The Bologna player praised the two icons and explained what distinguishes them. If Messi was described as “divine”, Ronaldo was hailed as someone who “revolutionized football” and is admired by many athletes.
Ronaldo and Messi will probably remain among the biggest footballers of all time. They two, they share 13 golden balls, the Portuguese by winning five and the Argentinian eight, a record. They shared the same scene for 15 years, pushing each other to push their limits and inscribing their names in the history of football for eternity.
The twilight of their career far from Europe
Ronaldo and Messi dominated world football for almost two decades, before leaving each of Europe. At 40, he is now playing in Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia, where he has already scored more than a hundred goals. It aims for a final success with Portugal at the World Cup next year, with the ambition to score 1,000 career goals.
Messi, meanwhile, “finished football” by raising the only trophy that was missing in 2022: the World Cup. After leaving Barcelona in 2021, he spent two medium-sized seasons at Paris Saint-Germain, before joining the MLS with the Inter Miami by David Beckham.
Bernardeschi explains the difference between Messi and Ronaldo
Addressing Tuttosport, Bernardeschi said: “These are two different worlds. Like Cristiano, Messi is a difficult player to understand. But they are opposite: Messi attracts the look, he does things that seem unreal, he has an aura that has no place in this world. Cristiano has another characteristic: he revolutionized football and sport in general. Messi, like (Diego) Maradona, seems divine. If today's athletes are attentive to every detail of their preparation, it is thanks to Cristiano. ”
Ronaldo could compete in the second meeting of the AFC Champions League on Wednesday evening against the Al-Zawraa Iraqi team, while Messi will be back in action against Chicago on Wednesday morning.
