TV presenter and sports journalist Piers Morgan compared Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. In his opinion, the Portuguese is the greatest football player of all time.
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo"Messi is incredible at this World Cup. He is one of the best players in the history of football. But the question is, is it the best? I will always defend Ronaldo very passionately in this matter. I believe that Cristiano deserves this title. One World Cup does not make Messi the greatest player of all time. Moreover, he has not yet won it.
When you look at Ronaldo and Messi's stats, it's important to remember that Leo has been out of his comfort zone at Barcelona for 17 years, while Cristiano has won titles in four different countries, including three competitive world leagues. He could have stayed at Real Madrid, but he broke out of his comfort zone to face new challenges. Messi was surrounded by great players all the time, while Ronaldo had to pull almost single-handedly.
It begs the question: if you stay at Barcelona for most of your career and then move to PSG, a dominant club in the league, are you really better than someone who has won championships in three competitive leagues? I'm not sure.
I believe that Maradona is the greatest Argentine football player. Even among Argentines, Messi did not acquire the status of the best. If you look at career goals, goals in the Champions League, then Ronaldo is far ahead. He is better "on the second floor", works better with two legs. Although Messi has a lifeline - his left foot. I can list a long list of arguments that prove that Ronaldo is the best football player of all time and Messi is the second greatest football player from Argentina," talkSPORT quoted Morgan as saying.
