'%20x='0'%20y='0'%20height='100%25'%20width='100%25'%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20xlink%3Ahref='data:image/jpg;base64,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'%3E%3C/image%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Charitable endeavors
With great fame comes great power and with great power comes great responsibility. When one has so much financial muscle and market power, it would be a crime to not use it for the good of the less-privileged.
A google search for Cristiano Ronaldo charity or Lionel Messi charity would reveal the amount of works they have done in order to help the needy. They might be two different players and have varied personalities, but they have the same kind heart that seeks to help.
Competitiveness might set them apart, playing for two eternal rivals doesn’t bring them any closer either, but humanity is one aspect that makes them one and the same.
Insatiable hunger to win
And the biggest similarity of them all. What separates the Portuguese and the Argentine from the others, but makes them the same, is their unparalleled drive and determination to win and play a significant role in it.
In the case of both Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, this became highly apparent when they feature for their respective national teams.
These two have won numerous accolades at club level. However, on the international front, things have been barren for a long time for the both of them and their reactions to losses display some of that unmatched will to win. Both of them become highly disappointed, and furious when their team loses—displaying a savage hunger for success and victory for the teams they play in, respectively.
If it wasn’t for this craving, then these two would not have been the two best players in the world for the best part of the decade.
