Football is a game that millions and millions of hearts follow across the globe. Such is the craze of the sport that it dispenses much drama both, on the field and off the field. Exuberant fans follow their favourite footballers to a thing as petty as sneeze while car is a relatively much bigger resort. Yes, indeed, cars are being discussed here. Football is a high paid game and as such, footballers reap handsome wages and rewards.
Better the player are remunerations paid to them, which amount to millions of dollars. Most of these top footballers drive expensive cars as they can afford such purchases. They have a wonderful grip on the football while drifting towards the rival goal. However, driving cars is an altogether different ball-game. Notably, not many exhibit the same control behind the wheel as they have on the football at their feet. But, who cares, fans if can follow a petty sneeze in the football arena are sure to follow a bigger thing as car, than too expensive luxury vehicles. This will certainly make for some exciting news for both fans and car enthusiasts. So, why not take look at the top 10 footballer’s car crashes:
Believe it or not, Cristiano Ronaldo, the world's highest paid football player, destroyed his high-end Ferrari 599 GTB while making his way to training for former club Manchester United. When the crash happened, former team mate Edwin Van Der Sar was driving behind the Portuguese winger. He gave him a lift to training once police finished off with the incident reporting.
Manchester United star Wayne Rooney has already witnessed several crashes while driving Aston Martin, Range Rover as well as Escalade. The former Everton star nearly tumbled in his Lamborghini Gallardo after losing control on a road in Macclesfield. Unfortunately, he ended up on the road facing the oncoming traffic, but luckily no harm to the player.
The birthday celebrations on Reunion Island went awry when Real Madrid and France striker Karim Benzema reportedly raced a Porsche through the streets. He managed to crash his yellow Lamborghini Gallardo. In the crash, the front right wing of car was damaged. Luckily, Benzema had also driven his Audi Q7 into a wall in Madrid without an injury.
Diego Maradona is arguably one of the best players that football has ever seen. However, as much to the damage he has inflicted on opposition, he has been involved in continuous controversies, drug abuse being one of them. His car crash is seemingly no surprise given his reputation for dispute. This Argentinian legend, while heading the wrong way down a dual carriageway during night in Cuba, accidentally drove at the oncoming traffic until his Jeep had hit a tourist bus. Thankfully, no one was hurt and Maradona was allowed to get back to the hotel where he was being treated for the drug abuse.
Mario Balotelli, who currently plays for AC Milan, is famous worldwide for his antics on the football field. A complete automobile aficionado, he owns several amazing cars that include Bentley Continental GT. He had crashed his customised £120K Audi R8 while in Manchester, but had a narrow escape along with the other driver. However, car was pretty much in mess following the incident.
Arsenal goalscoring legend Ian Wright had caused a damage of more than £30,000 to his Ferrari 360 Spyder in 2004. He had turned his traction control off, but luckily Wright was not injured in the smash down. After that crash, the famous striker said, “Any Ferrari driver knows that when you turn the ASR off you’re dancing with the Devil. And if you dance with the Devil you’ve got to be prepared to get your toes stood on.”
Other players who were involved in car crashes are Jermaine Pennant (crashed his Mercedes while being drunk), Dietmar Hamann (drove a £70k Porsche Carrera into a fence near Manchester airport), Nicklas Bendtner (smashed his £150k Aston Martin into a tree) and Anderson (pulled unconscious from his Audi R8).
