Lionel Messi crowned the goat over Cristiano Ronaldo by Twitter’s official account

Lionel Messi crowned the goat over Cristiano Ronaldo by Twitter’s official account as arguments over which of the two is better refuse to die down.

Cristiano Ronaldo joined Real Madrid in 2009 to spark a debate that has refused to die down ever since. Which one of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo is the better player. No one has ever found the right answer. What they have done instead is picked sides.

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Fans have flocked to support either of the two and have taken part in debates that have lasted hours while trying to prove why one is superior than the other. Stats and numbers have been thrown around but football is much more than that. The beauty of the game is its independence from data which makes opinions that much more subjective in this game.

Therefore, those who support Cristiano will always prefer him over Messi, regardless of their achievements and vice versa. There are however, a minority that like to support both these legends such as Goal who posted on their twitter that both Ronaldo and Messi can be goats.

Lionel Messi crowned the goat over Cristiano Ronaldo by Twitter’s official account

https://twitter.com/goal/status/1166783596541153291

However, Twitter’s official sports account refused to accept the verdict with a gif of Lionel Messi wagging his finger and saying no.

Naturally, this led to a lot of disagreement from the twitterverse, such as…

While many were happy to see Twitter on their side.

https://twitter.com/Athsonfire/status/1166829472345141248

Twitter, on their part, remained firm on their decision and left a couple of cheeky tweets.

https://twitter.com/TwitterSports/status/1166817789262221312

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have a record tying five Ballon d’Or awards each. Both of the greats have been nominated for this year’s awards too and one of them could take the lead in this eternal rivalry.

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