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Ancelotti: 'Messi or Ronaldo? Ronaldo was in the Champions League semi-final for 9 years'

Ancelotti: 'Messi or Ronaldo? Ronaldo was in the Champions League semi-final for 9 years'

Napoli manager Carlo Ancelotti has said that Lionel Messi has come into the limelight because Cristiano Ronaldo has not played in the UEFA Champions League semi-final for the first time in nine years.

Messi scored twice for Barcelona recently in the club's 3-0 win over Liverpool in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final. 

After the game, Ancelotti was asked for a verdict on the Messi-Ronaldo rivalry and he told in a press conference: "The limelight is more on Messi, because Ronaldo was unable to play in a Champions League semi-final after 9 years."