FIFA PRESIDENT SEPP BLATTER APOLOGISES TO CRISTIANO RONALDO

Once again, the head of world soccer has put his foot in his mouth.Sepp Blatter, the man who infamously said that racism on the pitch could be settled by a handshake, has been forced to apologize to Cristiano Ronaldo after apparently mocking the Real Madrid and Portugal star.

When asked at a question and answer session at an English university last Friday if he preferred Ronaldo or his rival Lionel Messi, the FIFA president at first said he could not decide.

However, after extolling the virtues of Barcelona's "good boy" Messi, he stood up and gave the audience at Oxford a bizarre impersonation of Ronaldo, calling him "a commander on the field of play" and then claimed he spent "a lot more at the hairdresser's."

Blatter concluded: "I like both of them, but I prefer Messi."


Ronaldo, who was named Tuesday with Messi among 23 candidates for FIFA's 2013 Ballon d'Or world player of the year award, posted a response on social media.Watch video below;

"This video shows the respect and consideration that FIFA has for me, my club and my country. Much is explained now," Ronaldo wrote to his 22.2 million Twitter followers and 64 million "likers" on Facebook.

"I wish Mr. Blatter health and a long life, with the certainty that he will continue to witness,as he deserves,the successes of his favorite teams and players."