Since Cristiano Ronaldo has publicly expressed his admiration for Lionel Messi, many people think that the two greatest football players of all time are him and Messi.
Throughout the last fifteen years of football, there has been a rivalry between the two as they have battled for the most coveted individual and team accolades in the sport. The Mirror claims that even though the two have admitted they aren’t very close, their conflict has never really gone beyond friendly boundaries and that they have a great deal of respect for one another.
Messi and Ronaldo have a remarkable 13 Ballon d’Or victories between them; the Argentinean star has eight of those victories after taking home the prize three of the previous four years. When they were at their best, they each lit up La Liga with Real Madrid and Barcelona, respectively, and won numerous Champions League titles.
Throughout their protracted battle for the title of greatest, fans have witnessed some truly brilliant moments from each of them, and as a result, their friendship has remained steady. In 2020, Ronaldo expressed his genuine admiration for Messi’s career thus far in an interview with RMC Sport.
Since he values the rivalry, he has already stated that he experienced difficulties when I left the Spanish league.
“Football rivalries are usually good, and this one is no exception. In basketball, Michael Jordan faced competitors, while in Formula One, Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost were fierce adversaries.”
“The only common point between all the big rivalries in the sport is that they are healthy.”
Messi has previously shown the same level of grace and confessed that he enjoyed their sparring sessions while they were in Spain. After joining Juventus, the Portugal captain’s 2018 Ballon d’Or opponent said, “It was nice to play against Cristiano; he made Madrid a stronger side.” I said at the beginning of the season that Madrid would miss him, as any club would.
