Quizzed on why Ronaldo generates more noise than Messi, with any game in which he fails to hit the back of the net being billed as the end of the world, ex-United colleague Saha – speaking courtesy of Freebets.com, the home of the best betting sites – told GOAL: “I understand that. I understand because he’s maybe talking more than Messi. He’s claiming more than Messi.
“So those people tend to always look at not the outsider, because that’s not the case with Messi, but someone who is a bit more shy, a bit more fragile. And he’s not fragile. But I think that he gets protection because of his behaviour. Messi is like, OK, he’s protected. Ronaldo doesn’t ask for any protection. So that’s why he doesn’t get it. That’s as simple as that.
“He’s putting it out there, exposing himself, saying ‘I’m the best’. So people may not like that. That’s not going to be the case with Messi. That’s a very simple fact. And that’s why I’m always very, very, very admirative of Cristiano because he’s talking and most of the time he makes people shut their mouth. Especially in the second game (against Uzbekistan) – everybody killed him, and he reacted the best way. That’s really not easy, especially at 41.”
