Georgina Replies Messi’s Tribute to Sergio Aguero, Names Whom the Best Player in the World Is

Georgina Replies Messi’s Tribute to Sergio Aguero, Names Whom the Best Player in the World Is

Babajide Orevba, Tshepiso Mametela
updated at April 12, 2023 at 7:53 PM
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  • Lionel Messi penned an emotional farewell message to former teammate in the national team, Sergio Aguero, who announced retirement
  • The Argentine striker has decided to walk away from the game of football due to a health issues, having suffered heart condition last month
  • While Messi wrote a long message in solidarity with the former Manchester City ace, Georgina Rodriguez posted under the comment section declaring Ronaldo as the best

The rivalry between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo has reached a whole new height following CR7’s girlfriend’s comment on Lionel Messi’s tribute post to Sergio Aguero, Football Espana reports.

Argentine legend Aguero announced his retirement from football following heart related issues and Messi took time out to share an emotional farewell message to honour his former teammate.

Following a hugely successful career, the Aguero has decided to walk away from the game due to a health issue.

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Lionel Messi writes emotional message to Sergio Aguero who has retired from football. Image: Marc Atkins
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The former Manchester City striker suffered chest pains during a game around a month and half ago and it has since been confirmed that he cannot continue playing.

The striker had such a successful career to date, winning the Europa League with Atletico Madrid before becoming a club legend with Manchester City, winning several league titles and becoming the fourth highest scorer in Premier League history.

Aguero was in tears the moment he bid the fans farewell as Messi wrote a long moving post in his Facebook page to his friend.

While millions of fans replied to Messi’s post to also share their solidarity with Aguero, that of the partner of the Ronaldo stands out, very concise but apparently completely disconnected from the context: She wrote:

"Ronaldo is the best". Accompanied by two hearts. Not that Messi claimed Kun was the best footballer in the world, for the record.

Georgina takes Ronaldo’s kids to see Santa

Meanwhile, Cristiano Ronaldo’s kids are having a swell time this season as girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez takes them on a magical to £1,500-a-night (about N1million) Lapland cabin to see Santa.

Ronaldo Jr, Eva, Mateo and Alana travelled with Rodriguez - who is expecting twins - for some early Christmas fantasies.

It was gathered that the family had a swell time following a magical snow setting as they stayed in a beautiful, but simple cabin.

Mo Salah left out of FIFA FIFPRO World XI nominations

Earlier, Briefly News reported that Egyptian international and Liverpool maestro Mohamed Salah was left out of the 2021 FIFA FIFPRO World XI nomination, raising the ire of many a football fan.

Arguably the most in-form player in Europe currently, Salah was excluded from a star-studded 23-man shortlist that excluded the usual suspects like Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Robert Lewandowski.

Each year, 65 000 professional football players worldwide from 67 national players' associations are asked by FIFPRO to vote for a men's and women's World XI, whether it's for themselves or for their peers.

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Babajide Orevba
Babajide Orevba is a CAF accredited Nigerian journalist and HOD of the Local Desk with over 10 years of experience in media landscape.He studied NCE Political Science/Social Studies, AOCOED.
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