Cristiano Ronaldo: strong phrase about his rivalry with Lionel Messi and who is his great idol
The Portuguese legend talked about his historical rivalry with the Argentinian and revealed who is his role model.
Cristiano Ronaldo is at the end of an incredible professional career. The Portuguese is far away from retirement as his physical is still perfect, but his 35 years old make us think that soon he will arrive to the end. The attacker is currently in a great form at Juventus, where he scored 14 goals after 11 games played so far this season.
Cristiano talked about his rivalry with Messi and cleared that the possibility to confront with such a player made both better during all their careers. The two attackers are historical rivals, but despite what the press tried to install many times the relationship they have is good.
When the Portuguese was at Real Madrid and his team played against FC Barcelona, they made incredible duels that make everyone thought that they hated each other, when the reality was different. CR7 also talked about the fact of him being 35 years old and about the possibility of retirement.
Cristiano said that his role model is Roger Federer, the tennis player who is 39 years old and continues being one of the best one in the world. As he explained, physical health is not the only one necessary, but also having things clear in the head, working the motivation and experience.
