Soccer Legends

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In the world of soccer, there are several legends who have created a huge impact on soccer revolution but not like these two, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Both legends plays forward for their club and team. But nowadays, there is trend of comparing these guys with their skills and performance on soccer. As we know, many of their fans had taken this competition between these players to next level. It is obvious to compare two good player, but comparing them to grow enmity among soccer fans is known as a major problem. Cristiano Ronaldo, a Portuguese professional footballer, plays for Real Madrid Football Club and Portugal national team. By the age of 22, Ronaldo had received Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations. …show more content…

Often considered as the best player in the world and rated by many in the sport as the greatest of all time, Messi is the only football player in history to win the FIFA World Player of the Year/FIFA Ballon d'Or five times, four of which he won consecutively, and the first player to win three European Golden Shoes. At 22 years old, Messi won the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year award by record voting margins. He won the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship, finishing the tournament as its best player and top scorer, and an Olympic gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics …show more content…

According to Health Chesters, “The two most prominent players are the reverse however; Cristiano Ronaldo has his personal deal with Nike and Lionel Messi has his with Adidas. The irony when it comes to shirt sales for both companies, is perhaps what is most amusing in all this. The biggest selling shirts for Adidas, are those of Real Madrid bearing the name of Cristiano Ronaldo, who is personally sponsored by Nike. Meanwhile at Barcelona, it’s the same situation. Barcelona shirts bearing the name of Messi sell the most for Nike, whilst his personal sponsor is Adidas. The two sportswear giants are both ‘winning’ in some respects, whilst they also consider themselves to ‘losing’ in others”

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