{"id":401781,"date":"2011-04-27T12:24:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-27T12:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/27\/cristiano-ronaldo-is-better-than-lionel-messi-manchester-united-boss-sir-alex-ferguson-talks-up-player-ahead-of-real-madrids-clash-with-barcelona\/"},"modified":"2011-04-27T12:24:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-27T12:24:00","slug":"cristiano-ronaldo-is-better-than-lionel-messi-manchester-united-boss-sir-alex-ferguson-talks-up-player-ahead-of-real-madrids-clash-with-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/27\/cristiano-ronaldo-is-better-than-lionel-messi-manchester-united-boss-sir-alex-ferguson-talks-up-player-ahead-of-real-madrids-clash-with-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"Cristiano Ronaldo is better than Lionel Messi &#8211; Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson talks up player ahead of Real Madrid&#8217;s clash with Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Adithya Ananth<\/h3>\n<h4>27 Apr 2011 13:24:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"62.1612349914\">\n<div readability=\"10.6173913043\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/972e15e1130033_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"29.1462536023\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/97\/manchester-united\">Manchester United<\/a> manager <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/scotland\/8123\/sir-alex-ferguson\">Sir Alex Ferguson<\/a> has rated <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/spain\/124\/real-madrid\">Real Madrid<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/portugal\/1945\/cristiano-ronaldo\">Cristiano Ronaldo<\/a> over <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/spain\/125\/barcelona\">Barcelona<\/a> attacker <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/argentina\/8012\/lionel-messi\">Lionel Messi<\/a> as the best footballer in the world.<\/p>\n<p>The two teams are set to clash for the third time in the space of a fortnight, this time with a place in the Champions League final being on the line.<\/p>\n<p>And with the first leg to be played at the Bernabeu on Wednesday, the Scot has added his thoughts by pointing towards his former player as the best in the business.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well, I had Ronaldo here as a player and I think he is the best player in the world,&#8221; Ferguson told the club&#8217;s official website.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He can play with both feet, he has fantastic skill, strength and bravery, and he\u2019s a greater header of the ball. But Messi is an absolutely fantastic player also.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s difficult to choose between the two, it\u2019s the toss of a coin.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It depends on how you view your player. The fact that I had Ronaldo here so long, I know him well. I saw how he dedicated himself in training sessions to becoming the best player in the world and so that would weigh heavily on my view of him as a player and as a person.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But you look at the boy Messi and you know that he\u2019s a serious player. He loves playing football. He\u2019s as brave as a lion because he will always take the ball in any situation. They are different types of players but there\u2019s no doubt both provide a fantastic end product.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/972e15e1130033_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See the article here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2914\/champions-league\/2011\/04\/27\/2460448\/cristiano-ronaldo-is-better-than-lionel-messi-manchester\" title=\"Cristiano Ronaldo is better than Lionel Messi - Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson talks up player ahead of Real Madrid's clash with Barcelona\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cristiano Ronaldo is better than Lionel Messi &#8211; Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson talks up player ahead of Real Madrid&#8217;s clash with Barcelona<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Adithya Ananth 27 Apr 2011 13:24:00 Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid Related Links Teams Players Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has rated Real Madrid &#8216;s Cristiano Ronaldo over Barcelona attacker Lionel Messi as the best footballer in the world. The two teams are set to clash for the third time in the space of a fortnight, this time with a place in the Champions League final being on the line. And with the first leg to be played at the Bernabeu on Wednesday, the Scot has added his thoughts by pointing towards his former player as the best in the business<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":401782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-401781","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cristiano Ronaldo is better than Lionel Messi - Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson talks up player ahead of Real Madrid&#039;s clash with Barcelona - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/27\/cristiano-ronaldo-is-better-than-lionel-messi-manchester-united-boss-sir-alex-ferguson-talks-up-player-ahead-of-real-madrids-clash-with-barcelona\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Cristiano Ronaldo is better than Lionel Messi - Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson talks up player ahead of Real Madrid&#039;s clash with Barcelona - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Adithya Ananth 27 Apr 2011 13:24:00 Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid Related Links Teams Players Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has rated Real Madrid &#039;s Cristiano Ronaldo over Barcelona attacker Lionel Messi as the best footballer in the world. 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