Sir Alex Ferguson’s prediction about the world’s best player debate between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi reappeared after his former student made a poker shot.

Real Madrid and Manchester United legend Cristiano Ronaldo scored four goals in a single game for Al Nassr, just a day after Lionel Messi was accused by Paris Saint-Germain supporters of not caring enough about the club.

In that context, a clip of old comments by Sir Alex Ferguson was released after Cristiano Ronaldo fired jubilantly on the night of February 9. He cemented his status as the greatest finisher after his sublime four-goal against Al Wehda.

The Portuguese phenomenon is on fire in a new shirt, with the 38-year-old scoring five goals in just two appearances for Al Nassr so far. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner scored a last-minute goal for his Saudi club against Al Fateh last week, and that seemed to help Ronaldo rediscover his fearsome scoring ability.

Ronaldo scored his first super hat trick (scoring four goals in a game) in Saudi Arabia, a day after Lionel Messi struggled in Paris Saint-Germain’s loss to Marseille in the French Cup. Messi, who has yet to score a hat-trick for PSG since joining the French side in 2021, is being criticized by PSG supporters as the club halted play in the cup competition after a 1-2 defeat to an unlikely opponent. common heaven.

According to seasoned former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson, Messi will have a hard time replicating his Barcelona form for another club, while backing former player Ronaldo to score goals at all levels. The legend made a comment in 2015 to billiards legend John Parrott, when he said that the 38-year-old Ronaldo is still capable of scoring for any team in the world.

“People say who is the best player in the world? And a lot of people have been pretty much right about Messi – you can’t argue with that,” Ferguson said in April 2015 – “But Ronaldo could play for Millwall. , Queens Park Rangers, Doncaster Rovers… any team, and scored a hat trick in one game. But I’m not sure Messi can do it.”

Ronaldo has hit the 500-goal mark and seems to have finally settled into life in Saudi Arabia, scoring in two consecutive matches. The former Real Madrid scoring machine has had a rough start in the Middle East as he went empty-handed in his first two official matches.

And on the night of February 9, Ronaldo’s goal against Al Wehda marked his 500th career goal, after playing for Sporting Lisbon, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus.

Al Nassr arrived at Al Wehda without top scorer Talisca suspended but Ronaldo assured him he was even better than the Brazilian. Meanwhile, Lionel Messi wears his favorite No. 10 shirt in the French National Cup but has not yet come out of the curse when the 36-year-old suffered a narrow 1-2 defeat to a strong opponent, Olympique Marseille.