Ronaldo on his relationship with Messi: I have never considered him a rival
Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo considered that the Argentine Lionel Messi was never an opponent of him, after scoring a double that contributed to the top of his Italian team Juventus at the expense of Barcelona yesterday at the end of the group stage of the Champions League in football.
Ronaldo said after the match in which Juventus won 3-0 at Barcelona, which is a result that allows him to lead the group by two direct confrontations after losing the "old lady" in one go with two goals, "I had a friendly relationship with him always, sharing the awards with us for 12 or 13 years. I did not consider him a rival." Lee, but always behaved well with him. "
The two players excellently dominated the Golden Ball award for the best player in the world in recent years, as Messi won it 6 times and Ronaldo 5 times.
The 35-year-old, who faced Messi several times while the Portuguese was at Real Madrid, added, "We know that in football we would love to create a rival for the show. But for me, it is no different. Barcelona is going through a difficult period, but Barcelona remains." ".
Ronaldo scored his two penalties and added the young American, Stone McKinney, the third from a beautiful acrobatic ball from inside the area.
Ronaldo added, "We are happy. We knew the mission was almost impossible. It was complicated but we played well. The key was to start the match well, and from this point we saw that things are possible."
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