{"id":16548,"date":"2019-10-09T15:04:10","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T15:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=16548"},"modified":"2019-10-09T15:04:10","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T15:04:10","slug":"messi-sends-message-to-cristiano-ronaldo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/messi-sends-message-to-cristiano-ronaldo","title":{"rendered":"Messi sends message to Cristiano Ronaldo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona captain, Lionel Messi has hailed Juventus superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo for giving a plus to the rivalry in El Clasico and La Liga during his time at Real Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>Messi also admitted that he wanted his eternal rival, Ronaldo, to continue with Real Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo left Real Madrid as their all-time highest goalscorer to join the Serie A champions, Juventus in the summer of 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted him [Ronaldo] to continue with Real Madrid,\u201d Messi told RAC1.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe gave a plus to the rivalry in the Clasico and La Liga.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Messi added: \u201cReal Madrid will continue to challenge because they have very good players, but I already said that the team was going to feel his loss for what he meant and that the squad would notice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut they have plenty of players to allow them to fight for every title and they have a lot of history.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona captain, Lionel Messi has hailed Juventus superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo for giving a plus to the rivalry in El Clasico and La Liga during his time at Real Madrid. Messi also admitted that he wanted his eternal rival, Ronaldo, to continue with Real Madrid. 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