Being an athlete ( a sports player) is quite hard to be but it comes with great rewards. Most athletes play the sport they enjoy the most such as cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi they started playing football as young children in school hoping to become a professional footballer because Messi and Ronaldo grew up in poor countries ( Portugal and Argentina) there first clubs were Barcelona and sporting Lisbon they we’re making a lot of money to help there family soon Ronaldo had to make a difficult choice…

 

He had to choose between staying with his family and moving to England to play for Manchester United. Ronaldo went to England and made millions to move his family over to live with him. In 2008 he set a record of the longest free kick goal at the time of 42 yards. That year he was and is the only player to win the ballon d’or, community shield, premier league and many more awards in all of history.

 

Messi on the other hand has stayed in Barcelona playing with the club legend Ronaldinho who was a Brazilian magician with the ball at his feet he set Messi’s first goal. Soon Ronaldinho had been moved to ac Milan where Messi was left with no idle to look up to.  Messi was soon setting records like Ronaldo when Ronaldo moved to Real Madrid when a rivalry started between the 2.

Being a footballer is many young kids’ dreams, some make it to the professional level but some don’t.