Cristiano Ronaldo Explains Why 'Healthy Rivalry' With Lionel Messi Has Been Important in His Career

Juventus superstar and five-time Ballon d’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo has credited his longstanding competition with Lionel Messi with driving him on to become the player he has, even labelling it a ‘healthy rivalry'. From 2008 to 2017, Ronaldo and Messi exclusively won all 10 Ballon d’Or and/or FIFA awards between them, with each cementing themselves among the greatest players of all time. Ronaldo has now explained that their many years going head to head in Spain, when the Portuguese icon... Via All the latest breaking football news, transfer rumours, analysis, and match reports - 90min http://www.90min.com/