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Pele denies accusations of trying to overshadow Ronaldo breaking his goal record
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Lionel Messi's outrageous performance vs Poland deserves to go down in the history books
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The Messi vs Ronaldo Saga: A Provocative Response and a Football World Ablaze
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Lionel Messi's ten stages of greatness - The Athletic
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CR7 on Instagram, A group too united to be broken by external forces, after being accused of threatening to leave the World Cup due to his benching vs. Switzerland : r/soccer
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Messi is like Kryponite to Cristiano Ronaldo's Superman: The story behind football's greatest modern rivalry
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Lionel Messi - Wikipedia
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Ramos, Ronaldo and a very public and brutal World Cup humiliation, Soccer
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Lionel Messi breaks another Cristiano Ronaldo's record after 2022 World Cup glory
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Lionel Messi breaks Cristiano Ronaldo's Instagram record for the most-liked post after the World Cup win - Culture
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Messi labelled 'undisputed GOAT' after World Cup win as 'jobless' Ronaldo sulks at home - Daily Star