FourFourTwo has ranked the 101 greatest footballers of the last 25 years and Messi and Ronaldo unsurprisingly make the top ten. Here is the list of the top ten:
1. LIONEL MESSI
If Cristiano Ronaldo is Rafael Nadal – never stopping in the relentless quest for perfection – then Messi is Roger Federer. The most naturally gifted athlete his sport has ever produced, the Argentine normalises the superhuman, achieving apparent perfection with an insouciant swish of his left foot.
“I feel sorry for those who want to compete for Messi’s throne,” Pep Guardiola once said. “It’s impossible, this kid is unique.”
Trying to make sense of Messi is to give up on football, to forget the reason why you first started watching in the first place, cross-legged in the front room or open-mouthed on the stands. Suspend your disbelief and follow what most opponents do. Admire.
2. CRISTIANO RONALDO
3. ZINEDINE ZIDANE
4. RONALDO
5. RONALDINHO
6. THIERRY HENRY
7. XAVI
8. ANDRES INIESTA
9. PAOLO MALDINI
10. ROBERTO BAGGIO
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