Cristiano Ronaldo gives the perfect answer to being compared with Lionel Messi!
It seems like forever that football fans have been arguing who is better: Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi. Everyone has his own logic to define this two megastar. And now Cristiano Ronaldo gives the perfect answer to being compared with Lionel Messi.
Both stars are, without a doubt, the best players of their generation. And there is a solid argument to recommend that they are among the greatest to ever play the game.
Cristiano Ronaldo gives the perfect answer to being compared with Lionel Messi!
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Lionel Messi has won five Ballon d’Or awards over the last tean years. And coming runner-up on four occasions.
Cristiano Ronaldo has won four times and finished runner-up five times. That says it all.
The constant debate seems to have reproduced an opinion that Messi & Cristiano Ronaldo are in fact great rivals. Th fact that CR7 plays for Madrid and Lionel Messi leads their fiercest rivals, Barcelona, only adds to the intrigue.
Talking to Chinese outlet Dongqiudi, Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo gives the perfect answer to being compared with Lionel Messi.
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“It’s part of the business,” Cristiano Ronaldo said. “I don’t think you can differentiate things. Cristiano is Cristiano and Messi is Messi.”
“We’re both legendary players, and our personal and collective titles speak for themselves. Messi tries to do his best for his side and me for mine.”
“We are competitors because we play at different clubs, but when we are together we have a common respect.”
Cristiano Ronaldo, 31, is around two years older than Lionel Messi. And he has managed to score 382 goals in 371 games for Real Madrid over the course of his eight seasons in the Spanish capital side.
On the other hand, Lionel Messi’s record is nothing to be jeered at either. The Argentine genius has spent his whole career with the Catalan side. And he has 481 goals in 557 appearances in all competitions.
Along with Wayne Rooney, the pair is also the only players in world football who own the all-time goalscoring records for their clubs and their countries.
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