“He’ll Never Be Loved Like Maradona” – The Truth About Messi, Ronaldo And Soccer’s Gods

**SPEAKER_1** (0:00)
Ronaldo scored two goals yesterday, which is great, because the Ronaldo fans desperately needed this. Mbappé scored four goals, Haaland scored four goals, Messi scored five goals, Ronaldo scored two goals. By the way, this is what's exciting. Do you realize if Portugal wins the World Cup, if Portugal wins the World Cup, you know what debate is coming back? Ronaldo versus Messi. And it will be so heated. But if Messi wins the World Cup, you know what happens? He'll be in a level of himself that no, like the every converse already people are saying, even if Ronaldo wins, that debate doesn't exist because Messi is superior playmaker than Ronaldo is. But you know, Ronaldo was loved by a lot of people. Let me just read something to have a possibility. And then we'll go to this interview.
Sports gets exciting when there's animosity. It's exciting. Like what made San Antonio Spurs? You need some animosity, right? You need like some, some, some people that don't like each other's like, I cannot believe you're saying this in a comment section. Right now, if you're team Messi or Ronaldo, post your comments below. You know, it gets pretty feisty. Make your argument on why you think Ronaldo is better or Messi is better or Pelé is better or Maradona or anybody else. But let me read you something that's very exciting. You know, there's a 10 to 15% chance that US could face Iran. That's a good matchup.
Hey, Simon, you're right.

**SPEAKER_2** (1:16)
Oh boy. I'm back in a look.

**SPEAKER_1** (1:18)
20 to 30% chance that there's gonna be a France-Argentina rematch. That'll be their third time facing each other. You know, there's a 10 to 20% chance Portugal could face Argentina. Now, that's a matchup. Whoever, if they'd match up against each other, Portugal bumps Argentina out. Argentina bumps Portugal out. Talk about the amount of stories that'll create. But here's Ronaldo after the match. It's asked about Messi and watch his immediate reaction. Go forward.

**SPEAKER_2** (1:46)
Yesterday, Lionel Messi scored two goals.

**SPEAKER_3** (1:48)
Mbappé, Haaland.

**SPEAKER_1** (1:53)
No desire to talk about it. So I think they're facing Colombia this Saturday, which should be a good game. Saturday, 7.3 or something like that. So where are you at with this?
Who do you think is going to win it? What do you think about Ronaldo and Messi?

**SPEAKER_3** (2:04)
I have no idea. I just go for Portugal because I love Portugal and I have a home in Portugal.

**SPEAKER_1** (2:10)
So you have to kind of support it. Well, we're making a shoe that's coming. I can't tell anybody.
It's sneakers that is coming. And we're making them in Portugal. And the shoes are ridiculous. They make the best tennis shoes in the world in Portugal. The best.

**SPEAKER_3** (2:21)
They make incredible stuff in Portugal.

**SPEAKER_1** (2:23)
Yeah, Portugal. Humberto.

**SPEAKER_2** (2:24)
You know, we talked about Wars and Tucker and Ben, and this is going to get me in trouble, right?

**SPEAKER_3** (2:29)
This right here is going to get me in trouble.

**SPEAKER_2** (2:32)
Messi's never going to be loved. People love Cristiano Ronaldo. They love them.
Messi can get another World Cup. He can get 300 goals. He's never going to be Maradona. Maradona was loved. They have shrines with him with his face, T-shirts.

**SPEAKER_1** (2:46)
Why do you think that is? Do you think because he's got Asperger's? Do you think it's because he's not a personality? Jake is pissed off already getting up.

**SPEAKER_4** (2:52)
The hand of God.

**SPEAKER_1** (2:53)
Yeah.

**SPEAKER_2** (2:53)
But it doesn't matter how much it scores. The same thing goes with F1. People used to love Schumacher, but it's not the same as Senna. Senna is a...
They love them. You know what I mean?

**SPEAKER_1** (3:04)
Let me tell you though, as much as Senna... I named my daughter after Senna, but Schumacher is the greatest of all time.

**SPEAKER_2** (3:11)
Was he as loved though?

**SPEAKER_1** (3:12)
Was he? No, not at all.

**SPEAKER_2** (3:14)
So you have the comparison there.

**SPEAKER_4** (3:17)
He was not loved like Senna. He was respected.

**SPEAKER_1** (3:19)
You know what I will tell you? Schumacher was loved when he got his 41st race. Tom showed this to me, a 41st victory, and they asked him the question. The other guy who was racing again was another racing legend. He says, why don't you go away from it? Can't you see he's breaking down crying? I think that's when Schumacher became human when he started crying after passing up Senna. Broke his... So where are you at? Do you have any opinion on this, Jeff? Like, is this an up-zero?