"Messi is Naruto or Son Goku, and Ronaldo is Sasuke or Vegeta" – Nicolas Pépé draws an unusual comparison between two legends
Kenley Ward
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The Ivorian midfielder shared his unique perspective on the age-old debate: who is better, Ronaldo or Messi?
Details: In one of his interviews, the 30-year-old Villarreal winger answered a question that will always remain relevant: "Who is better, Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo?"
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Nicolas offered a highly creative answer, comparing the two modern football legends to iconic anime characters:
"Messi is Naruto or Son Goku, and Cristiano is Sasuke or Vegeta.
Since Ronaldo joined Al-Nassr, he has scored 200 penalties. Messi doesn’t care about penalties. Cristiano Ronaldo gives a lot of interviews and talks too much about Messi, and that shows he’s number 2. Do you know ‘Dragon Ball Z’? Vegeta was always the one to say that, but who never did? Goku. Ronaldo feels the same frustration, knowing that Messi is always ahead of him." – stated Pépé.
This season, Pépé has played 20 matches for the "Yellow Submarine," netting 2 goals and providing 1 assist.
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