Manchester United Y Paris saint germain they were close to seeing each other’s faces round of 16 Champions, which would have meant seeing the teams from Messi Y Cristiano Ronaldo facing each other. There would be the first in history in which neither of the two stars of our time belongs to a Spanish team. Regarding this, we went to the history of both to see how the history between them is.
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The first time they saw each other was in the 2007-08 season. It was the semifinals of the Champions League and Cristiano was at United, in its first stage. The Portuguese missed a penalty in the first leg (0-0) but a goal from Scholes in the return (1-0) left Messi and the Catalans without the Champions League final. That year Cristiano won his first Golden Ball.
Messi could be taken the rematch just a year later. In the final of the Champions 2009, United and Barcelona met again. Guardiola’s men reached the top of Europe with a clear victory (2-0) in which Eto’o and Messi himself scored. It was the third title of the year for the Sextete in which they astonished the world. Messi achieved in that 2009 his first Ballon d’Or.
It would be from the season 2009/2010 when this duel reached its maximum rivalry. Cristiano had just signed for the Real Madrid and his first Classic he arrived after a month off due to an ankle injury. This time, Messi was victorious (1-0) thanks to a goal from Ibrahimovic.
Since then we had 9 years of Classics in which both one and the other they were the great protagonists. In total, 31 disputed. 18 in the league, 2 in the Champions League, 5 in the Copa del Rey and 6 in the Spanish Super Cup. Both were victorious on different occasions, although the predominance was for the Argentine.
Historical moments like the double in the Champions League at the Bernabéu (0-2), Portugal’s goal in the 2011 final (0-1), the day Messi showed his shirt at the Bernabéu (2-3), when Cristiano sent calm to the Camp Nou (1-2) or the year in which the two teams drew with each other doublets of its great stars (2-2).
The last duel between the two took place last year. It was on matchday 6 of the group stage, in which the Juventus destroyed Barcelona (0-3) and left them without group leadership.
The final balance to date is 15 victories for Messi, 8 draws and 11 victories for Cristiano Ronaldo. 19 goals from Rosario and 20 from Portugal.
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