Legendary Juventus captain Giorgio Chiellini had to decide on between the 2 most iconic gamers of his technology, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
The Euro 2020 hero has already hung up his boots following a profitable late-career stint at LAFC and has not too long ago returned to Juventus in a managerial publish.
Alternatively, the 2 GOAT contenders stay energetic, though in much less prestigious leagues. The Portuguese carved the trail to Saudi Arabia for a bunch of different stars by pulling off a sensational transfer to Al-Nassr, whereas the Argentine opted to affix David Beckham’s franchise, Inter Miami.
Throughout his look on The Overlap podcast hosted by Gary Neville, Roy Keane and Ian Wright, Chiellini was requested to offer his enter on the age-old debate, as he had to decide on between Messi and Ronaldo.
The long-lasting defender had confronted each superstars on a number of events, and even misplaced Champions League finals towards them as properly (2015 towards Barcelona and 2017 towards Actual Madrid).
The Italian additionally performed alongside Ronaldo when the latter accomplished a groud-shattering transfer to Turin in 2018. The 2 males had been teammates for 3 years, and maybe this issue tipped the dimensions in favor of the Portuguese.
Chiellini opted to facet together with his previous comrade, explaining how he all the time needed to play a decisive position and steer the crew again on observe when trailing within the outcome.
“Once we had been dropping, he had the balls to take all of the balls, it doesn’t matter what, attempt to win, shoot from anyplace to be able to lead the crew to win, and it’s not simple to do it for lots of gamers,” mentioned Chiellini whereas chatting with the Premier League legends as relayed by Pulse Sports activities.
“When the sport is tougher, he raises his stage of efficiency.”
Ronaldo received 5 Ballon d’Or throughout his illustrious profession, however Messi holds the file with eight triumphs.
