The controverted comparison between Cristiano and Messi made by a Juventus rival
Mircea Lucescu, coach of Dinamo Kiev, compared Messi and Cristiano. Today, Kiev will face Juventus for round one of the UEFA Champions League.
The Champions League draw gave football lovers multiple games full of history and rivalry. Group G is shared by Juventus, FC Barcelona, which means that Cristiano Ronaldo will meet Messi for the first time since he left the Spanish league. Mircea Lucescu, coach of the Ukrainian Dynamo Kiev -which will face Juventus this afternoon for date one of Group G-, made a statement that will heat up the game against the Torino's team.
Lucescu, the oldest coach in the history of the Champions League, said that Messi is an exceptional type of player in confined spaces because of his acceleration, self-confidence, dribbling and many other virtues. As for Cristiano Ronaldo, he said that he needs the help of all his teammates.
Lucescu added that Lionel Messi can do many things by himself, while the Portuguese forward Ronaldo needs to have his teammates providing him assistance to find scoring positions, or at least by 20 meters away from the scoring zone. This points out that Messi would be a more complete player than Cristiano.
At the moment Cristiano Ronaldo will not be able to prove to Lucescu tonight if he is right since he will not be able to play due to his positive test for COVID-19. Cristiano will have to wait until the next meeting between Juventus and Kiev, which will be held in Turin. Tonight the game is set to begin at 6:55 pm Kiev time (12:55 pm Washington DC, District of Columbia).
