Ronaldo in friendship mood, welcomes dinner with Messi
Super footballer, Cristiano Ronaldo, seems to have shamed the bitter rivalry that many fans of his and those of his iconic ‘rival’, Lionel Messi nurture.
He has hailed Messi as a positive rival, who has immensely contributed to his becoming a success.
He said they had never had an opportunity to have a dinner together but he (Ronaldo) hopes that happen.
“We’ve never had dinner together but I don’t see why we can’t in the future. I don’t see a problem with that,” he said in an interview. “I have no doubt that Messi has made me a better player and vice-versa,’ he told Portuguese channel TV1. When I am winning trophies it must sting him and it’s the same for me when he wins.”
“I really admire the career he [Messi] has had and from his side, he has already talked of the disappointment when I left Spain because it was a rivalry that he appreciated.
It’s a good rivalry but it’s not unique – Michael Jordan had rivalries in basketball, there was Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost in Formula 1. The thing they all had in common is that they were healthy rivalries.
