Cristiano Ronaldo is the best footballer in the world, according to Porto winger Ricardo Quaresma... and 'the other guy' Lionel Messi is behind him. The 31-year-old Portuguese international, who was previously at Barcelona and Chelsea, spoke to reporters ahead of his country's friendly against Argentina on Tuesday, refusing to speak about Messi by name. 'Cristiano is the best in the world. The other guy goes behind him,' Quaresma said. Ricardo Quaresma (left) thinks that Cristiano Ronaldo (right) is the best player in the world The friendly match between Portugal and Argentina has been billed as Ronaldo vs Lionel Messi '[It] is a match that is not of great interest but perhaps there will be extra motivation because Argentina have great players.'
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Portugal face Argentina in a friendly at Old Trafford on Tuesday night
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The match sees Cristiano Ronaldo return to his old hunting ground
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Ricardo Quaresma has said that Ronaldo is the best player in the world
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He refused to refer to Lionel Messi by name, calling him 'the other guy'
Prior to the match, around 36,000 @placeholder seats had been sold, with only the 'inner bowl' of the stadium in use.