Portugal's Adrien Silva says you can't compare Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo

Karan Dewan 18:15 17/06/2018
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  • Adrien Silva and Portugal drew with Spain.

    Portugal midfielder Adrien Silva has distanced himself from Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo comparisons, after both the superstars had varying fortunes in their first games of World Cup 2018.

    While Ronaldo scored a hat-trick to help Portugal salvage a 3-3 draw against Spain, Messi’s penalty miss meant Argentina were held at 1-1 by Iceland.

    “You can’t compare Messi with Ronaldo,” Silva said on Sunday.

    “We have a leader, he’s with us and he must do what he must do. He has to help us as best as he can.”

    “The result was positive,” he added.

    “It wasn’t the one that we expected though, but still we tried not to lose the game. That’s what was most important for us.

    Ronaldo of Portugal

    “We did our best at every moment. Spain tried to change the course of the game but we resisted well so we feel good about it.”

    The Real Madrid forward scored the 51st hat-trick in World Cup history and became just the fourth player to score at four different editions of the tournament.

    Ronaldo is aiming for adding a World Cup medal to his list of achievements and Russia is likely to be the 33-year-old’s last chance at glory.

    “It would be more difficult without him but he’s on our side and we hope he continues to be with us, so why speculate on something like that?” the Leicester City star said.

    “Apart from everything else he sets a good example for all of us to follow. Not only during the game but with how he behaves and what sort of person he is.”

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