Barcelona star Lionel Messi has declared that he is not obsessed with outdoing great rival Cristiano Ronaldo, the Real Madrid superstar.
Both players scored in this week’s friendly between Messi’s Argentina and Ronaldo’s Portugal.
“This wasn’t a game between Barcelona and Real Madrid or between Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo,” said Messi.
“We don’t compete with each other to see who is the better player, we do so for the benefit of our teams.
“I asked to play the 90 minutes tonight [Wednesday] and as I normally take penalties I did so again,” added Messi.
“I was asked to play more or less as I do at Barcelona, as a sort of a false number 9, slightly behind the attack.”
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