Messi vs. Ronaldo: One Rivalry, Two GOATs, and the Era That Remade the World's Game

Essential World Cup Reading | Featured in The New York Times’ ‘What to Read During the World Cup’

Wall Street Journal reporters Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg offer a deeply reported account of the intertwined sagas and legacies of two of the greatest soccer players of all time—Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo—examining how their rivalry has grown from a personal competition to a multi-billion-dollar industry, paralleling the stunning rise, overwhelming excesses, and uncertain future o...