Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have faced each other in a total of 35 matches with the Argentine having more wins While several footballers have swapped shirts with their opponents, Messi and Ronaldo are yet to exchange such pleasantries Messi has flaunted his collection of shirts as he posed alongside his son – the jerseys were in the background, but that of CR7 was missing
Six-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi has posed with quite a number of player shirts, but that of his rival Cristiano Ronaldo was visibly missing, GOAL reports. Messi, alongside his son Thiago, posed with shirts he had swapped with other players during the course of his career with Spanish club Barcelona.
Among the number of shirts flaunted by the Argentine legend include that of his friend Luis Suared and that of former midfield partner at Barcelona and Ivorian legend Yaya Toure.
Shirts of respected footballers including Gerard Pique, Lanzini, Sergio Aguero, Diego Milito, Angel di Maria and a host of others were well hung behind the superstar in the photo.
However that of his fiercest rival Cristiano Ronaldo was conspicuously missing as fans make frantic effort searching for Ronaldo’s short in futility. Messi and Ronaldo played against each other 35 times in all competitions for club and country. While the former Barcelona captain holds the edge with 16 wins, Ronaldo has won 10 times. Messi has 22 goals and 12 assists to Ronaldo’s 19 goals and one assist. Messi told Argentine TV channel TyC Sports via SPORTbible: “I don’t ask for shirts, I usually swap them, but I asked Zidane once. “If there is an Argentine I swap it with him, but, unless someone asks me, I’m not asking anyone.”
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