Lionel Messi's unprecedented words about his rivalry with Cristiano Ronaldo

One of the most viral news was not that Lionel Messi would win the Ballon d'Or, well, that was already known, however, Lionel Messi's speech was what gave the most content, since his phrases touched on many interesting topics, such as his rivalry with Cristiano Ronaldo.

"A long time ago I stopped thinking about the Ballon d'Or, it was never a priority for me, much less now that I have achieved everything in my career and am at another point in my life, this is going to be the last Ballon d'Or and I am happy to have achieved everything I achieved and to be the player who has eight Ballon d'Ors and nothing, happy."

"It was always a very nice 'battle' in sports, we mutually 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 the people who like football in general."

What else did Lionel Messi say?

"What we did for so long has a lot of merit, as they say, it's easy to get there, it's difficult to stay, we were at the top for 10-15 years and it was something very difficult to sustain and it was spectacular."