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No rivalry with Ronaldo: Messi
Santiago (Chile): Argentine forward Lionel Messi claims there’s no rivalry with his Portuguese counterpart Cristiano Ronaldo and that the whole story has been cooked up by the media.
The duo have been dominating world football by sharing between them all FIFA’s Player of the Year awards since 2008 and are widely hailed as the world’s best two footballers.
Spanish club FC Barcelona’s talisman Messi, however, insists there are no hard feelings, and no rivalry, between him and Ronaldo.
“There is no rivalry,” Messi was quoted as saying by shortlist.com on Thursday.
“It’s something the media invented. We both want to do well for our clubs, it is not Messi vs Ronaldo, it never has been,” he said.
The 27-year-old also praised Ronaldo’s former teammate England’s Wayne Rooney.
When asked which English players he thought could thrive in La Liga, he highlighted the England international.
“If you look at the technical ability of a player like Wayne Rooney, he is as good as any player in Europe,” Messi said.
“Rooney has exceptional quality. Not just great technical ability, but also works very hard for his team. I’m sure Manchester United will never want to let him leave, though.”
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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