6 Feb, 2017 @ 17:06
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Cristiano Ronaldo plays down rivalry with Barcelona star Lionel Messi

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ronaldo-messiCRISTIANO Ronaldo is letting go of his beef with Lionel Messi.

The Real Madrid star revealed to Chinese newspaper Dongiudi that he does not see Barcelona’s Argentine star as the enemy.

“For me, this fight doesn’t exist, you can’t compare players,” he said, “Cristiano is Cristiano and Messi is Messi. The two are great players, individually and on a collective level.”

He added: “We play in different clubs, but when we are together we respect each other, I have a normal relationship with him,” he added, “people are constantly comparing us but that’s normal.

They even compare our children, how they grow, what they do at school, up to who is faster.”

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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