If there is one eternal debate in soccer, it is that of Cristiano Ronaldo vs Lionel Messi. Both players are in the twilight of their successful careers, yet the world continues to compare them in search of the answer that no one has: which of the two is better.
This conversation has been generated among football legends, coaches and even former teammates of both players, with a former teammate of Cristiano Ronaldo, who joined some time ago and his statements came to light again.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s former teammate spoke about the comparison with Leo Messi
If there is an authoritative voice in football, it is that of Gianluigi Buffon. The goalkeeper, who won the World Cup with Italy in 2006, was a team-mate of CR7’s at Juventus and recently resurfaced a statement he made about the play of both legends in the past.
“They are two completely different players. Messi is more complete, because he starts from further back, has more technical quality and a vision of the game that is more like a playmaker than a finisher,” Buffon began to explain about Messi.
Messi is more complete, because he starts from further back, has more technical quality and a vision of the game
Regarding CR7, the former goalkeeper commented that “Cristiano Ronaldo, perhaps because he is a little older, has become a killer in the penalty area. Compared to how he was before, Ronaldo preserves his energy more, so he no longer goes out to the wing to do a nutmeg or a fancy shot, but with a ball in the box he can create a goal.”
Ronaldo vs Messi: the eternal debate
As time goes by, the debate between Cristiano and Messi seems to get bigger and bigger, and with the end of their careers closer, both become legends of a sport they dominated for years and that has everyone throwing different opinions about the impact they generated.
Messi and Ronaldo marked an era and although they are now in lower level leagues, they are still breaking records and both are preparing for what will be the last World Cup for both. Messi will be looking to win another World Cup as he did in 2022, while CR7 wants to end his career with the only major title he is missing, so this rivalry will have one more chapter.
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