The debate between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi is still far from over, even though we are only a few days away from 2025 and both players are already at the end of their careers
The CR7 effect had an immediate impact on YouTube, the way he closed the year by getting into content creation was very surprising for everyone, definitely no one expected it.
For now, his channel UR – Cristiano has 72.1 million subscribers, and this organic growth has made him break records, now off the pitch.
Collaborations with Mr Beast
The biggest content creator on Youtube, Mr Beast collaborated with Cristiano in a couple of videos for their respective channels. They were different dynamics from the Portuguese facing a follower in a marksmanship challenge to save a penalty from Ronaldo.
“Who says Messi is better than me?”
Reactions were swift on social media to CR7’s comment to Mr Beast’s friend in his latest video
The dynamic was to know how many people it took to stop a penalty, but when Nolan, Mr Beast’s friend, got into the action, his friends joked: “Cristiano, he thinks you’re not the GOAT, he thinks Messi is much better than you, he calls football soccer”
Ronaldo took it in the best possible way and just laughed out loud at the comments. The fragment that went viral was when the Portuguese jokingly replied: “Who says Messi is better than me?”
The video quickly went viral on social media and there was a mixed reaction among the followers of both footballers. What is true is that Cristiano reacted in the best way
Although both players are in the final stages of their careers, comparisons between them keep coming up, every time there is a mention of one to the other they break the internet, generate too much expectation and debate among fans.