Live Real Madrid Blog: Lionel Messi opens up about Cristiano Ronaldo

Sport360 staff 23:18 03/09/2018
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  • Hello Madridistas!

    The Sport360 team is in place bringing you all the latest Real Madrid news on Monday.

    As ever, get in touch with us throughout the day via Twitter and Facebook.

    11.23pm: Lionel Messi opens up about Cristiano Ronaldo

    Messi was surprised by Ronaldo's decision to leave Los Blancos

    Messi was surprised by Ronaldo’s decision to leave Los Blancos

    Lionel Messi has admitted he was surprised by Cristiano Ronaldo‘s decision to leave Real Madrid and join Juventus.

    Messi also believes the Serie A giants are now among the clear favourites to win this season’s Champions League.

    Ronaldo swapped Spain for Italy in a deal worth €100 million in July, after sealing a third consecutive European crown, and his fourth in five years with Los Blancos.

    But Messi, who missed out on a three-man shortlist for FIFA’s world player of the year award on Monday, feels the balance may have shifted following the 33-year-old’s exit.

    Read what Lionel had to say HERE.

    9.38pm: Former Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane nominated for FIFA Manager of the Year

    France’s World Cup winning manager Didier DeschampsZlatko Dalic and Zinedine Zidane were nominated as the finalists for FIFA’s coach of the year award on Monday.

    Deschamps became just the third man to win the World Cup as a player and coach with victory over Dalic’s Croatia in July’s final in Russia.

    Zidane was a team-mate of Deschamps when France first won the World Cup in 1998 and is nominated after guiding Real Madrid to a third Champions League in his two-and-a-half year reign at the Bernabeu.

    To read more CLICK HERE.

    4.55pm – Cristiano Ronaldo in line for record sixth FIFA Player of the Year award

    Ronaldo is up against Mohamed Salah for the top award

    Ronaldo is up against Mohamed Salah for the top award

    Cristiano Ronaldo could claim a record sixth FIFA men’s player of the year prize after Lionel Messi was omitted from the shortlist for the first time since 2006.

    Ronaldo and Messi have both won the prize five times, but the Barcelona and Argentina forward was overlooked on this occasion, with Luka Modric and Mohamed Salah in contention.

    Barcelona and Argentina forward Messi had featured in the top three for 11 straight years. He was runner-up in 2007 and 2008 before winning the title for the first of five years in 2009.

    The shortlists were announced by football’s world governing body on Monday and the award ceremony is scheduled to take place on September 24 at Royal Festival Hall in London.

    To read more CLICK HERE.

    1pm – Cristiano Ronaldo Jr scores four on Juventus debut

    0903 Cristiano Ronaldo Jr

    When Cristiano Ronaldo left Real Madrid for Juventus this summer, his son made the exact same switch at the academy level. While the elder Ronaldo is struggling for goals, Ronaldo Jr. made his debut for the Bianconeri U9s and scored four times.

    Read more here.

    11am – Vinicius Jr gets bitten in derby

    Real Madrid Castilla faced Atletico Madrid B on Sunday, with Vinicius Jr scoring a brace. But the most notable incident involving the young Brazilian wasn’t either of his goals, but a clash with Atleti captain Tachi – who took a chunk of Vinicius’ head!

    Aside from that, recap an all-action display from VJ:

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