Gabriel Batistuta rates Lionel Messi above Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo, and says Mauro Icardi has “more chance” of making the Argentina team than Gonzalo Higuain.
The Fiorentina legend is in Italy to promote his new film ‘The Number 9’, and he was asked about Icardi and Higuain, the Argentinian stars of Inter and Milan respectively.
“For Argentina it’s a battle between Icardi and Higuain,” Batistuta explaied at the event.
“Mauro has more chance because he’s young. I like him a lot, you don’t see him much in the match but he always scores.
“Inter fans must be happy to have him on their team.”
Another battle on a more global scale is Lionel Messi of Barcelona and Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo…
“If I could I’d have both! If I have to choose, I pick Messi. Just because he’s Argentine!
“Seriously though, Cristiano is really strong but they’re different. Messi is more involved in the play. It’s hard to compare them.
“Ronaldo has a different personality and mentality, people like him will never stop. He’ll want to score for as long as he can.”
Batigol is an Argentina legend, but today is the 58th birthday of the country’s greatest sporting hero, Diego Maradona.
“I’m sorry I didn’t get to play with him much. I don’t know if I came too late or he came too soon, but I cherish the games I did play with him.
“We had beautiful experiences and negative ones like the 1994 World Cup [where Maradona failed a drug test].
“For we Argentines Diego is football. I don’t always agree with his opinions, but I appreciate him as a player and a person because I know where he came from.”
Naimurrahmansiam
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It was hard to campare Batistuta and Crespo.Both were great.But here Messi has a lot to show which he does.And Ronaldo was very consistant but now he is he bsst player in few matches.Ronaldi seems to be losing and he at the end of the season comes back.Where Messi is consistant from the start to the end.Both are best for their roles.But as a genuine footballer Messi is better.Please don t abuse me Ronaldo fans but you can leave your opinion.I will respect it.
Divyansh26
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But is Argentinian team complete without Higuain😂😂😂😂......Just for fun
Counsellor10
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You can try to compare this two.but the truth they are the Best in football history. they are incomparable because they are aliens.
doybdmnr
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recent matches had shown that without ronaldo real Madrid has a club have fallen flat.but that is not case with Barcelona. with out messi that have dominated match. in recent time during ronaldo stay at Madrid he had no better teammates viceversa messi had neymar, Suarez etc. & so on. guys football is a team game. seeing the sides Barcelona are better.
Fatbdlu
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It was hard to campare Batistuta and Crespo.Both were great.But here Messi has a lot to show which he does.And Ronaldo was very consistant but now he is he bsst player in few matches.Ronaldi seems to be losing and he at the end of the season comes back.Where Messi is consistant from the start to the end.Both are best for their roles.But as a genuine footballer Messi is better.Please don t abuse me Ronaldo fans but you can leave your opinion.I will respect it.
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When did Ronaldo dominated la liga? 4 and 5 game against 1 or 2 teams cannot be the best player. the one who dominated league as well as gave some wonderful performance vs in CL is the best player. How many la liga ronaldo won? If u say about CL, even Alex has 2 UCL, but has 13 league titles. But he is regarded as Best Coach. League is consistent. CL is a crown for a continent. But if u can't even I'm against Normal teams in la liga but u claim to be the champions of Europe, many will be laughing. Messi is about consistency. Evenif messi fails not many contribute to goals. But Ronaldo failed in 2018 semi and final but he won the trophy. that's the difference. Where was ronaldo when messi, xavi and iniesta trio dominated spain and Europe. just because Barcelona lost the Golden days doesn't mean it will fail again. let's see if Ronaldo can Win CL. then we can conclude Ronaldo is a better player. but not better than messi
iOVO
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I agree with you but exclude the leader freekick taker and goal scorer we all know who is the real GOAT when it comes to those
Albert Einstein said that what people do not understand they call it Genius. The fact that you cannot explain what Messi does, doesn't mean you say he didn't work hard to have it. Ronaldo and Messi all had excess football giftings from God but what Messi does with his makes it difficult to associate with hard work so we want to rule the guy out. Nonetheless, we all know Ronaldo works very hard and we respect him for that.