As the saying goes, if you want to be famous, the earlier the better, especially in the football world. Bailey, Maradona, Ronaldo and other superstars are famous at a young age. Nowadays, the two great super stars Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi also start to outshine others at their early 20s.
The age of 22, for many stars, has been the age of receiving achievement and fame. Messi and C. Ronaldo have both achieved a lot at this age.
In 2007, Cristiano Ronaldo was 22 years old. This year, Cristiano Ronaldo has become the core of Manchester United. He scored 23 goals and had 20 assists in all kinds of games. He led the team to win the Premier League championship and advanced to the Champions League semi-finals. Individually, he won the Premier League MVP, became the runner-up of Ballon D’or , and in the third place in World Footballer competition. Besides, C. Ronaldo was selected as the best UEFA XI and FIFA XI. After that, in 2008, C Ronald broke out further and helped Manchester United win the Champions League with amazing performance. His outstanding performance that year helped him win the Ballon D’or and World Footballer for the first time.
In 2009, at the age of 22, Messi has already been the core and most outstanding star of Barcelona. In the 2008/09 season, he helped the team to win the La Liga, Copa del Rey and Champions League trophies. It is the first time for Barcelona to achieve a treble as well. He played 51 games and scored 38 for Barca. Messi outshined all the other players that season, so it was not a surprise that he took home the Ballon D’Or and World Footballer awards.
Now, in 2018, Asencio is 22 years old. This year, Asencio, who has once been regarded as the successor to Cristiano Ronaldo, has not taken out any outstanding peroformance so far. Real Madrid had once not got a win in five consecutive games. They even have a losing streak of three games, and four games without a goal. Since Solari’s became the manager of Real Madrid, Asencio has been mostly put on the bench.
Facing the doubts, Asencio recently said that he is still young and has no responsibility to lead the team to go forward and some senior teammates who have more experience and played longer need to take more responsibility. “They should be the candidates to lead the team.”
It can only be said that all at th age of 22, the gap between the superstar and the ordinary players is quite huge.