Cristiano and Messi, the story continues: the incredible moment that was lived with the two cracks as protagonists

the lives of Leo Messi Y Cristiano Ronaldo they seem to be joined by a thread as invisible as it is immense and unbreakable. It doesn’t matter if the 813 kilometers between Paris and Manchester separates them, football brings them together again. This Tuesday a particular episode occurred in the history of the two monsters that dominated the world for 15 years. almost at the same instant, the Argentine missed his penalty at PSG (1-0) Real Madrid for the Champions League, while the Portuguese scored in the Manchester (2-0) Brighton for the Premier League.

The victory will probably mitigate his unease. His performance on the field (participatory, giving goal passes) will surely cover up a mistake in a situation in which he usually resolves without problems. But the truth is that Lionel extended his streak to eight games without marking Real Madrid, one of his favorite victims. Messi is the scorer of the classics in Spain with 26 goals, eight more than Di Stefano and Cristiano Ronaldo, but the last time he scored against the meringues was in May 2018 for LaLiga. He four years ago.

It is the first goal of ‘CR7’ in this 2022 that has not treated it as expected. The Portuguese has had to wait six games to inflate the nets again. In addition, he cut a small negative streak for the ‘Red Devils’ who had not won for three games.

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The beauty of life only happens once. Perhaps this peculiar episode in the Messi-Cristiano story is the same. But now the Portuguese will seek to continue with the fuse lit facing the goal. Manchester United will visit Leeds United this Saturday for the Premier League before traveling to Madrid to face Cholo Simeone’s Atlético de Madrid for the first leg of the Champions League round of 16.

Messi, for his part, will have to wait until March 9 to try to break the losing streak against one of his favorite victims. He will do it at the Santiago Bernabéu, the stadium that saw him celebrate many times. Perhaps as a consolation prize is the good performance that PSG had and in which they felt more participatory with the ball. In addition to the return of his great friend Neymar.