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Messi and Ronaldo miss out on the quarterfinals of the Champions league

Hafeestonova — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 09:21:07 +0000

Football legends, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, for the first time since the 2004-05 season, have bowed out of the UEFA Champions League before the quarter-final stage, signalling a possible era change for the dynamic duo who have lit up our football screens for the last two decades

Juventus crash out on Tuesday, March 9following a poor performance against Porto home and away while FC Barcelona crashed out against a superb Paris Saint Germain (PSG) on Wednesday night, March 10, despite Barca trying their best on the night.

Neither Messi’s nor Ronaldo’s clubs will feature in the quarter-final stage of the Champions League season.

FC Porto’s Sergio Oliveira’s extra-time free-kick confirmed Ronaldo’s third straight knockout round exit with Juventus.

Then on Wednesday night, March 10, Kylian Mbappe-inspired PSG avenged their 2017 trounce at the hands of Barcelona by registering a 1-1 draw at the Parc des Prince.

Though Messi netted a stunning goal in the 2nd leg, he missed a crucial penalty to help Barca qualify for the quarter-finals with a 5-2 margin on aggregate.

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Samuel Eto’o says Brazil’s Ronaldo is the greatest striker of all time

Hafeestonova — Sat, 16 May 2020 08:24:37 +0000

Samuel Eto’o, has expressed his admiration for the Brazil legend, Ronaldo. According to Samuel Eto’o, who his a four-time African of the Footballer of the Year, Ronaldo, who is two-time Ballon d’Or winner is the greatest striker of all time

Ronaldo, won two Fifa World Cups, in 1994 and 2002, and was crowned the Fifa World Player of the Year thrice, while winning the Ballon d’Or in 1997 and 2002.

He said “The best of all was Ronaldo, ‘O Fenomeno, I have such great respect and admiration for him. Then there are a lot of us who come up behind him, and I’d include myself among them.”

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Messi, Ronaldo top Ballon D’or list as Neymar misses out

Hafeestonova — Tue, 22 Oct 2019 09:18:23 +0000

The 2019 Ballon D’or nominee list was released on Monday night and favourite Virgil Van Dijk would once again compete against Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi for the France Football organized award.

Lucas Modric won the 2018 award following his impressive run at the FIFA 2018 World Cup and Real Madrid’s Champions League win but his omission this year makes him the first player in history to miss out on nomination the following year after winning it. PSG and Brazil star Neymar Jr. also did not make the list

Below are the nominated players for the 2019 Ballon D’or award.
Sadio Mane – Liverpool
Sergio Aguero – Manchester City
Frenkie de Jong – Ajax/ Barcelona
Hugo Lloris – Tottenham
Dusan Tadic – Ajax
Kylian Mbappe – PSG
Trent Alexander-Arnold – Liverpool
Donny van de Beek – Ajax
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – Arsenal
Marc-Andre Ter-Stegen – Barcelona
Cristiano Ronaldo – Juventus
Alisson – Liverpool
Matthijs de Ligt – Juventus
Karim Benzema – Real Madrid
Georginio Wijnaldum – Liverpool
Virgil van Dijk – Liverpool
Bernardo Silva – Manchester City
Heung-min Son – Tottenham Hotspur
Robert Lewandowski – Bayern Munich
Roberto Firmino – Liverpool
Lionel Messi – Argentina/Barcelona

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