FIFA Award: Marta is, again, number 1. Oh.. and so is C. Ronaldo.

Marta is the queen. For the third consecutive year, the Brazilian took home the FIFA award for best player in 2008. Very well deserved. On the men’s side, also no big surprises: C. Ronaldo beat Messi, Kaka and Fernando Torres to take home the trophy of FIFA’s best in 2008. Also deserved (even if I don’t like to admit it).

And even though both the guy and the gal received the same award, the difference between these 2 players is big:

Marta is something out of this world when she’s on a pitch. Her skills are so unbelievably superior to any woman playing out there. Any person who knows a bit about football can tell that there’s no one better than her, past or present, in the women’s game. Nobody even gets close.

C. Ronaldo is a different story. He’s a very good player, of course. Not like Marta. Maybe it is because women’s football is not yet as developed as men’s, maybe not. I tend to believe in the latter. In my opinion, Ronaldo is a strong player but fails to shine in key moments (especially when playing for his national team, Portugal). When you think of it, however, he’s the one that had the best 2008 out there (Kaká and Messi did not do so well). And that’s what counts.

So I take this post to take the focus out of Ronaldo, and into Marta and all her achievements, especially her so amazingly beautiful football and all she’s done for the women’s game. I believe we’ll be seeing her win again in the next few years.

Related posts:

1. Messi and Marta: 2009 FIFA World Player of the Year
2. Kaká’s got it all. So does Marta.
3. C. Ronaldo takes FIFPro award.
4. Messi Takes Ballon D’Or Award
5. Marta will play football with Ronaldo and Zidane.