Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are considered to be among the greatest footballers of all time. For long, they have been pitted against each other and compared for their achievements and records. However, recently, a match official revealed how the two legends differ in their approach to referees during matches, particularly when they disagree with decisions. Honduran official Said Martinez officiated in matches where Ronaldo and Messi played. Speaking to Mediotiempo, Martinez recalled his experience of taking charge in a match with the Portugal legend on the field and said: "Cristiano Ronaldo is very difficult due to his temperament. He is a very competitive person, which makes him feel there’s a lot of injustice towards him, so he complains a lot. We disallowed two goals for him, with VAR and everything, but there was a play that upset him because he felt he was fouled in attack, leading to a goal against them. They were losing. "He stayed 10 metres away from me and said: 'It's always the same with you lot, you always think you're the stars, but we don’t bring you here to be the stars, we are the stars'. He started calmly but then got agitated and I just looked at him provocatively to see if he would get closer to me, but he didn’t," he said.What about Messi ?Martinez, in another conversation on a YouTube channel, spoke about officiating in an MLS game with Messi playing for Inter Miami and said: “He doesn’t get angry easily. When he complains about something, he is usually calm."I saw the most humble gesture of Messi that day. The whole stadium was chanting his name and he came to shake hands with four Honduran referees. The stadium was chanting 'Messi, Messi, Messi, Messi', and he went to shake our hands and congratulated us and gave us a pat on the back and said what a good game and what a good job. That kind of thing is worth more than anything else.”
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