At the beginning of the century, the one that for many began, it is the greatest rivalry of the history of football and perhaps of sport in general, we are talking about the duel between Cristiano Ronaldo y Lionel Messi. The Portuguese would take the first step of the hegemony between them, after winning the Golden Ball in 2008 with the Manchester Unitedfrom then on, they would be distributed over the years, but not only the individual awards, In the collective sphere, their teams were always at the top, with Champions, Leagues, titles with the National Team …
Happiness in Arabia
Now the two are at the occasion of their careers. After his departure from Real Madrid, The 'bug' has gone through two great teams, as they are Juventus y Manchester United (again), before reaching Saudi football, more specifically to Al nassr. Here is the undisputed captain and the best paid player in the squad, with them he has only achieved the Arab Cup of Champions in 2023apart from being appointed Best 2024 player In Arabia and have more than on track the 'Pichichi' league this campaign.
The Portuguese had several occasions in the final minutes in front of the kawasaki
But The Asian Champions is resisting To the fullest European scorer, since with the defeat of yesterday, it is two years in a row that has fallen eliminated from this competition. In 2024 he fell on the quarterfinals before the Ain, a batch caused by him after marking in the 118', but it couldn't be. On this occasion, it could not be, since it fell to him Kawasaki front 2-3, In a game where he had several whites, but he couldn't score goal.
The American dream
In August 2021 one of the saddest news for the culés would occur, Lionel Messi left FC Barcelona. In tears, the Argentine had to say goodbye to what was his fans since he was a child. Then he had to put towards Pariswhere he would meet his great friend Neymar. There he got several local titles, but the most exciting for him was sure that he was achieved with his selection at this stage, the World Cup 2022 in Qatar.
The Argentine star has spoken in an interview in 'Simply Soccer'
In the summer of 2023the Argentine star decided to ambitious project by David Beckham, Here he met again with other big names and friends: Luis Suárez, Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets and Javier Mascherano, as the latter coach. With Inter de Miami has already achieved two titles, apart from the appointment as MVP last season, but With the Champions, he could not. Last year in Quarters against Mexican Monterrey with a global 5-2, and this against Vancouver in Semis, with a painful 5-1 Between round trip.
Someday I had to finish …
The kings of a generation have an age that suggests that their retirement is closer than ever, Cristiano with 40 and Messi with 37. Both are the captains of their team and the best paid players in them, but of course, out of European football, that is to say, Far from the best clubs in the world.
Total chance, Last year the two fell into the quarterfinals of the Champions of their continent and this, in Semis. It seems that the fate of these two legends will be linked until the day of their retreats. They have not yet played any game together for the approval of football fans, but proposals have not lacked. We will see until they can last, for the moment, let's continue enjoying their football.
Basketball legends also fall
If we talked about the greatest rivalry of the king sport, we also have to talk about the duel Lebron-Curryconfrontation that motivated an entire generation, and that yesterday, April 30, 2024 (different depending on the time zone), The Lakers said goodbye to the NBA ring after falling 4-1 in the series against the Timberwolves.
For its part, the Warriors They also fell, in this case against the Rocketsalthough they head the series with a 3-2. But Sport whims, yesterday two basketball legends and two football icons, The best for some, had to lose their matches and possibilities of getting a major title.
