I like all track and field events, from hammer, short put, javelin to long jump (l am leaving out track events because of the context or interest of this post). But high jump and pole vault stretch my interest more. A certain level of aerodynamics plays out. This is not to argue that same doesn't apply to the previously mentioned events and the ones not mentioned. - no, I dare not say that. However, pole vaulters and high jumpers give me the chill of awe. The way the former do it, though aided by the pole, inspires some feelings of wonderment and exhilaration in me. Armand Duplantis even leaves me speechless with his seamless vaults. The same way high jumpers leave me in bewilderment. What these vaulters and jumpers do in mid-air should provoke our interest; it should let loose a flood of admiration for these super humans - and of course, for Ronaldo!
The unrelieved argument may rage on unabated who is the best player in history of the beautiful game called football. Many yardsticks may be used to adjudge any as the best player ever. We may even import the era such player played into the argument mix. The question of who has won the apex event of all footballing event, being world cup, may be thrown into the argument. Still, we may never be able to unanimously agree on the best player ever. Come to think of it, you think Pele and Maradona singlehandedly won their countries world cup? They were fortunate to be in the midst of great players. In spite of their out-of-this-world brilliance on the field of play, using world cup as a bar to mark one as the best player falls flat for me in the debate of who is the best player ever in the 20th and 21st Centuries. Rather, rate the players on their individual brilliance, and Ronaldo's brilliance is just out of this world. Having scored multiple goals with both legs, his header goals are just mesmerizing; they are a sight to behold; they are such a delectable aspect of genius, they are an elixir to your soul to keep feeding you and stirring your sense of happiness.
I have watched his many beauty of header goals again and again. Truly, l find it hard to pick the best. Relative as it may be a debate, when you consider the different positions of those headers, the one against Sampdoria - Juventus vs Sampdoria - stands out for me. The height was just unbelievable! It was just a terrific jump.
But how does he do it? The aerodynamics of his header jumps are the most baffling. In some seconds, when he makes some jumps with other defending or fellow attacking players, he hangs in the air. In those header goal-resulting goals, he jumps first then hangs. By the time other players are jumping to meet him in midair, he exploits the advantage of being in that territory first, shading them off, then his head does the damage. Take that Sampdoria goal for instance. He hung in the air. Besides that, there was no way that defender would have been able to reach that height and ball.
So when you want to rate the best footballer that has ever been, factor in the individual genius that concerns the ability to use the body parts to score goals. Is it the left leg? The right? The head? Please, consider Christiano Ronaldo a player with no rival. Still wondering who is the best footballer ever? Your guess is as good as mine! Hala Ronaldo!!!
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