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Reuters
Soccer fans eagerly await the renewed rivalry between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as the two teams face Barcelona and Juventus in the group stage of the Champions League on Tuesday.
Messi and Ronaldo are the undisputed best players of their generation, with together they won 11 Ballon d’Or between 2008 and 2020, as well as being the top two scorers on the Champions League list throughout history.
And if they participate in tomorrow’s game, this will be the first meeting between them since Ronaldo moved from Real Madrid to Juventus in 2018.
The “Classic” match between Barcelona and Real Madrid on the one hand, and between Messi and Ronaldo on the other, became a special and important occasion for football fans during Ronaldo’s defense of the Real Madrid colors.
However, since Ronaldo’s departure from Madrid, the match lost some of its shine, making the football world eager to face the pair again.
Those hopes were dashed during the first meeting between Juventus and Barcelona, in the group stage of this season’s Champions League, when Ronaldo missed the match in which “Barça” won 2-0 in Turin. , as it was confirmed that he was infected with the new Corona virus, so Messi hijacked the lights alone and scored a kick goal A penalty, but they may face tomorrow if it weren’t for Barcelona coach Ronaldo Koeman , a different opinion.
The Spanish media do not rule out that Koeman excludes his star and captain Messi from facing Juventus to give him rest, similar to what happened in the last two days, against Dynamo in Kiev, Ukraine, and the Hungarian Frenkvarozy, in which he won the “Barça”, with a score of 4-0 and 3-0. Respectively.
And this may be the last chance to face the two stars, as they are in the final stage of their football career, if Ronaldo turns 35, compared to Messi’s 33.
Source: RT + AFP
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