Having a healthy competition is good in every sport that is why we have teams like Real Madrid and Barcelona who enjoy the status of arch rivals for each other. As far players are concerned, this title often goes to Barca’s Messi and Real’s Ronaldo as both of these world renowned strikers follow each other in and outside of the field. If Messi is doing something significant on the field, it is expected that Rolando would answer his rival by showing another power show from his legs and this is something that is being happened in La Liga this season where both Ronaldo and Messi look to be in a great form. While Portuguese has scored some memorable goals in last few games, Messi is also following him with a double. Blaugrana is of course on the top of the leaderboard but Real is also not far behind and like always fans expect both of them to be in the title race until the last week of the season. Coach Luis Enrique not only congratulated his star man for scoring his 400th career goal in the last Saturday’s 6-0 La Liga stroll but also answered the Elche coach Fran Escriba comment about Ronaldo who said Real forward is better than NBA legend Michael Jordan. He said that after former Manchester United striker scored a four-goal haul in Real Madrid’s 5-1 La Liga win.
Enrique said reacting to above statement that “I believe that if you put together all the goals we scored at lunch-time, you would not reach 400, not even drunk. He is someone touched by a magic wand. I thought about taking him off for a rest, but you just want to enjoy watching him play, to see Leo pressing opponents, and being generous.
“If Cristiano is Jordan, Messi is Wilt Chamberlain who scored 100 points in one NBA game. “Ronaldo is a great player, but I will stick with Leo.”
“I have my wardrobe full of coats — I can take out whichever ones I think suitable. This for me is an advantage, and for some players it is inconvenient. But we are going to move on like this independently of who plays. Xavi will help us sometimes on the pitch, sometimes off it, and that is the objective with all the players.”