5 reasons why the Messi-Ronaldo debate is pointless

#1 We should cherish our good fortunes

FIFA World Player of the Year Gala — We are lucky to witness these two play

This is what we should really be doing. Our fathers can claim that they saw Diego Maradona at his brilliant best for Napoli and Argentina. Our grandfathers can brag about witnessing the majestic ability of Pele to make football look like the easiest sport.

However, our generation is the only one that can, without any hesitation, say that they saw two players of the same caliber play simultaneously.

No other generation had two players being levels above the rest as Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are. The fact that the duo have dominated the proceedings in the last 10 Ballon d’Or events says a lot about the superiority that they have, thus far, enjoyed over the others.

And we should be glad that we got to witness two players of Maradona and Pele’s calibre at the same time.

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His work has also featured on Goal and he has also edited a book. Currently, he works as a freelance writer who aspires to become a data scientist in the field of sports.

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