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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Atletico Madrid centre-back, Diego Godin, has chosen Paris Saint-Germain\u2019s Lionel Messi over Al-Nassr\u2019s Cristiano Ronaldo as the tougher player to defend against.<\/p>\n

Godin played against both Messi and Ronaldo during his time at Atletico Madrid between 2010 and 2019.<\/p>\n

Messi and Ronaldo won several La Liga titles and the Champions League during their time at Barcelona and Real Madrid, respectively.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, it\u2019s more difficult to mark Messi. We are contemporaries. All my time in Europe I had the bad luck of coinciding with both of them,\u201d Godin said on ESPN Uruguay.<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cThey took several titles from us at Atletico Madrid. Without Messi at Barcelona or Cristiano at Real Madrid, we would\u2019ve some league safer and maybe some Champions League.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe managed to compete with the generation of these monsters.\u201d<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Former Atletico Madrid centre-back, Diego Godin, has chosen Paris Saint-Germain\u2019s Lionel Messi over Al-Nassr\u2019s Cristiano Ronaldo as the tougher player to defend against. Godin played against both Messi and Ronaldo during his time at Atletico Madrid between 2010 and 2019. 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