Their rivalry is well documented as well as their respect for each other, but it was recently revealed that Ronaldo reportedly refers to Messi as that M**therF***er in the locker room. Hit the jump for details.
Via Telegraph UK:
Messi and Ronaldo are not friends but they are polite to one another in public; anything else, those who are close to them insist, is all media-generated. Messi admires Cristiano’s shooting and heading ability but is tired of comparisons between the two of them. He understands that Ronaldo is not comfortable about it either, and has watched without the slightest pleasure his supposed arch-enemy responding with anger to the public pestering from those who like to see them fighting. Ronaldo, who will take part in a commercial with Leo for the first time to promote the Google Nexus 11 tablet, does not think that they can be compared: “Messi and I are as different as Ferrari and Porsche.”
Ronaldo, perhaps as a symptom of the immaturity that marks so many footballers, thinks it necessary to put on a brave face in front of his team-mates, not be scared of Messi and to rise to the challenge. All very macho; all very false.
And that is why, according to some Real Madrid players, CR7 has a nickname for him: ‘motherf—-r’; and if he sees someone from the club speaking to Leo, he also ends up being baptised ‘motherf—-r’.
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