:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/MLFBM3NAEBAPVCL6JFJNLUAL5M "Thomas Muller’s provocative comparison between Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo after PSG exit")
one more time for Lionel Messi he had to suffer against him Bayern Munich. The Argentine star racked up another defeat against the German team, this time not with the shirt of Barcelona but with that of the PSG for the round of 16 Champions League after losing 2-0 (Overall).
At the same time, the For money He was not only one of the main singled out by the French press, but also by the captain of the Bavarian team Thomas Mullerwho had cut it in the previous one and was quick to do so later, in the mixed zone of the Allianz Arena.
In dialogue with the journalist Georg Holzner of the German magazine Kickerthe captain of Bayern launched: “Against Messi, it always goes well at all levels in terms of results. At club level, Cristiano Ronaldo was our problem when he was at Real Madrid.”
The truth is that, provocation or not, the Portuguese has more favorable numbers in his tally against Bayern Munich. The Portuguese has played eight games against the Germans, including won five, tied one and lost two, while the Argentinian has faced them 9 times, only they won two, lost six and drew.
If we count the personal duels between the German footballer and the Argentinian captain, we must remember that Muller won the 2014 World Cup final in Brazil when the two teams met at the Maracanã. However, the attacker admitted: “I have the utmost respect for Messi’s performance in the World Cup.”
It’s not the first time that Thomas Muller has spoken about Lionel Messi. Indeed, before the match, he referred to his statistics in the duels against Messi and mentioned the 2-8 who approved Barcelona in 2020although he remarked: “I think more important than that was the 7-0 tally in our favor in the 2013 semi-final.”
It should be noted that last year they gave him the choice between Messi and Ronaldo in an interview for You must answer of ESPN and it output: “Oh my god… I’m going to go with (Cristiano) Ronaldo. Against Messi I have good stats, against Ronaldo not so good.”
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