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‘Messi can’t be stopped & Ronaldo is a machine’ – World Cup winner Rami reflects on facing all-time greats

Adil Rami is a World Cup-winning defender, but even he concedes that Lionel Messi cannot be stopped and that Cristiano Ronaldo is “a machine”.

The vastly-experienced centre-half, who is currently on the books at Portuguese side Boavista, has faced a couple of all-time greats on a regular basis down the years.

He spent two years in Spain with Sevilla between 2015 and 2017, allowing him to lock horns with Barcelona and Real Madrid when Messi and Ronaldo were at the peak of their powers.

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Unsurprisingly, Rami admits to having found the going tough against two players who share 11 Ballons d’Or between them.