Fabio Capello explains why Messi is better than Cristiano Ronaldo

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It does not matter that Lionel Messi y Cristiano Ronaldo They are no longer the stars of demanding European football, the rivalry between them remains intact, and many specialists speak on the subject. One of them is Fabio Capello, the renowned former footballer and coach, who recognized the Argentine as the best of the two.

On April 22, at the Laureus Awards ceremony, the Italian spoke with the media and stated: “Cristiano is a great player, he won titles, the Ballon d’Or, but as I said before… He is not great, like Messi has been”.

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Capello continued his speech saying: “If you talk to me about Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi, I’m going to tell you Messi. Ronaldo is a great scorer, he kicks, he knows how to do everything, but he is not a genius. Very simple”. Finally and with some humor he expressed: “Cristiano knows English and Messi knows football.”

The European has considered himself a fan of Leo for many years, and proof of this is that at the time when the forward was shining at FC Barcelona, and his colleague was coach of the Juventushe asked his counterpart Frank Rijkaard to have him on his team. “After 25 minutes of watching him play, I already asked Rijkaard. He said no,” he counted.

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Messi spoke many times about Cristiano, and although he recognizes that they are not friends, he expresses his constant respect for him. He also believes that the battle that the two waged for so many years in Europe was “spectacular”. “We fed off each other, because we are both very competitive and he is always about winning, winning at everything and everyone, it was a very nice time for us and for people who like football in general”he sentenced.