FOOTBALL MATTERS:MY RIVALRY WITH MESSI HAS ‘ONLY JUST BEGUN’- RONALDO
My rivalry with Messi has ‘only
just begun’- Ronaldo
2017/10/24 12:14:
Real Madrid and Portugal
forward, Cristiano Ronaldo
believes his personal rivalry with
Lionel Messi ‘has only just begun’
after lifting FIFA’s The Best title
for 2017.
Ronaldo defended the award he
also won last year, staving off
competition from Barcelona and
Argentinian forward, Lionel
Messi and PSG and Brazilian star,
Neymar.
He will hope to successfully retain
his Ballon d’Or title later this year
over his Barcelona counterpart,
but believes their rivalry, which
has lasted over 10 years, had just
begun.
“It is not finished yet, it has only
just begun,” Ronaldo told
reporters when asked if his
rivalry with Messi was over.
“I don’t compete with Leo, he is a
player who I am with in the same
era.
“He won five times and I have
won five times too as the best
individual player in the world, so
it is what it is.
“Obviously I am happy because I
am playing for the best club in
the world and I have had the
opportunity to demonstrate that I
can play at a very high level over
the years.
“I am still doing very well, I am
relaxed and at this moment, I
have to enjoy this.”
The winner of the 2017 edition of
the Ballon d’Or will be revealed
- on December 6, 2017.
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