{"id":1050694,"date":"2019-10-12T12:00:48","date_gmt":"2019-10-12T16:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1050694"},"modified":"2019-10-12T12:00:49","modified_gmt":"2019-10-12T16:00:49","slug":"lionel-messis-1-regret-about-his-rivalry-with-cristiano-ronaldo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/lionel-messis-1-regret-about-his-rivalry-with-cristiano-ronaldo\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi's 1 Regret About His Rivalry With Cristiano Ronaldo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In sports, a rivalry occupies a strange role. While there's generally a mutual dislike\u2014think of the New York Yankees-Boston Red Sox<\/a> brawl\u2014both parties also tend to respect each other. Your desire to beat your rival helps push you to be your best. And, when it comes to soccer rivalries, there's no better match-up than Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For all of their individual success<\/a>, however, Messi and Ronaldo are both humans. The Argentine, in fact, recently admitted that he has one regret about their on-field rivalry<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in La Liga<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5vipTxyEW3E\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

While neither Messi nor Ronaldo is Spanish, the pair frequently faced off in La Liga. The Argentine winger moved to Barcelona<\/a> as a boy and passed through the Catalan club's famous La Masia academy, making first-team debut in 2004. Ronaldo grew up in Portugal, before developing into a star Manchester United and transferring to Real Madrid in 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Spain, both players shone in their own unique ways, with Ronaldo favoring sheer athleticism and Messi preferring delicate dribbling and tiny moments of magic. Their individual skills, combined with the sheer talent that Barcelona and Real Madrid could surround them with, translated into dominance; since the 2004-2005 season, the two clubs captured 14 out of 15 La Liga titles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Messi vs. Ronaldo in El Clasico <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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