Posted on: 02:46 Fri, 04 Mar 2016



Lionel Messi has admitted there’s
mutual respect between himself and
Cristiano Ronaldo. As the battle for
supremacy among the planet’s two
best footballers continues, the
Argentine says Ronaldo isn’t his
friend.

Ronaldo and Messi have each
shared the Ballon D’or Award since
2007 and both superstar footballers
play for Spain’s two most powerful
clubs Real Madrid and Barcelona,
leading to suggestions of intense
rivalry between the pair.

But speaking to Argentine
newspaper El Grafico, Messi said
it’s only mutual respect that exists
between them not hate or love.

“We are professionals that defend
our teams, and rivals in this game,
nothing more than that. Sometimes
it happens that we win or that we
lose. There has always been respect
and nothing more.”

However, the Barcelona star made
it clear that his ambitions rest on
more silverware, not individual
prizes.

“I prefer to win something with the
national team,” he said. “I am not
interested in records. They are
there, but that does not make you
win titles.”