Ronaldo and Messi's Impact on Each Other

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position as to how he feels about staying with a Portuguese team and in whatever

capacity is also looking at Messi's longevity.

Mm-hmm.

Because Messi goes on to win the World Cup finally, so then that puts more pressure

on Ronaldo. Messi comes to MLS and boom, he can't stop scoring goals, and

he's still playing.

Ronaldo also can't stop scoring goals in Saudi, just FYI.

That's true. That's true. You're right.

Yeah.

But then Messi also goes and has another great World Cup this year,

something that

we also didn't expect.

Yeah.

How much do you think that that plays into how Ronaldo

is attacking these next

couple years?

I, I think it affects the recency bias on how

we perceive Ronaldo.

I think there's a lot of kids who didn't live that era, that golden era.

I don't think I'll ever see something like that ever again in my lifetime.

Ronaldo, Messi, Real Madrid, Barca going head-to-head,

and they made each other better-

Mm

... competing one against the other, which was unbelievable.

Oh, self-admittedly, they both said that going head-to-head made each other

better.

I don't think he sat there thinking, "I've gotta play on because Messi did."

No.

I think they are p- perhaps lo-

But it's motivating him to want more

... not necessarily. Perhaps he's like- they are like-minded in wanting to play

and

also he might see, not because it's Messi, but he might see that this is the other

guy who's at the same level as me who played on till late, so why not?

Mm.

So it might not... It, it might... L- this is all guesswork anyway, isn't it?

It might not be as direct as all Messi did it, I gotta do it as well,

but he, he would certainly be aware of-

I think Ronaldo feels it in him. "I can still give to this game."

Exactly. Exactly.

"I mean, why am I walking away now?"

Which he can 'cause the goals he's scoring.

He's gonna be 43 at the Euros.

I, I don't th- I think this is maybe the final swan song in the

Nations

League. I, I can't see him continuing until the

Euros.

I think, you know, he, he's not ready to finish now,

but surely a 40...

Uh, whatever physical specimen that he is, and he is just extraordinary, on another

planet. I don't think we've ever seen anyone keep

himself in such good shape-

Mm

... for so long, but 43?

Hey, yeah. It wasn't the answer she was looking for. Hey, yeah.

Hey. Hey, yeah. The team bruised her ego. Hey, yeah.

She was, she was looking for that answer that will say, "Oh, it

was Messi that was

pushing Ronaldo. Oh, it was Messi that is leaving refuel." Hey,

yeah. Hey. See how this man schooled her.

The team pain her. So they, if them talk, talk, talk, she go want try

tweak the team. "No, but, but, but, but, but Messi has gone to the

World Cup. Uh, Messi has... Messi had a good World Cup.

Messi went Inter Miami and can't stop scoring goal." The guy told

her, "But Ronaldo

has been scoring goal at Al-Nasr." "Oh," she said, "yes, but, uh, he had a good

World Cup." Uh, hey, yeah. This one pain

you.

I've told you look at what they do on the media.

You sat down to speak about Ronaldo and Messi, and you are

asking if what Messi is doing is affecting

Ronaldo, why Ronaldo is still playing.

First of all, Ronaldo started playing before Messi,

and Ronaldo is still playing

after Messi. Ronaldo is not... When Ronaldo is going to retire,

he will retire.

He's not here to bruise your ego. He's not here to say, "Oh,

I will retire and I'll

come back to football." Ronaldo no do that kind thing. Hey, yeah. Ah.

This one pain you. This one pain you.