Piers Morgan recently made headlines for his controversial interview with Cristiano Ronaldo. Cristiano Ronaldo talked about facing struggles at Manchester United and called out several individuals related to the club. He admitted being betrayed by the club and called out its owners. After the interview, the club and the player mutually parted ways after 1.5 years of the player’s arrival. Also, since then, Piers Morgan has been very active in discussing Lionel Messi, a player who has long been considered Ronaldo’s rival.
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Piers Morgan has been very clear on the Messi vs Ronaldo debate for a while now. He has been praising Ronaldo during the World Cup campaign for helping Portugal reach the knockouts of the tournament. However, he has often slandered Messi through his social media.
Piers Morgan has often faced backlash over his opinions on Lionel Messi. However, after Argentina’s win over Australia, he took a U-Turn and praise Messi’s performance. But he later called out BBC for ‘fan-girling’ over Messi. Now, he took another jibe at Messi, reacting to a post from the FIFA World Cup’s official account.
Piers Morgan takes another shot at Lionel Messi
FIFA World Cup’s official social media account posted a fill-in-the-blanks for fans with a picture of Messi: “Describe this player in one word ____”. To this, Piers Morgan reacted: “Lost-to-Saudi-Arabia-Man”.
‘Lost-to-Saudi-Arabia-Man’ https://t.co/SBvUyygJ9z
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) December 4, 2022
This is not the first time Piers Morgan has fired shots at the PSG superstar. Morgan has also constantly taken a jibe at him. Recently, he engaged in a social media argument with Tennis legend Andy Murray.
Oops. @piersmorgan pic.twitter.com/r3DO4Ag5jX
— Andy Murray (@andy_murray) November 26, 2022
Andy Murray trolled Piers Morgan and Cristiano Ronaldo on his social media after Portugal’s win over Uruguay. Ronaldo went viral for the wrong reasons when he claimed a goal that was given to Bruno Fernandes. Bruno had hit a shot that went in. Ronaldo appeared to have made a touch. However, FIFA announced that Bruno would be awarded the goal due to Ronaldo not getting any touch on it.
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After Andy Murray’s jibe, Morgan responded with a Messi picture after he missed a penalty against Poland. However, despite the penalty miss, Messi has been in great form in this World Cup and has scored three goals so far in four games.
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