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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Barcelona striker, Sergio Aguero, has compared both Paris Saint-Germain\u2019s Lionel Messi and Manchester United\u2019s Cristiano Ronaldo.<\/p>\n

Aguero said the major difference between Ronaldo and Messi is that the Portugal captain is much more of a forward compared to his Argentine counterpart.<\/p>\n

The former Manchester City explained that if Ronaldo is confident upfront, he can score plenty of goals.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Spanish outlet El Pais, Sergio Aguero said: \u201cHe [Cristiano Ronaldo] is more forward than Leo [Messi].<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd what he has, like every scorer, is that when he is confident he makes goals, goals and goals.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cMany times I thought about what I was missing. And one day I asked Leo. He told me that to have a chance of winning the Golden Ball he had to win the Champions League. And he\u2019s right.<\/p>\n

\u201cI played great seasons, scored many goals and won many titles, but I was not in the Champions League final. And, precisely, last year when we reached the final, I had the knee problem, covid and the different injuries.\u201d<\/p>\n

Messi has won the Ballon d\u2019 Or six times, while Ronaldo has won it five times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Barcelona striker, Sergio Aguero, has compared both Paris Saint-Germain\u2019s Lionel Messi and Manchester United\u2019s Cristiano Ronaldo. Aguero said the major difference between Ronaldo and Messi is that the Portugal captain is much more of a forward compared to his Argentine counterpart. 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