“Always Kind of Thought That [Lionel] Messi…” – Magnus Carlsen, Who Was Forced to Say Cristiano Ronaldo by Real Madrid, Makes Shocking Revelation

Even after everything is said and done, fans continue to have heated debates on the age-old question of Cristiano Ronaldo vs Lionel Messi. Almost every soccer fan has to face this question multiple times. Not even players of other games are free from this burning question.

Players like Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, and others have talked about their admiration for one or the other player. They exposed chess titan Magnus Carlsen to this huge task around 5 months back. Back When Ronaldo was with Manchester United and Lionel Messi was yet to make the World Cup triumph.

When the consensus is that both players are extremely talented and way above their peers. Magnus Carlsen had some spicy takes. He appeared in the Lex Fridman podcast to talk about various things. However, the podcast started with Lex putting Carlsen into a pickle.

Magnus Carlsen chooses from Messi or Ronaldo

The podcast started right away with a popular question by Lex Fridman. He asked Chess champion Magnus Carlsen to choose from Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi. Magnus Carlsen is known for religiously supporting Real Madrid and fans must have excepted him to say, Cristiano Ronaldo. To the shock of absolutely everyone, he took the other option.

Carlsen said, “I think it’s pretty hard to make the case for anybody else than Messi, for his all-around game and frankly, like my Real Madrid fandom sort of predates the Ronaldo era. So, I always liked Ronaldo, but I always kind of thought that Messi was better and I went to quite a number of Madrid games and they have always been super helpful to me down there.”

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Ever since Lionel Messi won the Qatar FIFA WC, many fans, including USWNT star Megan Rapinoe, have declared the debate over. Different fan bases have different opinions, but none can ignore the fact that fans in the last decade have witnessed the golden era of soccer.

Forced to admit Cristiano Ronaldo was his favorite player

While talking about Real Madrid, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Lionel Messi Magnus also pointed out an incident where he had an interview with Real Madrid. He said, “The only thing is that they asked me they were gonna do an interview, and they were gonna ask me who my favorite player was and I said somebody else. I think I said Isco at that point and they were like, okay, take two now, you say Ronaldo.”

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What, according to you, is the answer to this burning debate? Would you choose Lionel Messi like Magnus Carlsen? Tell us in the comments below.