Cristiano Ronaldo mocks Lionel Messi!

Following the Argentine global star Lionel Messi's eighth Ballon d'Or win, a striking post came from Cristiano Ronaldo, another global star with whom he has competed for many years.

Cristiano Ronaldo's engagement with a post on Instagram criticizing Lionel Messi for receiving the Ballon d'Or award has become a major talking point.

The following statements were used for Messi in the post;

"As predicted, they gave the Ballon d'Or to Messi. He looked like he was retired at PSG before the World Cup. Then he went to Inter Miami to retire.

He won the World Cup, that's true, but he won it by scoring 6 penalties. Also, the World Cup was exactly 10 months ago.

Messi should have 5 Ballon d'Ors, not 8. They gave him the awards that Iniesta-Xavi, Lewandowski, who won 6 trophies in one season, and Haaland deserved."

Cristiano Ronaldo liked this post and commented using 4 "laughing emojis".

MESSI: "IT WAS A GREAT RIVALRY"

Touching upon his rivalry with Ronaldo after winning the Ballon d'Or award, Lionel Messi stated the following;

"It was a great rivalry in sporting terms. This rivalry strengthened both of us because we are both competitive people. Ronaldo, like me, always wants to win.

It was a wonderful period both for us and for football fans. I think we both deserve to have reached the top and stayed there for a long time. It is easy to reach the top, but it is very difficult to stay there for 10-15 years like we did. The rivalry between us created beautiful memories for everyone."

Here is that post and Ronaldo's comment;