{"id":370,"date":"2020-04-26T16:13:38","date_gmt":"2020-04-26T16:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newstoday24hour.com\/?p=370"},"modified":"2020-05-05T21:27:44","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T21:27:44","slug":"%e0%a6%ae%e0%a7%87%e0%a6%b8%e0%a6%bf-%e0%a6%b0%e0%a7%8b%e0%a6%a8%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%b2%e0%a6%a6%e0%a7%8b%e0%a6%b0-%e0%a6%b8%e0%a6%ae%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%ae%e0%a7%81%e0%a6%96-%e0%a6%af%e0%a7%81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newstoday24hour.com\/en\/%e0%a6%ae%e0%a7%87%e0%a6%b8%e0%a6%bf-%e0%a6%b0%e0%a7%8b%e0%a6%a8%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%b2%e0%a6%a6%e0%a7%8b%e0%a6%b0-%e0%a6%b8%e0%a6%ae%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%ae%e0%a7%81%e0%a6%96-%e0%a6%af%e0%a7%81\/","title":{"rendered":"An era of ‘front war’ between Messi and Ronaldo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Like many other days and dates due to the coronavirus, this April 23 also passed away in silence.\u00a0Football fans did not storm the cup of tea.\u00a0The ‘front battle’ between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo started on this day a decade ago.<\/span><\/p>\n

April 23, 2006\u00a0Manchester United and Barcelona face off in the Camp Nou in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final.\u00a0Messi was 20 years old then, Ronaldo was 23.\u00a0Both of them were goalless in that match and the match ended in a goalless draw.\u00a0But an unforgettable dilemma in the history of football started with that match.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ronaldo missed a penalty at the Camp Nou in the first leg.\u00a0Paul Scholes’ only goal in the return leg at Old Trafford helped United reach the final.\u00a0In the final of Moscow, they defeated Chelsea and won the crown of the best in Europe.\u00a0Ronaldo anchored Real Madrid in 2009 for a record transfer fee of \u09ee 60 million.\u00a0The two best fights of the time get new dimensions.<\/span>
\nMessi is currently 32, Ronaldo is 35.\u00a0So far, the Argentine and Portuguese stars have played 37 times in front of the football field.\u00a0Happiness and sadness have been the companions of both.<\/span><\/p>\n

The memorable six battles of the two can be seen back in the epoch.<\/span><\/p>\n

Champions League Final, 2009 (Manchester United 0-2 Barcelona)<\/span><\/p>\n

The stage of the final was Rome, the excitement surrounding that match was such that two mighty gladiators would fight in the Colosseum!<\/span><\/p>\n

In the final of the Olympic Stadium in Rome, Messi took the spotlight.\u00a0Ronaldo was in hiding.\u00a0United were cornered by Messi’s goal in the 70th minute after Samuel Eto’o’s goal gave Barcelona the lead.\u00a0Ronaldo could not be the savior of the team.\u00a0Messi won the best fight in Europe and won the treble.<\/span><\/p>\n

La Liga, 2010 (Barcelona 5-0 Real Madrid)<\/span><\/p>\n

As usual, this match was also seen as a stage to prove the superiority of the two.\u00a0But the fight was one-sided.\u00a0Ronaldo just flew in front of Messi.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ronaldo certainly doesn’t want to miss that match in La Liga on November 29, 2010.\u00a0Real had to return from the yard of the eternal rivals without what a painful experience!<\/span><\/p>\n

Real went to the Camp Nou from the top of the points table and seven unbeaten matches in a row.\u00a0Jose Mourinho’s team returned empty-handed.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the fight for dignity, Barcelona wrote a great epic of 5-0 victory.\u00a0Messi did not score a goal in that match, but contributed to two.\u00a0He himself once sent the ball into the net but it was canceled.<\/span><\/p>\n

Barcelona defender Gerard Pique seemed to make the wounds of their big loss worse by raising five fingers in front of Real fans.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Like many other days and dates due to the coronavirus, this April 23 also passed away in silence.\u00a0Football fans did not storm the cup of tea.\u00a0The ‘front battle’ between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo started on this day a decade ago. April 23, 2006\u00a0Manchester United and Barcelona face off in the Camp Nou in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[23,12],"tags":[84],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstoday24hour.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstoday24hour.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstoday24hour.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstoday24hour.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstoday24hour.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newstoday24hour.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstoday24hour.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstoday24hour.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstoday24hour.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstoday24hour.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}