"He is the best player in history" - Luka favors Ronaldo and Messi
Real Madrid legend Luka Modric picked Lionel Messi as the best footballer of all time over former teammate Cristiano Ronaldo.
The two legendary players have been involved in an engrossing rivalry for more than a decade now. They have won 12 Ballons dOr between them, with the Argentine winning seven.
Modric, incidentally, was the first player to break the streak of a decade of consecutive wins by the duo when he won the Ballon dOr in 2018.
Last year, the Croatia international faced Messi-led Argentina in the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar. La Albiceleste won 3-0, with the Paris Saint-Germain man scoring once while Julian Alvarez scored a brace.
After the game, Modric hailed the Argentine skipper as the best player, snubbing his former Real Madrid teammate Ronaldo. He said
Messi did go on to win the FIFA World Cup trophy as Argentina beat France 4-2 on penalties in the final. Modric, meanwhile, led Croatia to a third-place finish after beating Morocco in their third-placed match.
Ronaldos Portugal was eliminated in the quarter-finals after losing to Morocco. The Al-Nassr forward started on the bench in that game, which many considered to be a poor decision by then-manager Fernando Santos.
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