Messi and Ronaldo could finally play together for first time after special invite
Former Argentine striker Carlos Tevez is planning a farewell match at La Bombonera and hopes to feature both Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo on the same team. Tevez, who played with both superstars, is actively working to secure their participation for the event.
Why it matters
This match would represent a historic, one-time opportunity to see the two greatest football rivals of the modern era play on the same side.
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have spent almost two decades on opposite sides of football's biggest rivalry. They have faced each other 37 times, collected 13 Ballon d'Ors between them and spent years being measured against one another.Now, there is a chance the two could finally share a team.Messi and Ronaldo have both been invited to take part in Carlos Tevez's farewell match, with the former Argentina and Manchester United striker planning a spectacular gathering of his old teammates and friends at Boca Juniors' iconic La Bombonera later this year.Tevez wants Messi and Ronaldo on the same teamTevez retired in 2021 after his third spell with Boca, the club where he began his career, but five years on he is preparing one final celebration of his football life.According to TyC Sports' Marcelo Palacios, Tevez approached his former teammate Juan Román Riquelme, now Boca's president, about staging the game at La…
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