Leo Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo They are, without a doubt, the best players seen in the last 20 years and it seems almost impossible that anyone will be able to beat their records in the near future.
For almost all players matching both, the question of who is their toughest rival is summed up by choosing the Argentine or the Portuguese, in an almost eternal debate that will continue throughout history. However, there are some who deviate from the norm, as happened in Leonardo Bonucciwho has retired forgets about the same when talking about his most complicated rival.
The centre-back played up to 700 games, making his career Inter Milan, AC Milan and Juventus Turin above all and became one of the best defenders in the world. “I played as a defender against Ronaldo and Messi, but other people gave me nightmares”the Italian explained to Sky Italia, where he admitted that he was lucky “to play against so many champions. Drogba, Ronaldo, Messi, Torres…”.
However, none of them reached the level of Duvan Zapata. At least for Bonucci and those were his duels against the Colombian when he played for Atalanta. “My nightmare that keeps me up at night is Zapata. My God, I can’t sleep at night before the games against Atalanta. His strength and body are what make me my nightmare about him”declared the transalpine central.
Currently, Zapata is still a Serie A player, although he wore a Torino shirt at 33 years old, where he has 4 goals. At Atalanta, he played a total of 191 games, scored 82 goals and spent most of his career.
Source: La Verdad
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