Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are considered to be the greatest players in 21st century football history. The pair have won countless team trophies and individual honours. They also spent nine seasons in the prime of their careers facing off regularly against each other,

Lionel Messi has admitted that he has no friendship with longstanding career adversary Cristiano Ronaldo but has revealed the “respect and admiration” he holds for the Portuguese superstar. Largely considered the runaway candidates for the tag of greatest of all-time,

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have spent the last 20 years tearing through defences and rewriting football history. Between them, they’ve scored over 1,500 goals, won dozens of trophies, and faced just about every top player of their era.