Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi isn’t surprised by Cristiano Ronaldo’s recent Serie A scoring streak for Italian side Juventus as he praised the striker’s ability to find the back of the net.
Ronaldo has scored in 11 straight league matches for Juve despite turning 35 this month and has an outstanding 24 goals to his name this campaign.
Lionel Messi, meanwhile, has gone four games without a goal but has made six assists in his three most recent matches for Barca.
Though both players have always been prolific in front of goal, Messi believes Ronaldo has made scoring his obsession and isn’t surprised to see him continue to fire in the final third.
“It’s normal that he continues to score, he is a predatory striker, he loves to score, any day he plays he will score,” Messi told Mundo Deportivo when asked about Cristiano Ronaldo’s recent performances.
“He has many good attributes as a forward and at the minimum he converts.”
Messi himself has scored 14 goals across just 19 La Liga matches this campaign for Barcelona as he also shows he still has an eye for goal at the age of 32.
Former teammate Carles Puyol recently backed the Argentina forward to play on until he’s 38, with Messi himself conceding he’s feeling very good despite his advancing age.
“The reality is that one is turning years old and does not know, but I feel very good, better than in previous years, and that I am not making goals, but on a physical level and legs I feel very good,” he said.
Asked if he could still play on until he’s 40, Lionel Messi replied: “We will see, we will see.”
