Cristiano Ronaldo’s typical response to Manchester United teammates over Lionel Messi teasing

Cristiano Ronaldo was often mocked by his Manchester United teammates who used to joke he wasn’t good as Lionel Messi, revealed Peter Crouch. He told the Daily Mail : "I spoke to some of the United players and said what’s Ronaldo like, and they said they used to wind him up by saying Messi was better than him and he said: "Yeah, but Messi doesn’t look like this". Crouch though is firmly sat on the fence but admits he was left speechless when he came up against an 18-year-old Ronaldo with England's U21s. "Ronaldo's record is ridiculous. He averages over a goal a game in like 500 games," he said. "I played against Ronaldo when he was 18, it was him and Quaresma on either wing when England U21s played Portugal's. "We had no idea who either of them were. Our full backs were Paul Knochesky and J Lloyd Samuel. I remember them passing to each other. Quaresma would pass with the outside of the boot and Ronaldo would control it on his back, popping it up and then running at Paul Konchesky. "It was the best thing I'd ever seen in my life and from that moment I was thinking who are these two, they are the best players I have ever seen. 'I think Ronaldo, I admire his determination and mentality and his single-mindedness, but if you’re talking gifted footballers, there is no comparison to Messi." Source- The Mirror

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