Famous Portuguese player Cristiano Ronaldo took the attention of many fans worldwide. In contrast, Argentina player Lionel Messi made another new victory in the Ballon d’Or match on Monday (31st of October).
Argentina fans enjoy watching their favorite player, Messi, pulling off a new prestigious trophy for the eighth time in his whole career, leaving Ronaldo behind in the second position in terms of total wins. However, this has led to a new mockery comment by the Portuguese players, which has divided the Internet.
Controversy Erupts as Ronaldo Mocks Lionel Messi
The whole rivalry between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi is not something new for all of us, but it has existed for the last 15 long years. The duo players even won the Ballon d’Or prize from 2008 to 2017, and in 2017, Ronaldo got the previous win, equalizing the number of trophies against Messi.
Suppose you are wondering about what has happened after 2017! Well, Messi did manage to win the Ballon d’Or title times after 2017, whereas Luka Modric and Karim Benzema from Cristiano Rondalo’s team won the title in 2018 and 2022, respectively.
How it all started? After the big win, it was all good, with fans enjoying the new trophy won by their favorite team. However, the real criticism began with a comment by Ronaldo for a post on Instagram mocking the Argentinian player with “laughing emojis.”
The post was captioned as “Hello Friends. What we knew has happened. They were going to give another Ballon d’Or to Messi. He went to retire at Miami, but he was already looking retired at PSG to prepare for the World Cup. He won the World cup, yes well, but with 6 penalties in their favor.”
It’s not the first since the famous Portuguese player made his way to top news. Still, recently, he again made his way to the public attention after videos of him ignoring the Indian Bollywood actor Salman Khan while attending a boxing match in Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh circulated on the Internet. However, to clarify things, many other pictures came as proof, which showed that the Portuguese player wasn’t ignoring the actor.