Football Fans Argue Over Messi and Ronaldo Pitch Invasion, Claim One Was Staged

• Fans have taken to social media to react after Messi and Ronaldo saw fans interrupt their games
• A fan invaded the pitch while Messi and his Argentina were playing Australia
• Ronaldo had to perform the 'siuu' celebration with a fan who run onto the pitch

Once again football fans have been left divided over two separate incidents involving arguably the two greatest players of all-time.

This time it is not the debate over who is the best between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi but rather, shockingly, the pitch invasion of matches involving the two icons.

Messi was interrupted by a fan during the game between Argentina and Australia in Beijing while a supporter run onto the pitch to hug and perform the 'siuu' celebration with Ronaldo in the match involving Portugal and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The 2022 World Cup winner, Messi scored the fastest goal of his career as Argentina defeated Australia 2-0, as reported by ESPN.

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And according to the BBC, Ronaldo won his 199th cap for Portugal as they thrashed Bosnia on Saturday.

Fans have taken to social media to react on both cases, claiming one was staged with others drawing a comparison between who should be considered arrogant and who is humble.

How social media reacted:

@the_marcoli_boy wrote:

I don't think Messi has a picture like this

@Zyyon_ posted:

Ronaldo went to organise his own pitch invasion from an invader today cus he saw Messi get invaded yesterday

@Lexybabs posted:

CR7 staged pitch invasion after seeing Messi video

@Di0baby1 added:

It’s fishy how this happened one day after the pitch invasion by a messi fan. He can’t pay people to invade the pitch in Saudi cuz nobody cares about him like that, there. lol

@Ronaldojnr11_ tweeted:

I don't think Ronaldo would stage a pitch invasion just to compete with Messi. He's a professional athlete and wouldn't want to risk his reputation for a silly stunt. Plus, he's always been very gracious with his fans.

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@RedDevilsFanJr posted:

Just witnessed the most epic pitch invasion ever! Ronaldo gets lifted by a fan and they both do the iconic 'Siuu' celebration!

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Earlier, Sports Brief reported that Cristiano Ronaldo melted the hearts of football fans with his heartwarming gesture during Portugal's Euro 2024 Qualifiers against Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Ronaldo, who is on the precipice of international history, was making his 199th cap for Portugal, as Roberto Martinez sought to continue his perfect start to life as Selecao boss.

The former Manchester United and Real Madrid forward's superstardom has not waned despite swapping Europe for the Middle East, signing for Saudi Arabia's Al-Nassr in January.