Cristiano Ronaldo went viral Saturday over his reaction to a young child telling him Lionel Messi is a better player.
I'm not a 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 team-mate. He's a guy that I really respect the way he always speaks about me. Even his wife or and my girlfriend, they always respect and they're from Argentina.
When asked about comparisons with Barcelona and Argentina star Messi, he said: "It's opinions, I respect the opinions. Maybe in your opinion Messi is better than me, but in my mind I am better than him.
Cristiano Ronaldo Offers Lionel Messi Support After Star's Argentina Retirement. Real Madrid talisman Cristiano Ronaldo has offered Lionel Messi an unlikely source of sympathy after the Barcelona superstar recently announced his retirement from the Argentina national team.
FIFA label Messi as the best in history
With the euphoria of the final in full swing, FIFA posted a tweet to praise Messi's career. "The GOAT debate is settled," the tweet started. "The ultimate prize is now part of the collection. The legacy is complete."
Jose Mourinho: ?️"Messi is the god of football. When Messi has the ball, one on one, you're dead."
Ronaldo holds the record for most Ballon d'Or nominations with 18 while Messi is the second most-nominated footballer with 15. Messi won four consecutive Ballon d'Or awards (2009 to 2012), with a fifth coming in 2015, while Ronaldo had equalled Messi's total of five with wins in 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, and 2017.
Lionel Messi says that he and Cristiano Ronaldo aren't friends because they have never played for the same team together. Messi has played for Barcelona for his entire career while Ronaldo has spent most of his with Manchester Untied and Real Madrid.
Portuguese player Ronaldo, who plays for Saudi club Al Nassr, holds the world record for most goals scored in international football. Argentinian Messi is the only other footballer to have scored more than 100 goals in UEFA club competitions – but he trumped his close rival by winning the World Cup in December.
I would have liked to play a lot more with him," the Argentine spoke, showing how eternally grateful he was to Ronaldinho. But Ronaldinho is not the best footballer that Messi has seen, or atleast, which he considers to be according to his criteria. For Leo, it was the other Ronaldo...and no, not Cristiano.
But who does Ronaldo think it's the best player ever? Following Maradona's death, a video has surfaced online of Ronaldo and his then-Manchester United teammates Rio Ferdinand and Anderson being asked this exact question. Ferdinand answered first: “For me the best player in the world ever.... Diego Maradona.”
Despite multiple run ins throughout time, Maradona and Pele had a good relationship in which they showed mutual respect.
His out of the world footballing skills make him one of the most respected and admired sportstar in the sports community. His natural playing style,breathtaking dribbling ,unselfish attitude makes other footballer like Lewanadowski,Van Persie and Zlatan and managers like Wenger,Simeone admire him over Ronaldo.
Cristiano Ronaldo has 804 goals in 1106 games in his career (0.72 goals per game). On the other hand, Lionel Messi has 759 goals in 957 games (0.79 goals per game). According to these statistics, Cristiano has scored more goals than Messi. Cristiano Ronaldo, however, has played 149 more games than Lionel Messi.
Cristiano Ronaldo doesn't believe trophies have any impact in deciding who's the best player in the world, proclaiming he's better than Barcelona superstar and Ballon d'Or rival Lionel Messi.
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Ronaldo has played in 951 matches, so 88 more matches than Messi. and he's total to 701 goals. of those 701 goals, 220 of them were match winning goals. so Messi, in his career has 186 match winning goals.
He also had time to talk about Cristiano Ronaldo, to whom he sent a wink when he forgot about him when he spoke of the best in the world: "Mbappé, Ney, Hazard, Suarez and Kun are the best". When questioned about the 'forgetting the Portuguese', Messi fixed it: "Oh, no, he was taken off the list with me".
Messi is the most unselfish player in the entire world and sometimes he'll pass the ball to a man who's in a better position to score a goal- even when he knows that he has the capacity to score and finish the game once and for all! This is the kind of player every team wants.
The Argentine has scored more World Cup goals - 13 - than his two rivals, though he's played more games. Pele hit 12 goals at the World Cup and Ronaldo has notched eight times. Pele's ratio, though, sees him come out on top again; 0.86 compared to Messi on 0.5 and Ronaldo on 0.36.
Question: Who is the richest footballer in the world in 2023? Answer: While Kylian Mbappé earned the most money of any footballer during the 2022-2023 season, the title of the richest footballer in the world, as of March 2023, goes to Faiq Bolkiah who has a net worth of a whopping USD 20 billion.
Barcelona star Lionel Messi has become football's second billionaire. After Cristiano Ronaldo previously achieved the feat, Messi has now earned $1billion in pre-tax earnings during his career, as reported by Forbes.
What we do know is that the fastest official speed ever recorded belongs to Tyreek Hill. "Cheetah" reached 23.24 mph on a kickoff return against the Texans during his rookie season.