The Juventus superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo, made a scathing allusion to Lionel Messi. Ronaldo calls himself won the Champions League trophy with different clubs, while Messi is only in one team.
The Portugal national team captain succeeded in grabbing five Champions League championship titles, with details one with Manchester United and four when defending Madrid. CR7 is also the all-time top scorer in the Champions League with 126 goals.
Meanwhile, Messi won four Champions League titles with Barcelona. La Pulga is in second place in the list of all-time top scorer Champions League, which is 112 goals.
"My difference with Messi is that I played for a different team and won the Champions League," the 35-year-old said.
"I am also the top scorer in the Champions League in six consecutive seasons. There are not many players who can win the Champions League. So, I identified myself in this tournament," said Cristiano Ronaldo.
Lionel Messi is a great player.
Nevertheless, Ronaldo admitted that Messi was a great player. The 32-year-old Barcelona star won five Ballon d'Or titles, the same amount as Cristiano Ronaldo.
"Messi is an extraordinary player who is remembered, not because of the Ballon d'Or victory. But because of his career improvement from year to year, just like me," said the lover Georgina Rodriguez.
In addition, Messi also collected 10 La Liga titles with Barcelona. The Argentine also won six Copa Del Rey trophies, and three Club World Cups.
Ronaldo is not chasing money.
Furthermore, Ronaldo said, the success gained due to hard training. In his mind, Ronaldo said he wanted to achieve success not to rake in as much money as possible.
"Every time I wake up, in my head I only achieve something better, not for money. Now, thinking is about making me not short of money. What I want to get is a place in football history," Ronaldo said.
source: bola.com
