Ronaldo is likely to earn another Ballon d'Or at the start of 2018 but the time will come when he and Messi are no longer on the podium
It’s sad to think about but the day will come when Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are no longer playing. They’ll be gone and we’ll only have memories.
You’ll look around and you won’t see those Barcelona and Real Madrid shirts on kids all over the world. The question “Messi or Ronaldo?” won’t open up a conversation with a new friend the same way it does now.
These men broke down the barriers between what we thought was achievable and what was made possible.