The Portuguese didn’t make it into the GOAL 50 for the first time – so is the 38-year-old finished?
Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi – Luis Figo once said it was like being asked to choose between truffles and caviar. For the former Portugal captain, it’s actually just a matter of taste.
Whether one prefers the physically perfect figure that is Ronaldo, the relentless goal-scoring machine who looks as if he was created in a laboratory, but is, in reality, a living, breathing creature who is truly superior to the average human being. ?
Or Messi, an angel-like figure blessed with a heavenly talent that allows him not only to play the beautiful game but also to control it, meaning that every time he steps foot on the pitch, the seemingly impossible becomes not only possible – but possible?
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It’s a debate that has divided many football fans for nearly two decades. But is the end of an era near? Is Ronaldo’s time at the top finally coming to an end?
