Rodri made his choice between Messi and CR7

Almost a month since Rodri's destiny was changed forever by the Ballon d'Or. The Manchester City player, currently recovering from a major knee injury, has since been on a media tour. This Wednesday, he stopped by the Spanish show The Anthill. Asked about the best player of all time, the European champion with Spain had only one answer in mind.

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« (Lionel) Messi, without a doubt. Cristiano managed to match Messi without innate talent. But those of us who have played against them realize the difference. We didn't want Cristiano to get into the box, that's where he was deadly. But with Messi it happened all over the pitch. You give the ball to Messi and you say to yourself “danger”. When I played against him, I tried to take the ball from him and he avoided me. When Messi touched him I felt like something bad was going to happen », indicated the winner of the 68th Ballon d'Or, in comments relayed by Sports World.