The Anti-Ronaldo

Lately we at Soccerati have gone a tad bit Ronaldo crazy. We’re following who he’s hanging with, where he’s hanging out, and why he’s hanging out. And frankly the Dallas office is ready to choke a baby platypus to death. Yeah we know only Messi may give him a run for the title of best player on Earth, but he just comes across as a clueless dork.
Well when Spain, in it’s opening game in the Confederation Cup, demolished New Zealand by five goals their man of the match provided a refreshing tonic to a Ronaldoesque surliness. For full disclosure I’m a die-hard Liverpool fan, and I don’t want this to become some soft copy for Liverpool. But read these quotes by man of the match Fernando Torres. Sure they may sound like the usual soundbites every professional athlete throws out, but this man is different. Case in point, Fernando recently married his childhood sweetheart. In a small civil ceremony near his hometown. No huge party, no internationally known band for the reception, no sale of wedding photos to the media. In short he’s not banging fading debutantes and then going to Vegas. There’s nothing wrong with banging fading debutantes and going to Vegas. But for every Ronaldo we need an anti-thesis, and quite frankly Fernando, Liverpool’s number Nine, is quite refreshing.