taken a bizarre twist with the Barcelona
director of football's extraordinary assessment
of Lionel Messi's great rival
Andoni Zubizarreta fanned the flames of
football's most heated player rivalry with a
cheeky swipe at Cristiano Ronaldo in the wake
of Barcelona 's 3-1 win against AC Milan .
Barcelona's director of football was delighted
with the return to form of Lionel Messi - who
scored two goals to end a barren run - and
could not resist a putdown of the Argentine's
great rival.
Asked about the Messi-Ronaldo debate over
who is the world's top player, Zubizarreta
insisted the Ballon d'Or holder is peerless but
also claimed that even reserve forward Cristian
Tello is superior to Real Madrid's star player.
"In this game, we saw Messi's character, he is
working so good and knows that he has our
confidence," Zubizarreta told Spanish TV
station Canal +.
"Messi is the best of the world but, for me,
Tello is even better than Cristiano, any FC
Barcelona player is better for me."
After his side qualified for the knockout stages
of the Champions League at Camp Nou,
Zubizarreta also spoke of their development as
a team under new coach Gerardo Martino.
"We know where we are going with him,"
added the former Spain goalkeeper. "We will
be still playing with our own style.
"At Barcelona to win is not just okay, we have
also to play well. This is what this jersey
means. Martino knows it and he is adapting
very well."
Ronaldo recently received an apology from Fifa
president Sepp Blatter for disparaging remarks
made about him in appearance at Oxford
University.
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