Though it’s hard to really conclude who the better player is between the two, it’s always vital whenever a soccer great makes his own comparison. That’s what three-time Ballon d’Or winner Marco van Basten did in a recent interview with Corriere della Sera. According to van Basten, Ronlado is a great player but Messi is “unrepeatable” and those fans who think Ronaldo is better than Messi “don’t understand the sport.”
“Ronaldo is a great player. But those who claim that he is stronger than Messi do not understand football or are in bad faith,” van Basten said. “Messi is unique. Inimitable and unrepeatable. Like him, one every fifty years. As a child, he fell into the pot of the football genius,” he added. For the record, Messi and Ronaldo are still the best players given their age. As soon as they approached the new decade, “CR7” and “Leo” broke multiple records and have continued to rival against each other.
