Ranking the 10 greatest player rivalries in football

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Where does the Messi-Ronaldo duopoly rank amongst the greatest rivalries of all time?

#1 Lionel Messi vs Cristiano Ronaldo

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Ronaldo vs Messi: A rivalry that will never cease to exist

The one for the modern folks! To so many people who adore the beautiful game, having the chance to breathe in the times of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi is nothing short of a blessing.

Ronaldo and Messi are celestial deities of the sport for football fans and it's their colossal numbers that do all the speaking for them. A fact why this duo has made themselves immortal is the ways of how they have mocked the countless football records that they have surpassed. They have done things that were beyond imagination, let alone realizing them.

The shedloads of goals they have scored in order to trounce each other and their ultimate race to win the Ballon d'Or; Such level of competition was never ever experienced before and won't be for a long time.

To all those neutrals who try to initiate peace amongst their hardcore supporters, somewhere in the insides, they too know that Ronaldo vs Messi will be a rivalry that will never cease to exist. It has now become the identity of the current times, the very thing for which this era shall be known for in the future.

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