Germany -legend, MLS star Thomas Muller explains why Lionel Messi distinguishes from Cristiano Ronaldo

The debate about who is the greatest football player of all time, Lionel Messi or Cristiano RonaldoHas raged almost two decades. Now, with both legends at the twilight of their career, the conversation is more intense than ever. And from his new house MLS” Germany icon Thomas Muller has made it clear where he is: Messi has the lead on Ronaldo.

After more than 20 years in Bayern Munich, about his youth career and success of the first team, Muller has joined the Vancouver WhiteCaps to close his career. After confronting both Messi and Ronaldo at the highest level in Europe, the German star finally offered his final view of the debate.

Creeks with MLSMuller’s official channel was asked about his former battles with Messi. Instead of only concentrating on tactics, he gave a candid answer: “In the end I don’t know how it worked so well. We had big defeats against Barcelona, ​​in 2015 when they won the Champions League that was one of them, but eventually I don’t know how we did it. But to be honest, for me, Messi is the best player we have ever had in this sport. “

During his career, Muller has confronted Messi 10 times, with famous victories such as The triumphs of Germany in the World Cups 2010 and 2014 And Bayern’s historic 8–2 thrashing from Barcelona. Although they prevailed in their head-to-head record, Müller De Argentin still explained the winner in the goat conversation.

When he spoke directly about the rivalry with Ronaldo, Müller recognized both legends, but pointed to an important difference. ‘We always have this Cristiano (Ronaldo) and Messi -discussion, But they are both crazy. Yes, but Messi was a bit more elegant“He added.

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A change of heart for Muller

Only a year ago, Muller admitted that Ronaldo was the biggest Nemesis of Bayern MunichWhen Real Madrid consistently came to the top against the German giants in Europe. Muller, on the other hand, has a strong record compared to Messi, with seven victories compared to only three for the Argentinian in club and international competitions.

Despite this situation, Muller admitted that his opinion has shifted over time: “I think I always went for Cristiano in my first 10 years as a professional playerIf there is the goat debate. But now I am a little older, a bit more romantic, and I go more for the style than just for the performance, the work ethics, and so on. “

The German also admitted that Messi’s World Cup triumph 2022 was the scales. ‘And after Messi won the World Cup with Argentina, I go for him… but I’ll hunt you again‘Muller joked, as one of the old enemies of Messi now shares the MLS stage with him.