Riquelme: Messi is Better than Rooney

I agree with Riquelme 100%… Rooney is great, but he doesn’t have the skill that Messi has or even speed! Rooney is raw ruggedness, he kinda reminds me of Tevez, who just barges his way in… but Messi is skill! A genius! Were lucky to have him…

I agree that Messi has more skill and ultimatly will be the better player. Right now Rooney might have a little more experience at a high level and is probably a little stronger. But without a doubt Messi will be the best player in the world by the next world cup if not before then. The futures is very bright for Argentina but there is no reason why we cant take the cup this time around either. The talent is there.

Messi , hands down ….rooney has nothing on him

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Carry on…

I even think Carlos Tevez is better than Rooney… how about that?

yes messi is a pure gift from GOD, I also have a great conviction that messi will outperform rooney and from the next year alongside with ronaldinho messi will rule the footbal worl. messi has the capacity of taking on players with an unimaginable speed and intelligence, he has the ability that only greats have to keep his head and eyes up when playing. he has a terrific left foot, speed, skills, maturity… roberto carlos and asier del horno can testify that, he needs to develop the killer instinct that maradonna had then he will for sure become the best in the world for years.

For pete’s sake. Is this thread for real?? We have two fantastic talents who have the possibilities of becoming modern day greats and everyone has started favouring one or the other. Do me a favour and stop this crap. We have two different players, rooney with his strength storming through defences and accurate passing, and then we have messi who is deft and using his cunning and skill to unlock defences.

We will see in the world cup who is on form between the pair and then pass judgement. I hope argentina and england meet.

And for the last time stop saying that messi is the new maradona. We insult our greatest player each time by saying such things even though messi is the closest player so far. Their is only one maradona and no one will take his place….ever.

Why is everyone twisting what riquelme is saying?? He says Messi will have a better world cup than rooney because of form and not because he is better than him.

We are idiots if we think we can rule out other opponents and their players. I hope argentina hasnt got the same mentality you guys have.

You respect opponents and their players and understand the danger they pose to your team. Croatia for example, some idiot said their nobodies. Tomorrow your goin to say ivory coast, serbia and holland are nobodies too and the world cup is in the bag.

Im going to support argentina but not by bad mouthing others. Be gracious people. We’ve got a good squad and i believe their are good times ahead of us now.

ARGIEBARGIE what the hell are you talking about!!!!!?????????? if anyone is twisting words it is YOU!!! no one on this blog has ever stated that messi is the next diego, jean-jaques simply said that if messi developed a killer instinct like that of el diego, then messi would be one of the greats in the present world. noone ever said croatia was a terrible side, everyone and their mom knows that argentina dropped that game as a result of injuries, bad coaching, terrible defending, and lack of heart/pride toward the latter portion of the game.

moreover, if someone states that messi is a better player than rooney it means that the his overall effectivity is greater than that of rooney, aside from the fact that yes they are completely different types of players. why is it bad to compare them? is competition and comparison not the goal of soccer? is the desire to be the best not what the world cup is about? besides, let people compare bc i guarantee this blog is not the only place where the comparisons are being made; when comments such as these reach the ears of the players (via media) it just makes them play harder, which yields an even more amazing cup.

game on.

I agree Seba! I don’t know, I feel that Argentina is a very moody team (like it’s people?) That Croatia game hurt, but I got over it, it’s not WC so no big deal, i’m not worried. It’s not bad to compare Rooney and Messi at all! It’s beautiful! You’re absolutely right Seba, it’s what soccer is all about: Competition and pride! It’s been happening since the begininning of time.

Both are great players. In today’s world the football is more turning into hit-and-run. More so in the English football. So there is always a breath of fresh air when Rooney or Joe Cole comes along.

However, what makes good players great is their performances in big stage or against teams better/equal than you. Rooney has been in Man U for 2 years, which 2 years saw premiere league ruled by Chelsea. Do anyone remember Rooney ripping apart Chelsea? The answer is probably NO. Everytime I saw a Man U vs Chelsea game I thought this will be the romantic victory for the under dogs and wishing and hoping on Rooney. But he did not deliver. Messi literally messed up Chelsea in 30 mins. It still haunts Chelsea. Thats a big point. Lets see what he can do in worldcup.

The other best part of Messi is he says beforehand that he will play a great game and does so. Somewhat in the lines of Brian Lara, who knows Cricket will know what I am saying.

When did i ever say that this blog says messi is the new maradona. The media constantly blabbering on about this and it does my head in.

Sebas have you read the comments written on this blog. Messi is an outstanding talent no doubt about it at all. We should not be comparing him with noone. He is our player and will shine in the world cup. People are wrong to say rooney doesnt hold a candle to messi or to say that player is gonna flop in the world cup. We should be wary of everyone and not go racing in without looking around us first.
The players will perform because they want to lift that world cup in july for themselevs and the fans. It shouldnt take a blog to make them realise, “yo dude we got to start playing good real soon, they actually want us to win”. Another person called croatia nobodies on another blog and i an referring to that.

We all are entitled to our own opinions and perhaps im not going to wear my heart on my sleeve as much as you sebas but we both gonna be their supporting the argies in the end.

VIVA ARGENTINA

AFTER 20 YEARS, WERE GONNA RULE THE WORLD AGAIN.

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Messi is the man on form at the moment, Rooney still got time to get back into it before the world cup although he did have a good game on the Saturday gone.

Messi will develop more as time goes on to become a phenomenon because lets face it guys…he plays with guys like ronaldinho, deco and eto’o. Him playing with guys like that and for one of the biggest clubs in the world with a fantastic manager the only way is onwards and upwards.

Rooney is Englands brightest star at the moment but no offence i can see him going the gascoigne route. Its all about keeping a balanced head as their careers progress but i can only really see messi progressing.

Damn straight Argentina are moody. After the last world cup flop, we want that trophy more than ever. The fans deserve some joy and the albiceleste will provide. Its time to stand up and be counted. Riquelme and Messi going to light up this world cup.

Rooney vs Messi huh? Dont kid yourselves! You all know that Messi has the potential to be the best in the world right? And surely you all know that in terms of contribution to the National team, Rooney will do better, as he is heart and soul for England. Messi in my view wont be the biggest hope for goals in the Argentina team but Rooney is the biggest hope of goals for England. If you guys cant see that then its because you want to ignore the reality and prefer to live of ‘ifs’

What do you mean …”even tevez is better” …..dont make carlitos sound like he sucks man ..dude has got skills….messi is sick but dont forget about carlitos guys.

ye man, thats true. dont dis carlitos tevez. whenever there is an important match or matches the guy always performs. He was top scorer at the olympics and put in the performances for corinthians when it mattered. Overall, carlitos has won more that both rooney or messi and goal record is also better.

Dido dont kid YOURSELF. Rooney may well be englands biggest source of goals but its going to be Messi using his magic to take on defences and providing assists. I ‘ve got nothing against Rooney but Messi is going to stamp his authority come June.

If Rooney has his advatages in ability then so does Messi and i hope the two countries meet- It will be by far the best game in the world cup.

That’s a really silly matter. Messi is great while Rooney is nobody. Kig said it well: Tevez is the real deal, otherwise he would not be playing in Brazilian main league.

Forget Rooney! If the South American teams play all they know, we will have the greatest final ever: Brazil vs Argentina.

It was fun to see the Europeans out of the final match in German soil.

In the Confederation’s Cup, I mean.

Rooney and Messi both gonna do damage in the world cup. Who will destroy their opponents more we will find out soon enough.

As this blog is argentinian i will just take the chance to big up Argentinas most exciting arrival.

Euler your right, South Americans all the way.

Theirs only one MESSI, MESSI, MESSI.

Since im not South American, i will inform you guys that a South American team will NOT win the world cup. Especially if the players are as cocky as you lot!

No Andre its not cocky of us to feel we got a chance to make it in this world cup. We proud of our team and are going to back them all the way. Hmmmmmm….you are ruling argentina out and brazil. Thats just plain ignorance and do i detect a hint of sour grapes against brazil. By the way the blog is about who is a better player, messi or rooney not Argentina gonna kick everyones ass because every other team is crap.

Good day to you

I didnt rule out Brazil or Argentina. I just thought that i was entitled to give my opinion. I based this on past WC’s and think that whenever there is too much hype about a team doing well, the opposite happens. And no O’higgins, im not ignorant. Its called gut feeling. Anyway, Rooney will shine in the WC.

My gut feeling tells me that its going to be an open world cup ,anyone of 7-8 teams can win it. You will realise most of the hype is on the brazilians. The world media are not looking as much at the argentinians. Brazil are too sick and am mesmerized with their football but it gets more difficult trying to defend your crown. Rooney will shine at the world cup no doubt but so will our star, Messi.

argiebargie,

You speak wise words. Firstly everyone relax. All friends here.

I agree with argiebargie on the following:

1. Respect thy opponents. Roony and Messi are both magnficient. I’d say Messi has more class and skill but Roony can score goals more rapidly which counts a lot obviously.

2. The Argentinian media (and not this blog) put constant pressure on any new talent by instantly comparing them to the great one, Maradona.

I think it is silly. It reminds me of cricket and the English media falsely putting Botham’s crown on every new young allrounder, though Flintoff is the real deal.

But back to football. Just from the top of my head I am going to list the players that the media has called the next Maradona:

1. Ortega
2. Riquelme
3. De’alesandro
4. Aimar
5. Messi

I agree that Messi is the most likely to succeed Maradona but lets take it one step at a time.

Also Tevez is fantastic. Don’t discount him.

But like argiebargie says, don’t disrespect your opponents. I am not fond of the English team but even I admit that Roony is magnificent.

Is Messi better than Rooney? Is this a serious question, Sergio Aguero is better than Rooney and he is only 17. Don’t get me wrong, Rooney is a very talented player, but Messi is in a different class entirely, he is in a league above Rooney.

I agree with Leon. Messi is in the Ronaldinho class. Well at least almost there! He has passion, that’s the problem these days, everything is so technical, what happened to taking risks? I have a feeling Messi will make a mess this WC… mark my words…

Both players have my permission to set this world cup on fire. Rooney can lead englands assault and Messi will do his thing for argentina. These two are going to be the young guns to watch. Messi and Ronaldinho are good friends and with friends like that the world is Messi’s oyster.
The english press may get to rooney-one minute your a hero on the backpage of a newspaper and the next your on the front page involved in some sex scandal. Or is that sven im thinking about……

who is sven?

LOL – yeah who is sven. Aguero better than rooney?? Thats over stepping the mark. I dont know much about Aguero and if he is as good as ive heard then he should be in the squad. I know he plays for independiente but hez got to prove himself in Europe first to be compared with anyone. Is he like rooney, an eye for goal or more skillful like Messi??

Alan,

Aguero is a bull of a player, often compared to Romario, he has a similar physique. He is only 17, made his debut aged 15, but everyone is raving about him with Real Madrid and Barca battling it out for his signature. Many claim he is even more talented than Messi. However, I agree with you he has to play in europe before he can be truly judged, but by all accounts the kid is the real deal and not just hype.

I think ‘better’ is measured by which one you’d choose for your side. I’d certainly choose a Messi over a Rooney, I’d choose Aguero over Rooney. Interestingly, I’d choose Rooney over Crespo. Rooney – Tevez, I’d flip a coin.

On the South American Champion in 2006 issue above; here’s the most relevant fact: Since 1978, there’s only been ONE FINAL that didn’t include either Argentina or Brazil. Each have made it to 3 finals, collectively 6 out of 7. I’d say the odds are Tremendously in favor of one of the two making it. Add in the current fundamentals of each team, and I’d say it’s a very safe bet.

This world cup cannot come too soon enough.

In my opinion, Messi is a better player than Rooney overall. But I have to admit, enen though it hurts, that Rooney is a better goalscorer.That is pretty important. I am wondering; who will score the goals for Argentina? Crespo is not as good as before, and Messi is no natural goalscorer.Tevez? I love him, but I am not shure if he is the player we can trust will score a lot of goals this WC. We need a natural goalscorer. I can not see him anywhere at the moment…

2 completely different players..
First Rooney is a BULL.. He plays like an Argentinian…”balls Out”..He defends he scores he creates.Rooney beats people with power

Second- Messi is crazy talented and has the potential to be the best player in the world. Messi beats defenders thru speed skill and hes a smart lil bastrd..

All you can say now about the 2 is that Messi is more SKILLFUL or TALENTED than Rooney..But that doesnt take anything away from Rooneys game..

We will see which type of game will be more successful…

messi is better than roony in all the way.thats it, damn it…..

I agree with Pugnate’s comments that yes I think ever since the 1995 world youth tournament when Marcelo Gallardo produced some stunting individual play the label of the next Maradona has been in vogue ever since.

Now over the years they have been alot of hot and cold and pretenders.

But if you want to say Messi is better than Rooney or vice versa then just let me firstly point out a few things.

Rooney made his debut when he was 16, after his glorious form and performance in Euro 2004 not only did people start to take notice but the lovely British media beefed it up to labeling him England’s answer to Pele. Now whether or not that’s abit overrated is far be it from me to suggest that he isn’t.

However, Messi rise to prominence really came when he single handly destroyed his opposition with some sublime performance and won Argentina the youth cup. Thus, Maradona then spoke of his genius and then labeling him a nature successor of his throne.

Now, Messi in some respect showed his lead as being the “the better player” with his extraordinary performance against Chelsea and although, Rooney has had some great performances as well with Man Utd.

Overall,the two are very different type of players and I think one thing has to be said is that the style of play they both have suits their respective leagues they play in as Rooney is more of a physical type of player than Messi who is technically more creative.

Now as to who is better is very subjective and as to who will conquer only time will tell!

Rooney is a great player but he’s a bit of a hothead messi is alot faster and has more control of the ball in other words rooney is very good and messi is a super crack

I am Irish but love Argentine football and was a massive supporter of theirs during the World Cup. I am still reeling at the manner of their exit to that German team of pub league players. It is not the Argentine way to try and defend a lead, not to mention the stupidity of Pekerman’s decision to withdraw Riquelme and not use Messi. I really hope that that same bunch of players gets a chance to have another go at things in South Africa 2010. Barring the outstanding Ayala, who will be 35 and maybe retired, I see no reason why the core of the 2006 squad won’t be there (Mascherano, Riquelme, Messi, Tevez etc) raring to go.

One other point on the amazingly talented Riquelme (that backheel for Crespo (who didn’t score) against Serbia & Montenegro anyone?). I think it’s a great pity that he’s not at a much bigger club than Villareal where he would get a chance to showcase his talents on the biggest stage of them all. They aren’t even in Europe this year and, as it is, are rarely on telly either. So long as that bigger club wouldn’t be Man Utd. Then I’d have to hate the lazy magician, something I wouldn’t want to do.

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messi is better than rooney because he has got better pace.