Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are blessed and cursed to be playing in the same era.
That’s the opinion of former Manchester United and Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho, who thinks the pair would have bagged more awards if the other wasn’t around.
“I think they are lucky and they are unlucky to be in the same generation,” Mourinho told RT show On the Touchline.
“They are lucky because they can compete against each other, they are lucky because they look to each other, in a positive way, they get extra motivation with the things they do, the number of hat-tricks, the number of champions, the number of gold boots.
“They are unlucky because if there is only one of them, they would have like 10 golden balls, golden boots.”
Champions League draw
The UEFA Champions League draw takes place today and Barcelona will learn their quarter-final opponent.
Premier League clubs Manchester United, Manchester City, Tottenham and Liverpool make up half of the remaining teams in the final eight.
Barcelona, Juventus, Porto and Ajax round out the rest of the draw.
The draw takes place in Nyon, Switzerland today and is scheduled to get underway at 11am UK time.
Once the last-eight ties are decided, first-leg fixtures will be held on April 9/10 before the return legs are played on April 16/17.