Xabi Alonso: "Messi? Cristiano Ronaldo was better"

The ex player of the Real Madrid and now in the rows of the Bayern Munich, Xabi Alonso, trusts the possibilities of the Bavarian group against the FC Barcelona and, when being asked after the dangerousness of Leo Messi, plants by in front of the Argentinian to Cristiano Ronaldo

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In statements collected by the daily "ACE", among others half, Xabi Alonso has spoken on the eliminatory of semifinals of Champions League that will contest from this next Wednesday with the party of gone in the Camp Nou. "I have played long in this field these years. We expect to do it well tomorrow", it has signalled, but without showing especially motivated in the duel by the fact to be ex player of the Real Madrid. "It motivates the final of the Champions. It does not be necessary to have failures on the way and if you have them amend them. There is not more motivation that that".

And, on Pep Guardiola, has said the following: "Had a relation of respect with him as with so many trainers. Now it is another because we work together. We know that it will be special for him because it is a fan, player and trainer of this team. We know that it is special but prepare us without taking into account it". It shows proud, besides, to having been trained so much by José Mourinho as by Pep Guardiola. "Obviously. They are different and have had the luck to work with the two. For my is very enriquecedor, each one with his peculiarities. For me it is a privilege".

Finally, it has elogiado to Leo Messi but has planted above him to Cristiano Ronaldo. "The two are enormous. You see the goals. While I was in the Madrid, for me Christian was the best". It recognises, besides, that will not be at all easy to brake the confined offensives of the Argentinian star of the Barça. "It is a big player, can say , but is not easy to do it in the field".

Messi and Cristiano will compete by the "Pichichi" of Champions

This week Leo Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will restart in semifinals of the Champions League the conflict goleadora that both keep also in League BBVA for being "Pichichi" of the competition. In Europe, so much the Portuguese like the Argentinian add this season eight goals, by what the distinction to maximum realizador of the tournament surely will be for one of the two in the case that they achieve to mark in the eliminatory of semifinals or in a hypothetical final. It could give the case that Messi and Christian see in a final FC Barcelona-Real Madrid, and this would provide them ninety minutes more to try surpass to the another in the "Pichichi" of Champions.