Asked by Argentine television, Lionel Messi has notably said he regretted the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo.
Lionel Messi said he regretted the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo.

 When Lionel Messi speaks, everyone listens. Rather discreet in the media, the Argentinian spoke at length in an interview with Fox Sports. The Pulga evoked all the subjects without taboo, and inevitably, a question on Cristiano Ronaldo was put to him. For ten years now, both men have been racing for records. A rivalry that has slightly taken the lead in the wing since the two monsters no longer evolve in the same championship, but remains present in the minds.
A departure of the Portuguese who has inevitably hurt Real Madrid, as explained well Lionel Messi. "When the season started, I talked about it, but in Madrid they got pissed off. It's the truth, how does someone who scores 50 goals per season not go to the team? It happened in Madrid as it would have happened to any other team that Ronaldo would have left, "said the five-fold Golden Ball.

"We do not really know each other"


"Obviously he's missing out on La Liga, because the fact that the best are here makes the competition more competitive, and it was really good that he was there, because we were trying to outdo ourselves every year, and I think it made us better. [...] In truth, we do not really know each other, we know each other by crossing each other in matches or ceremonies, "he added, confirming this theory that the two men were better when they they were elbow-to-elbow on the Spanish lawns.

In spite of a less marked rivalry than when both were playing for the enemy brothers of the Spanish football, the fans of football continue however to compare them incessantly. And everyone asks the same question: when will a new face-to-face meeting between the Argentinian and the Portuguese? More than wait for the draw of the next edition of the Champions League to find out ...