A decade ago, the controversy between the fans of the witch round about the best between the two Argentine stars, Lionel Messi and Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo does not stop, but what is the opinion of 12 stars who played next to the two and got to know them closely through their participation in playing in one team? 

Luiz de Sousa (Deco)
played in the midfield alongside Messi during the beginnings of the Argentine star in Barcelona, ​​also played with Ronaldo in the Portuguese national team.

Deco tried to avoid choosing one of them by saying they were the greatest in football, but preferred Ronaldinho, who also played next to him in Barcelona, ​​to everyone.

Angel de Maria
played the Paris Saint-Germain winger with Ronaldo at Real Madrid, where he won the Champions League title in 2014, and he played with Messi in the Argentine national team.

Angel Di Maria has played with so many legends 🌟 pic.twitter.com/qLLVeoZqCH

- B / R Football (@brfootball) February 12, 2020

Di Maria underscored that Messi is undoubtedly the best in the world. He said, "When I become old, I will tell my grandchildren with bedtime stories about the time I won the Champions League, and I hope to win the World Cup to join my stories, but most of all I will tell them that Their grandfather was playing with Lionel Messi. "

Paulo Dybala
Dybala, Ronaldo's fellow Juventus and companion Messi in the Argentine team, refused to prefer one to the other, and responded diplomatically, saying: "It is impossible to make a comparison between them or say who is the best ... They are equal with each other, but they have been ahead of everyone for several years."

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- Paulo Dybala (@PauDybala_JR) January 19, 2020

Gabriel Heinz
played the Argentine left-back with Ronaldo in Manchester United and Messi in his national team, and in 2016 he indicated his admiration for his fellow citizens from all sides, especially his calm life, but he stressed that the Portuguese star is the best from his point of view.

Ezekiel Gray
preferred his Argentine teammate Messi to Ronaldo, who has played with him for only two years at Real Madrid, and said, "When people ask me who is the best player ever, I say: Leo, since the first time I saw him with the Argentine national team under 15 years to this day He still amazes me at his endless performance. "

Gonzalo Higuain
is currently playing alongside Ronaldo at Juventus also played with him at Real Madrid for several years also, along with his participation Messi Argentina shirt, and one of the most players know and closer to the two stars, so it has not been decided , one advantage over the other.

"I had enjoyed playing alongside Ronaldo before (at Real Madrid), and I'm glad we got back together (at Juventus)," Higuain said.

But he considered playing next to Messi an honor, and said, "Whenever (Messi) gets the ball, you stand on your toes because you know that at any moment he can give you a great ball, and he does things that the attacker can expect, but the defender cannot."

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- Gonzalo Higuaín (@G_Higuain) May 31, 2018

Fernando Gago
preferred his Argentine team-mate, Gago, over Ronaldo, with whom he played only two seasons at Real Madrid, and said, "I love the way he (Messi) plays .. He is better than I have seen in my life."

Andre Gomez
rejected the Everton midfielder who played for two seasons next to Messi in Barcelona, ​​and played years with Ronaldo in the Portuguese national team, preferring one over the other, saying only about them without saying, "He is very serious about the responsibility of leading our country, and he has a great spirit, and he is a great example." for all of us".

"Everyone knows that Messi is very special ... He does things that you cannot explain, because he can invent something new every day," he said of the Barcelona captain.

Henrik Larson
won the Swedish legend Champions League with Barcelona when Messi was in his infancy during the 2005-2006 season, and also participated in 13 games alongside Ronaldo during his loan period to Manchester United in 2007.

Larson took advantage of Messi, saying that "Cristiano is unlucky because he coincided with Messi ... he is a very good player, but Messi is better ... he is out of this world."

Gerard Pique
played the Spanish defender with Ronaldo early in his career with Manchester United who joined him in 2004, but his presence in Old Trafford lasted only two seasons, after which he was loaned to Zaragoza, before Messi joined from 2008 until now in Barcelona.

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- Gerard Piqué | HQ (@ 3gerardpiqueHQ) December 20, 2018

Of course Pique chose his current colleague and friend in Barcelona and said that "Cristiano is a hardworking player who always wants to improve .. I always say that Messi has some talent that no one has ... It seems to me that he is not a human being, but (Ronaldo) is the best human."

Nelson Simedo
accompanied Messi, his colleague Messi, in Barcelona's victory in the League in the last two seasons.

Carlos Tevez
Zamil Tevez Ronaldo has been in Manchester United for some years loaded with tournaments, but Messi has accompanied for years longer in the national teams in Argentina, and preferred to get out of a dilemma preferring one of them by indicating that Don is his biggest concern is training either on the field or gym, while the flea differs from that It is normal for him to score three goals at any time in the match.

The result seems settled by the opinions of 12 players in favor of the Argentine star, as six of them preferred not to be decided between the two stars, five players preferred Messi, and only one player preferred Ronaldo. The arc has remained open for comparisons between the two best phenomena in the world for at least the last decade.