players in world football at the moment are Messi, Ronaldo and Xavi, but the first two in particular are of such extraordinary talent they could very well be up with the Pele's and Maradona's by the time they retire. Xavi will end up in the next tier down with the Bobby Charlton's and Garrincha's, which again, is no downer on Xavi!
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