It was billed as their final battle for votes for this year's Ballon
d'Or, but Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi's much-anticipated meeting
in Manchester ended up being memorable for the wrong reasons.
Not only did the duo fail to truly duel during
Portugal's 1-0 win over Argentina,
they both only played 45 minutes before leaving the fans in a
half-empty stadium to wonder why they had paid such high ticket prices
to watch what was left of a disjointed game.
"It was bitterly disappointing that they both went off so early because seeing them was the sole reason I came to the game in the first place," said Caspar Carter, who had travelled from Leeds.
"We missed kick-off because we queued outside for an hour and paid £66 for our tickets, which is a lot to pay for 45 minutes of not very much," added his friend, James Morpeth.
Given the 41,000 crowd in a 75,000-capacity stadium meant the game's organisers failed to break even, they might regret the decision to bring Argentina, Portugal, and the two best players on the planet to Manchester in the first place.
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