According to UFC president Dana White, you don't have to be extra-talented to score goals in football. The American, who claims he respects hockey more than football, argues that there should be more goals scored in football because the goal net is a lot bigger than in any other sport.
"I'm not a big hockey fan, but I respect so much how talented you have to be to play hockey. I can't stand soccer, I think that it's the least talented sport on earth," White said.
"You run around a kick a ball," he continued, before being interrupted by the reporter who told him he would think differently if he were to be in Brazil.
"Dude, I say this in every country where you're playing a game where the net is this big, right, and the score is three to one," White responded.
"When you're playing a game where the net is this big right, and the score is 3-1, are you sh***ting me right now?
"Now in hockey, you have guys on skates, right? With crooked sticks, where they have to hit a puck into a net that's the same size as a goalie, ok? That's a sport where the score should be 3-1," White said.
Many Americans like White don't understand the game of football. For one they call it soccer, not football. Also, they find other sports like baseball and basketball more interesting.
White's sentiments take nothing away from what football represents and the talent required to succeed in it as an attacker. There are many attackers, even at a big club like Barcelona, who struggle to tally 15-20 goals in a season, not for want of trying. Examples include Ansu Fati and Ferran Torres. This game is not as easy as some rich Americans think.
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