Demenko believes that in world football there will still be confrontations of Messi-Ronaldo level

Former midfielder of St. Petersburg “Zenith” and Moscow “Spartak” Maxim Demenko is sure that stars equal in level to Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will appear in world football.

– Of course, there will be new confrontations. In modern world football, it does not happen that only one player dominates. The current galaxy of stars will be replaced by the next.

Now Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland come to the fore. It is hard to say whether they will reach the same level as Messi and Ronaldo. At least in terms of individual trophies. In my childhood, Michel Platini and Marco Van Basten’s three Ballons d’Or seemed incredible results. Perhaps some new awards will be introduced in the future, but it will be extremely difficult to win five Ballon d’Or like Ronaldo, and even more so seven like Messi,” Demenko told Vprognoze.ru.

22-year-old Norwegian Erling Haaland from Manchester City played 53 matches last season, scored 52 goals and made 9 assists. 24-year-old Frenchman Kylian Mbappe from PSG scored 41 goals in 43 games, made 10 assists.

The 35-year-old Argentinean Messi has scored 21 goals and 20 assists in 41 matches for PSG. The 38-year-old Portuguese Ronaldo, who left Manchester United during the season and began playing in the Saudi Al-Nasr, scored 17 goals and made 4 assists in 35 games.