Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are rivals on the pitch in the eyes of soccer fans around the world as the two men battle for the title of the best. But that rivalry is just in the eys of the fans and media, because Lionel Messi says he doesn’t compete against Ronaldo.
“These are things that people say. I don’t compete with Cristiano and I suppose he would not compete with me,” Messi said in an interview with Guillem Balague on Yahoo.com.
“What I want is the very best for my teams, and that’s what I am working for.”
That might be true to Messi personally, or at least only what he is willing to publicly admit, but the two are undoubtedly still linked. There is even a Wikipedia page dedicated to their rivalry.
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