'I won the World Cup and Champions League – it's clear who is better Messi or Ronaldo'

One of Brazil's erstwhile World Cup heroes thinks helium knows the reply successful the eternal conflict betwixt who is amended - Manchester United icon Cristiano Ronaldo oregon Barcelona fable Lionel Messi

Lionel Messi is amended than Cristiano Ronaldo, according to iconic Brazilian ace Rivaldo.

The immemorial clash betwixt the 2 starring stars of the 21st period has divided opinions for nigh connected a decade, arsenic fans of the beauteous crippled disagree implicit who is the top betwixt the diminutive Argentinian and the towering Portuguese powerhouse.

Some point to goals, others to accolades, but successful the eyes of idiosyncratic who has played to the highest level - having won the World Cup with his state and the Champions League with AC Milan successful 2003 - it is the South American who prevails.

Rivaldo cited Messi's quality to 'make differences' during games arsenic the cardinal diagnostic that made him the champion successful the world and stressed his privation that helium could person 1 time played connected the aforesaid broadside arsenic the 37-year-old.

The Brazilian archetypal chimed successful connected the eternal substance during a 2017 interrogation with Betfair, simply claiming: “I would similar to play with Messi. It would beryllium amazing. He is the champion of the world, the 1 who makes much differences."

Rivaldo reiterated precise intelligibly wherever helium stood connected the substance successful 2019, stating aft Barcelona 's 3-0 Champions League triumph implicit Liverpool: "I don't deliberation Barcelona volition ever person a subordinate similar Messi successful its history. He is unsocial and the champion subordinate successful the world."

The Brazilian besides predicted that Messi would cod a cleanable expanse of each the apical idiosyncratic accolades that year, adding: "Honestly, I bash not spot anyone this play susceptible of overshadowing him to triumph the idiosyncratic awards for champion subordinate connected the planet. And we are lone successful May!”

“But he's going to triumph everything: Ballon d'Or, FIFA World Player..." Those prophecies came existent and further established the superstar arsenic the world's champion during his reign.

That is not to accidental that Rivaldo holds immoderate disdain for Messi’s other number, Ronaldo. In 2017, helium besides acknowledged that the large Portuguese guardant is among the finest the crippled has ever seen.

"Ronaldo? He is the astir unsafe subordinate astatine Real. It's hard to halt him, similar Messi,” Rivaldo added. “This is due to the fact that some people a batch of goals, and you ne'er cognize what is going to beryllium the adjacent happening they volition invent for scoring."

Despite holding the brace successful specified precocious regard, Rivaldo did further admit that helium feels arsenic though the crops of endowment that accompanied Messi and Ronaldo astatine their peaks could not basal up to those who strutted their worldly during the Brazilian's clip astatine the top.

"I'll conscionable accidental that some are precise bully players,” helium continued. "However, successful my clip you could find much prime players than contiguous (2017), successful which you lone perceive astir Messi, Ronaldo and Neymar."

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