Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo remain the biggest figures in the football world. The two superstars have been pitted against each other for more than a decade now.
With the duo still determined to outpace each other, old comments from Bayern Munich midfielder Joshua Kimmich comparing them have resurfaced online.
His comments came prior to the Champions League semi-final first leg clash between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid in 2018. Joshua Kimmich, who was preparing to come up against Cristiano Ronaldo at the time, spent a few minutes comparing the Portuguese superstar to his eternal rival Lionel Messi.
The German midfielder stated that the two legendary footballers have different playing styles while presenting Ronaldo as a more complete player.
"When it comes to goal quotas, Ronaldo is in the lead," he told Bild. "Especially with regards to the goals in the Champions League. Messi is a completely different type of player. Ronaldo is perhaps more complete in terms of skills themselves."
The Bayern Munich midfielder, however, refused to comment on who is better between the duo. Instead, he expressed gratitude for having the opportunity to witness the greatness of the two players.
He continued:
"Messi is more of a dribbler, Ronaldo the final player. I cannot say this one or that one [is better]. I am glad that I am allowed to witness both.
"Such a player as Ronaldo, you can only turn off as a whole team anyway. He is a goal machine, which has an insane goal quota. We have to make sure that he cannot continue his run," the German added.
How Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo fared last season
The 2021-22 campaign wasn't the best for the two superstars but they still managed to conclude with some positives. Lionel Messi, despite his slow start to life at Paris Saint-Germain, managed to bag 11 goals and 15 assists across all competitions and also claimed the Ligue 1 title.
Cristiano Ronaldo endured a trophyless spell at Manchester United. However, the Portuguese still proved his worth by recording 24 goals and three assists to his name in 38 games across competitions. He also won the Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year award at United for his performances last season.
yoaiklnot
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No need of discussion.
SserunjojiJohnjovan
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I can only say, Kimmich made it clear, That ronaldo is better than Messi. By mentioning Ronaldo's name two times in his statement while messi one! Even a baby can witness that. Ronaldo π π
Hazdeiotz
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TapanAjmera
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things you should learn about messi..last 7 years... 1. he is god in spain... 2. he struggle in away matches out of spain against quality sides.. 3. he struggle to perform in k.o matches and fail most often than not in away k.o matches... 4. he has record of scoring and assisting most against bottom 5 clubs of any league.. 5. he never miss match against bottom 5 team..never rest against them and give young player chance against them..in past 7 years he play most matches against bottom 5 club than any top class football he is leading with good margin.. 6..the peaked in grp stage of any tournament whether it is copa america or ucl..he have most copa grp stage goals..he have most ucl grp stage goals..but he is no way close being most goals in k.o matches.. 7. he is most expensive player in history of football..where ever he play he charge tonnes of money and always sign small contract not long term..in barca he try to sign 1 year contract and rise his salary next time whenever contract go to renewal..yeah he earn handsome money to club but as per rules of financial fair play in 1 particular year teams are not allow pay more than an certain amount of salary to all player in a team..if messi was in your side that quota is already 25-30% done.. 8.he humiliate bottom teams people also call him eiber man and those people have good reason...eiber man means he humiliate bottom sides not just eiber.. 9..messi fans are blind think his states are awesome but they never knew what is his away goal record against big sides lowest among top quality players.. 10th the last one..guy not able to score against top countries in big tournament..he play 6-7 copa,4 wc i guess still have only 1 goal against top 20 country till now...but he humiliate weak counties...and he is frndly man always perform good in frndlies.. if any of his fan think otherwise than prove me wrong... i am talking about last 7 years read than comment..
yoaiklnot
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I can only say, Kimmich made it clear, That ronaldo is better than Messi. By mentioning Ronaldo's name two times in his statement while messi one! Even a baby can witness that. Ronaldo π π
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