Ronaldo About His Relationship With Messi

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are the greatest individuals to ever grace the sport. Both have achieved immense success with their respective club and countries. May it be awards or stats, these two have established new parameters for what one needs to achieve in order to be called a legend of the game. Despite their healthy but fierce rivalry on the pitch. Ronaldo has always admired Messi for competing and making him a better athlete. In what was a controversial interview with Pier Morgan, he talked about the love and respect he and his family share with Messi.

What Did Ronaldo Have To Say About Messi?

“Amazing player, is magic, top… As a person, we share the stage 16 years, imagine, 16 years. We share. So, I have great relationship with him. I’m not friend of him in terms of, what I mean friend is the guy who was with you in your house, speaking on the phone, no, but it’s like a teammate.

“He’s a guy that I really respect the way he always speak about me. Even his wife or my wife, my girlfriend, they always respect and they’re from Argentina. My girlfriend is from Argentina. So good. What I am going to say about Messi? A great guy who does great things for football.”

The Argentine is the only footballer to have won more Ballon d’Or awards (7) than Cristiano (5). The two share a long-time rivalry at the club level while playing for Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, two clubs who have had an intense rivalry for over a century. The match is referred to as ‘El Clasico’ when the two play against each other. It was goals galore when the two played in La Liga and in the Champions League.

However, while the Portuguese left Europe to ply his trade with Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia, his Argentine counterpart left due to the financial incapability of the club and joined Paris Saint-Germain.

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