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In an interview that year, Messi was quoted as saying that "Cristiano Ronaldo is an extraordinary player and it would be brilliant to be in the same team as him." [ 18 ] [ 19 ] They first played in a game against each other when Manchester United were drawn to play Barcelona in the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League semi-finals and were ...
It was Cristiano Ronaldo versus Lionel Messi, Chapter 37, and it was eventful, perhaps even fun, but the most preposterous part was simply that it happened — in sportswashed Saudi Arabia.
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo could resume their longstanding rivalry in a tournament being staged in Saudi Arabia in February. Organizers of the Riyadh Season Cup said Tuesday that Messi’s ...
The all-time soccer greats did not make the men's world team of the year organized by global players’ union FIFPRO on Monday. The 37-year-old Messi, who plays for MLS side Inter Miami, and the ...
Cristiano Ronaldo Ronaldo playing for Al Nassr in 2023 Personal information Full name Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro Date of birth (1985-02-05) 5 February 1985 (age 39) Place of birth Funchal, Madeira, Portugal Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Position(s) Forward Team information Current team Al Nassr Number 7 Youth career 1992–1995 Andorinha 1995–1997 Nacional 1997–2002 Sporting CP Senior ...
This season also saw Lionel Messi score a record 50 league goals in 37 games. Behind Messi was Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored 46 goals; the pair's combined tally of 96 goals was the most ever by two players playing in the same major European league in the same season.
Messi and Ronaldo have since departed the elite level of the club game as they reached the end of their careers, with Messi now playing for Inter Miami in the United States and Ronaldo joining Al ...
During the 2004–05 season, Lionel Messi was a guaranteed starter for the Barcelona B team, playing 17 games throughout the campaign and scoring on six occasions. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] Since his debut in the friendly the previous November, he had not been called up to the first team again, but in October 2004, the senior players asked manager Frank ...