After winning a double last night at the Camp Nou and helping Juventus defeat Barcelona (0: 3), the Portuguese sent a conciliatory message to Nemesis: "I'm sure he will say the same thing if asked. People in football are always looking for rivals to generate more excitement."
Messi and Ronaldo, last night at Camp Nou
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Messi and Ronaldo, last night at Camp Nou
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AFP
After scoring a pair last night (Tuesday) against Barcelona in Juventus' big win over the Catalans at the Camp Nou (0: 3), Cristiano Ronaldo provided a statement and said he always got along with Lionel Messi, the great Nemesis in his career and who he never saw as an enemy.
The 35-year-old Ronaldo broke a streak of 38 Barça home games at the factory without a loss when the old lady finished first at home.
It was the first meeting between Ronaldo and Messi over two years after the striker left Real Madrid in the summer of 2018 and moved to Italy.
"I always had a cordial relationship with Messi. As I said before, for 12, 14, 14 years I share awards with him. I have never seen an enemy, he always tried the best for his team and I tried the best for my team," he said. The Portuguese.
"I'm sure he will say the same thing if asked. People in football are always looking for rivals to produce more excitement," he added.
Professionally, Barcelona are worried about another fallen display that continues the line from the beginning of the year.
Antoine Griezmann mourned the defeat and said after the game: We did not get to the game today.
We lacked everything today: a desire to run, an attitude, a defense, the most was bad.
Only we are to blame for those who play.
We know how to work hard and that is what we need to do to move forward.
I do not want to look for excuses.
There is a game on Sunday and we have to win it. "