Carlos Tevez, a striker for Boca Junior, has talked about one key difference between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, EuroSport reports.
Tevez, 34, has played with Ronaldo at Manchester United and Messi for the Argentina national team.
Speaking to reporters he was asked about the differences between the pair, who have shared the previous 10 Ballon d'Or awards between them.
Messi and Ronaldo
Tevez highlighted the way the pair approached training, saying: "Lionel Messi, I never saw him in the gym. I’ve never seen him train to stop the ball or those exercises.
"Cristiano always stopped in the gym after training: for him it is an obsession and, being the best in everything, he always arrived at work early."
Ronaldo's work-ethic is legendary and Tevez spoke of how early the forward would get to training.
"When the training was set for nine in the morning I arrived at eight and he was already there.
“Even if I arrived at 7.30 he was already there.
“I began to ask myself, ‘How can I get rid of this guy?’ So one day I arrived at 6 but he was already there! Sleepy, but he was there.”