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Messi vs Ronaldo – The Difference in Handling Pitch Invaders
The usual depiction of Lionel Messi is of this humble, down to earth person only focused on football. Cristiano Ronaldo is usually portrayed as arrogant, self-absorbed, self-indulgent and quite busy thinking about how he is perceived by others. According to the two handling the same pitch invader in Granada matches, the opinions and prejudice might be wrong.
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Cristiano Ronaldo Will Always Be Behind Lionel Messi
Unless their careers suddenly take a very different path in the next few years, it’s safe to assume that despite Cristiano Ronaldo winning everything possible in club football and being as good as humanly possible on the football pitch, he’ll eventually be remembered as the second best player of his era, behind Lionel Messi.
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Lionel Messi, Now Also in the Spanish Dictionary
If it’s in the dictionary, it has to be true, right? It’s always amazing the spread of the Lionel Messi phenomenon reaches to. The latest installment in the growing craze around the Barcelona footballer is an inclusion of a new word in a certain Spanish dictionary, Inmessionante.
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FC Barcelona & Lionel Messi – Not Everything Lasts Forever
There’s nothing to suggest there isn’t anything cosmic about the connection between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Always the feeling that someone’s chasing someone, trying to outdo the other. Ronaldo got a raise? Messi finally signed his new contract with Barcelona.
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Lionel Messi, Suddenly a Bad Boy
Regardless of what the Real Madrid press are writing about Lionel Messi, the truth is meaningless. His persona won’t be damaged; on the contrary; seeing the Barcelona star add a little bit of venom to his act might not be such a bad thing.
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Messi vs Ronaldo – Not Even Close Anymore
The debate over who’s better – Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo, might go on for quite some time, but when it comes to official individual awards, it’s pretty much a knockout win with no room for discussion.
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Messi vs Ronaldo – Until One of Them Starts Slowing Down
A rivalry that goes beyond pure stats, goals and wins. Lionel Messi against Cristiano Ronaldo might not even exist between them in actuality but it does between fans, pundits and everyone with just the slightest opinion about football, and especially Barcelona and Real Madrid.
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FIFA Ballon d’Or – Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo or Andres Iniesta
No real surprise in the final, three-man shortlist FIFA have released regarding the potential winner of the 2012 Ballon d’Or award: Either Andres Iniesta, already the UEFA player of the year recipient and Lionel Messi from Barcelona or Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid.
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Lionel Messi Beats Cristiano Ronaldo for Another Award
It doesn’t change. Cristiano Ronaldo keeps wishing, hoping, thinking, that another year means finally some recognition from award-givers; then he gets the news, and a slap in the face? La Liga player of the year for 2011-2012? Who else, but Lionel Messi, who didn’t lead Barcelona to the league title, but set a new scoring record with 50 goals.
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Messi vs Ronaldo – Image More Important Than Skill
You’ll never convince Cristiano Ronaldo that Lionel Messi is greater than him, rightfully so. To be the best you have to believe you’re the best, no matter the facts and numbers and the overall perception of most people on the planet who watch football. The Real Madrid star, tired of losing in the Ballon d’Or every year, is doing everything he can to win votes.