Marco van Basten has given his opinion on whether Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi is the superior player.
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The Netherlands legend was speaking in Corriere della Sera when asked about Ronaldo and Messi.
He replied, “Cristiano Ronaldo is a great player, but whoever says he is better than Messi doesn’t understand football or says it in bad faith.
“Messi is unique, inimitable and one-off. Such players only occur once every fifty or one hundred years.”
Van Basten enjoys that both Messi and Ronaldo are playing at such a high level after turning thirty, “I actually stopped at the age of 28 and had won three Ballon d’Ors. See where Ronaldo and Messi are now, after their thirties.”