Lionel Messi and Sergio Ramos have enjoyed one of the fiercest rivalries in the game of soccer as both were part of numerous El Clasicos with their respective clubs, FC Barcelona and Real Madrid. Sergio Ramos has always been known as a robust defender who gives no margin to the attackers with his crushing tackles showing his aggressive intent.
Messi, on the other hand, is known to tip-toe past defenders bringing them to their knees with ease. The world witnessed one of the best defender-attacker rivalries during their time in Spain but the soccer fandom was left in shock after PSG announced signings of both last year and fans were surprised how the two will fare in the same team.
Messi and Ramos ❤️❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/2YH57DJd5i
— xzal (@xzal15) February 8, 2023
The fans have been left quite surprised yet happy after both have quite sportingly left behind their historical rivalry and have gelled together in their new team with numerous images and videos of both players laughing and talking to each other going viral over the internet.
One such video that has left fans in stitches is a recent one where Spanish defender Ramos thought that Lionel Messi was coming to hug him during training and hugged the Argentine but he was left in smiles as the 7-time Ballon d’Or winner was just asking for his training top. This video got viral over the internet and netizens cannot stop talking about the hilarious misunderstanding:
Fans react to Sergio Ramos’s hilarious moment with Lionel Messi
Fans have been left in laughs after watching the video, we went to Twitter to take a look at what some of the fans said:
A fan believed that Sergio Ramos had dreamt of hugging Messi his entire career while playing for Real Madrid. Ramos shared the dressing room with Messi’s biggest competitor, Cristiano Ronaldo, so it was quite understandable for him to side with Cristiano in the ‘GOAT debate’ but fans believe that he has always appreciated Messi.
They wrote: “He dreamed about that hug all his life.”
He dreamed about that hug all his life 😅😂
— MK 🇨🇩🇩🇪 (@mikevsbuzz) February 16, 2023
Another fan was of the opinion that Messi and Ramos had always respected each other deep down in the past but what made them rivals was the job they had to do for their respective clubs in the past. Ramos has been part of some heated altercations with Messi and other FC Barcelona players in the past.
They wrote: “U can tell that deep down that they’ve always respected eachother, he was just doing his job at Madrid and sometimes got caught up in the heat of the moment.”
U can tell that deep down that they’ve always respected eachother, he was just doing his job at Madrid and sometimes got caught up in the heat of the moment
— Lucas Demarco (@LucasDe954) February 17, 2023
We noticed a fan who believed that the turnaround in the relationship between Messi and Ramos from fierce rivals to teammates can be termed as one of the best enemies-to-friends relationships in the game of soccer.
They wrote: “This is the greatest Enemies to Friends trope Love story.”
This is the greatest Enemies to Friends trope Love story.
— Tushar (@tadighe) February 16, 2023
It seems like fans can’t get enough of the budding friendship between Lionel Messi and Sergio Ramos and would love to watch some more quality moments between the two. The duo could be seen in action together this weekend as PSG takes on 5th-placed LOSC Lille on Sunday.