Cristiano Ronaldo vs Lionel Messi: Paulo Dybala gives his honest opinion
“Cristiano is an example to follow in training and in his daily life, you can learn a lot from him.”
SNS | New Delhi | January 14, 2019 3:51 pm
Juventus' Argentinian forward Paulo Dybala (L) celebrates with Juventus' Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo (R) (Photo: AFP)
Juventus star Paulo Dybala is one of the few players in the football history who has had the pleasure of playing with both the footballing greats of this generation — Portugal legend Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona star Lionel Messi.
Though both Ronaldo and Messi are in their thirties, the two are still performing an extraordinarily high level of football.
With their performance, the debate on who is the greatest of all time among the two also continues. And the fact that CR7, who is also Real Madrid’s all-time highest goal-scorer, moved to Juventus last summer from La Liga giants means he no longer competes directly with Messi hasn’t diluted the debate one bit.
So many current and former footballers have given their views about the duo but Paulo Dybala’s opinion is significant because he plays with both of them.
Dybala shares the Juventus dressing room with Cristiano Ronaldo and he also plays with Messi for Argentina national team.
“I am lucky enough to have Cristiano at my club and Leo in my national team,” Dybala said, per AS. “But it’s impossible to make a comparison between the two of them or say who is the best because they are at a level on a par with each other and well above everybody else and that has been the case for several years.”
Dybala added, “They are different, they have enormous influence because they can decide games on their own and because of the effect they have on the opposition.”
“Cristiano is an example to follow in training and in his daily life, you can learn a lot from him.”
Lionel Messi has been rested by Argentina ahead of their two FIFA World Cup qualifiers games which was confirmed after head coach Lionel Scaloni announced the 26-man squad on Monday.
Lionel Messi has been named the Most Valuable Player of the Major League Soccer (MLS) for the 2024 season, claiming the Landon Donovan MLS MVP title by capping off a remarkable season in which he led Inter Miami CF to unprecedented heights.
